Just practice caveat emptor when dealing with those links. I've found quite a few scam companies through those clicks at times. On 11/30/06, Mike Schwartz wrote: > On 11/30/06, Josef Lowder wrote: > > . > > Are there any TV cable news channels (i.e. Fox News Channel) that are > > available to view via the Internet? And if so, how is that done? > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [...] > > > > You know how Gmail (www.google.com/mail) is always trying to put > "smart" context-sensitive info all around the border of the page, when > you are reading an e-mail message about a certain topic... > > Well, when I was reading the above, here is what it put (not over on the > right, with the so-called "Sponsored Links"), but right on top, where I > think the "RSS feed" stuff usually goes... :: > > it had this: > Watch Satellite TV on PC - www.your-free-satellite.com - Shocking website > exposes 100% free satellite TV on your computer > ...where the underlined part (in case you can't just click on the above) was > a hyper link to this URL: ((" > http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/iclk?sa=l&ai=BQwAGTDZvRfjNG5nG-QKPmPGhC5KOnhLG3JXQAcCNtwGw2wYQARgBIIaPgAIoBDAAOABQrb_e-v______AWDJ5v6GyKOgGZgB8pmzDqAByoej-wOqAW9BY2NvdW50QWdlMTIwdG9JbmZpbml0eStDQVQyTGF1bmNoK05hbWVEZXRlY3Rpb25WZXJ0aWNhbFdvcmQrUmFkbGlua3NSaHNQYWdlQmVsb3crU3dpdGNoQm90dG9tQWRzK1RpZXIwK1ZpZXdfQ1ayAQlnbWFpbC5jb23IAQHaATBodHRwOi8vZ21haWwuY29tL210c3Fycmx4eTRhamFhbnk5b3BmanAwNG11b2J6bTKoAwE&num=1&adurl=http://www.your-free-satellite.com > ")) > ...although, if you are not concerned to make sure that it gets counted as > someone clicking on a certain ad (you might care) (you might not), the only > part you really need, to get to the same "destination" web page, is probably > this: > http://www.your-free-satellite.com > ...which is also mentioned in the "text" of the "ad". > Over on the right hand side, it also had: > > << > Sponsored Links > Watch Satellite TV on PC > Controversial website exposes 100% free satellite TV on your computer > www.free-internet-tv.com > > Channel 2 Pays You $300? > Take A Channel 2 Survey And Get Paid $300 In The Next 15 Minutes! > HighPaySurveys.com > > Is Fox Fair and Balanced? > You decide who's fair or biased in the 2006 Media Bias Survey! > www.PollingPoint.com > > > More about... > Kswo TV TV » > TV Carts » > WKMG TV Local News » > Kens TV News Director » > > > About these links > >>; > actually most of that may be N/A, but the first one ("100% free") > might be what you are looking for... > > Comment: (/reminder) I was not doing a Google "search ". > I was just reading my e-mail using Gmail. > -- > Mike Schwartz > Glendale AZ > schwartz@acm.org > Mike.L.Schwartz@gmail.com > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > -- "Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it." -Napoleon Bonaparte --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss