Anyone get one of these emails before...?

[seamo]

Hello,

This is an automated mail to inform you that our advertising partner, Google, will no longer return advertising to the following domain(s):

xn--xxxxxxxxxx.com
xn--xxxxxxxxxx.com

The reasons for this are usually:
- Adsense abuse on the domain by a previous owner
- A complaint by a trademark owner
- Google find the name offensive (adult, drugs etc) and no longer wish to monetize the domain

As Google are our advertising partner, we can unfortunately no longer return advertising to the domain in question.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

If you have any further questions, please contact us at info@namedrive.com.

Your ND team

This was for two of my Japanese cities parked with them.

No adult, drug or offensive advertising were ever on these - unless Namedrive put it on there!

Only a couple of views on each for the last month as well.

What gives??

Any ideas guys?

[Fka200]

I got one from ND a while back for no apparent reason. I shrugged it off and moved it to Sedo.

[seamo]

Bizarre

They are driving away their own business for no apparent reason...

Their loss!

Your domain perform any better at Sedo?

[burnsinternet]

Email Ed at ND and ask him. Are you sure they are from NameDrive?

[seamo]

Originally Posted by burnsinternet

Email Ed at ND and ask him. Are you sure they are from NameDrive?

They seem to be...

Sent by admin@namedrive.namedrive.com

I wondered if they were phishing emails, but they're not asking for any account details...

[touchring]

if u get such a mail, someone maybe watching you, so it's better to put up a minisite instead.

[seamo]

Originally Posted by touchring

if u get such a mail, someone maybe watching you...

That crossed my mind...

[rhys]

I received one of those today for 3 domains. One .jp and two .com - two were totally generic domains no offensive setting. The other was an adult site - didn't even know google was serving ads to it. No big loss there.

[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by touchring

if u get such a mail, someone maybe watching you, so it's better to put up a minisite instead.

What?

[Alphamale]

I was going to post a thread about this today.. yes I received my first ever one of these emails. again a totally generic french dictionary word.

[jacksonm]

Read my signature. This is an excerpt from an email conversation I had with Google last week about trying to run an ad to an IDN site.

It may be that these mails from Google to ND are also automated, and *many* more of them will come soon.

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[rhys]

Originally Posted by jacksonm

Read my signature. This is an excerpt from an email conversation I had with Google last week about trying to run an ad to an IDN site.

It may be that these mails from Google to ND are also automated, and *many* more of them will come soon.

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What the heck counts as a "vanity URL"?

[seamo]

Originally Posted by rhys

What the heck counts as a "vanity URL"?

A vanity URL is a domain name, typically created by a company to point to a specific product or advertising campaign microsite. In theory, vanity URLs are creatively linked to a product or ad concept and easier to remember than a company's general domain. However, in practice, vanity URLs can be difficult to remember unless printed on a medium that can be taken with a user to a web browser.

Just lifted this from Wiki...don't see how generic IDN's fit this category!

[jacksonm]

Originally Posted by rhys

What the heck counts as a "vanity URL"?

Any IDN, plain and simple. They do not allow UTF-8 characters unless you somehow convince them under manual review, and you see what they told me as I was trying to set an Arabic domain in the display url field.

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[Fka200]

Originally Posted by jacksonm

Read my signature. This is an excerpt from an email conversation I had with Google last week about trying to run an ad to an IDN site.

It may be that these mails from Google to ND are also automated, and *many* more of them will come soon.

.

Can you explain a little more?

[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by Alphamale

I was going to post a thread about this today.. yes I received my first ever one of these emails. again a totally generic french dictionary word.

I think it must be US Trademark holders assuming they own the dictionary in languages they have never heard of!

[mulligan]

Got one also .. for 3 Japanese city-real estate combos

Originally Posted by Rubber Duck

I think it must be US Trademark holders assuming they own the dictionary in languages they have never heard of!

Well in my case, unless they hold the trademark for Kyoto Real Estate I don't get it .. maybe this is some form of revenge for the sub-prime fiasco ..

Anyway, I emailed Ed to ask what is going on.

[seamo]

Originally Posted by Rubber Duck

I think it must be US Trademark holders assuming they own the dictionary in languages they have never heard of!

Darnit - I had thought I'd pissed off a couple of Japanese city mayors, and they were pulling some strings at Google!

[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by seamo

Darnit - I had thought I'd pissed off a couple of Japanese city mayors, and they were pulling some strings at Google!

Well if they try that, I guess I will have to do some development, to inform people what a backward sh*t hole the place really is!

[seamo]

Originally Posted by Rubber Duck

Well if they try that, I guess I will have to do some development, to inform people what a backward sh*t hole the place really is!

Yes, well if any portfolio were going to be the target for the mayor's of Japan, it would be yours RD!

Tell 'em we're not selling!...(for less than $xxx,xxx each)

It will be interesting to hear what Ed has to say on this...