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Mystery links: New Web advertising tool gets results, draws criticism
San Francisco Chronicle: mentions concerns about the ethics of covert advertising, and commercial firms outraged by links to competitors' sites.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/07/30/BU231339.DTL
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Slashdot: Don't Eat the Yellow Links
Web owners upset by changed content; describes an "opt-out" procedure.
http://slashdot.org/features/01/07/31/2015216.shtml
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Whirly Wiry Web: Fighting Ezula
Discussion of web design to detect and defeat contextual advertising, including recognizing the HotText and TopText plugins.
http://www.whirlywiryweb.com/q/ezula.asp
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You got the yellow linking Virus?
Gives information on how to remove/unistall TopText, and links to other more detailed resources.
http://www.funs.co.uk/virus/
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eZula and Surf+ Script Killer
Provides a script killer for the eZula software. Also works on Surf+.
http://www.searchking.com/ezulakiller/
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WebHostingTalk Forums: KaZaa is Hijacking Traffic!
Webmasters and surfers, mostly disapproving of the embedded advertising links.
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?threadid=18027&perpage=20&pagenumber=1
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PetitionOnline: eZula
Petition protesting insertion of advertising links on web pages.
http://www.petitiononline.com/toptext/
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Applelinks: Another New Technology to Deep-Six
Editorial suggesting "loud, pointed, organized protests" against this attempt to "take over your web pages."
http://www.applelinks.com/articles/2001/08/20010803142336.shtml
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ThiefWare.com
Information and resources primarily for webmasters who wish to fight unethical contextual advertising.
http://www.thiefware.com/
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Protect Your Web Site from Unwanted Linking
Explains how the eZula system works and provides resources that allow users to remove it and to help web site owners protect their sites from unwanted advertising insertion.
http://www.unwantedlinks.com/
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