Google Adsense Abuse by Quickpwn.com against Dev-Team YellowSnow QuickPwn Jailbreak

http://blog.iphone-dev.org/ is the real website for Quickpwn and Yellowsn0w. A cybersquatter came in and registered the domain http://quickpwn.com and the plastered the entire site with Google Adsense. He also registered the Twitter name: Quickpwn. He does not work with the development team at all so it appears he is doing this to get paid off the work of others. The real Dev-team has contacted him and he assures them he is "helping them". This site needs to be stopped because it's misleading website visitors, Google Adwords people paying for placement and most importantly, not providing credit to the actual developers of the jailbreaking software.

What can you do to stop this?

Contact Google Adsense at https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=18386

and report http://quickpwn.com for violation. He is "encouraging clicks" by plastering 85% of the site with advertising.

You can also give a shout out to the real development team at http://blog.iphone-dev.org and on Twitter at @iphone_dev and let them know you appreciate their hard work on the iPhone!

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• TechSmith_Jing
• jailbreak
• iphone
• 3g
• yellowsn0w
• yellowsnow
• ultrasnow
• ultrasn0w
• iphone 3g s
• jailbreaking
• iphone hack
• quickpwn
• bugout

[iEdster]

THANKS FOR THIS! I will report.

[adriarichards]

much appreciate! Over 270 people reported the site and Quickpwn made huge changes!

Thank you everyone for your help to the iPhone Dev Team!

[SlightlyXxHDxX]

How do you report someone for encouraging to click ads?

[ErikH225]

Not trying to nitpick, but this does not fall under the category of "Encouraging Clicks".

He can theoretically plaster his site with however many ad units Google allows per page, as log as the content is there.

I'm sure there are other violations on there, I just think it'd be much more productive to report them for the right thing, thus getting faster results.

Err.. actually, just checked the site and it looks like AdSense is gone, so I guess Google found SOMETHING =]

[killer261987]

They can.

[Haqichaqi]

If you ever call my woman a bitch, again I will track you down, and beat the shit out of you. she's telling the truth about your fucked up website. Guys like you are going to fuck things up for the rest of us making an honest earning from google.

[TheMobilePhones]

YAY now he has "ONLY" 7 ads ;)

[adriarichards]

Imagine if someone tried to launch a fake sourceforge website using another domain extension and ran ads. That would be just as tacky and dishonest as Quickpwn

[adriarichards]

5) Calling people names shows your ignorance and doesn't cause people to respect you or think well of you. Good luck in life with that attitude. I think you'll find your life full of obstacles you've created

[adriarichards]

4) The iPhone Dev Team liked this video so much they retweeted it from their main twitter account of @iphone_dev and so did @bugout. They also said in numerous tweets to not visit Quickpwn

[adriarichards]

3) You should have money before you start a site. Just like you should think before you type in comments at YouTube that don't add value to the conversation. Stealing is not a form of "paying the bills". The person who registered the Quickpwn site did it to steal traffic and make a buck with advertising