Happy Birthday Old Tom

11/02/2003 Old Tom our very own VP celebrated a birthday on November 2 this past week and we`d like to wish him all our best and once again reiterate he is not as old as his nick makes him sound! hehe Here`s to many more Old Tom!

Congratulations

11/04/2003 Sarettah won $50 in M3Server bucks from M3Server.com! They offer dedicated servers starting at only $99! And new webmasters love their plans starting at less than $10! Check them out today!

A big THANK YOU to all the sponsors who provide the prizes for our weekly Bingo games! If you didn't win this week, be sure to check out their sites now for great deals.

Want to get in on the fun and maybe win big?? Come by the VNWR Board and check for the next announced game and play VNWR Board Bingo! They usually begin at 7:30 pm central and details can be found HERE.

WTG Mickeyddd

Mickeyddd hit the 120,000th post and is the next one to get a chance at the monthly MaxCash drawing.

Anyone who posts on the VNWR main board and gets a pink number post for hitting the 1,000th number, will get their name tossed in the hat. A lucky winner from that group will be pulled at the first of each following month. Each month starts off fresh with no one in the hat.

What does the monthly drawing winner win?

Mickeyddd can tell you since he won the drawing for October.

Max Cash has made a special arrangement for the winner will receive 100,000 banner impressions on TrafficOverdrive banner exchange. Thank you MaxCash!!

The DFN is always looking for webmasters who would like to share their knowledge, experiences, or tips in this business. If you would like to share your wisdom with the world, or would be interested in writing a weekly column, please let us know!
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ARS Press Release

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (November 3, 2003)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Webmasters Redeem Reward Points For Sex.Com Traffic

– Sex.Com (www.sex.com), the premium adult Internet search engine, and ARS announce a partnership deal that enables ARS webmasters to use their reward points for Sex.Com traffic.

To take advantage of this special offer, ARS webmasters need to provide Karen Hammock (khammock@i2intl.com) with a Sex.Com account name and make a request to retrieve Sex.Com funds. If webmasters do not have a Sex.Com account name, click here to open one. Once the funds are in place, ARS webmasters will receive a confirmation email and can start bidding on keywords and phrases.

“This is a creative incentive that allows webmasters to use reward points towards their bottom line,” says Gary Kremen, chief executive officer of Sex.Com. “The targeted traffic and strong conversion rates that webmasters get from Sex.Com traffic are unparalleled.”

With the Sex.Com Pay Per Click (PPC) search engine, webmasters can purchase highly targeted traffic - that converts into customers - based on keywords and phrases. Additionally, Sex.Com covers every adult niche and can sort traffic specifically by country.

For more information, please contact:

Grant Media, LLC / Sex.com
Darren Ortsman, darren@sex.com, (646) 251-4400

Innovative Ideas International / ARS
Jake Ludens, jludens@i2intl.com, (702) 233-1267

Industry News

You may or may not have heard of the Acacia Issue. A case in which a company called Acacia Media Technologies Corporation has began serving to webmasters of all ranks letters containing claims of patent infringement in regards to streaming media. In a quest for more information I have assembled these links to articles I`ve found to be the most comprehensive to date. The first link gives a good background on the issue for those less familiar. The second is a good overview of options for webmasters that may have concerns over this issue.

Patent Wars at Technologymarketing.com

The Acacia Issue: A Look at the Options by Larry Walters at Klixxx.com

If you have a press release, announcement, or item of interest to our community, please send it to Robbo for consideration in the next issue of the DFN Weekly!