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Caroline Takeda

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  1. @Darcy Linden I wrote a little review on the new orientation island from a marketer's perspective, including a little, subtle pun towards the Lindens. 🙂 [NSFW] https://www.second-life-adventures.com/orientation-island/ That is why I think it would be an excellent time to get it going asap!
  2. Wenn du eine andere Skin und Shape drauflegst geht es:
  3. I got a slap on my fingers for that too but at the time I was linking to an actual promotion of a specific product (the mask). There is a specific definition: promotion of specific Second Life merchants, Marketplace listings, products, or services,
  4. It was a simple link to content relevant to the topic. As simple as that. It's funny how you cite out of context and deliberately leave out the following sentences, which give an idea about self-promotion from the Linden perspective, not YOUR view. And no, it is not a Linden Product either. It's a Linden freebie, which is intended to make the experience for new users better. Not the same. Spamming, Solicitation and Advertising: Spamming is not allowed. This includes aggressive self-promotion. No advertising or promotion of specific Second Life merchants, Marketplace listings, products, or services, unless the forum area is specifically for the buying or selling of Second Life products or services, for example, a “for sale” or “wanted” forum. Do not reference other websites offering any product or service.
  5. YOU consider that advertising. The forum guidelines don't make that distinction.
  6. Thanks, I will do some testing. This is what is supposed to come up:
  7. Hey Phil, Long time no see, Mr. Ex-SEO 🙂. I hope you are doing well. There are affiliate banners on the site. You see those once you pass the adult content warning page. They are not aggressive or intrusive in dedicated ad spaces, clearly identifiable as "sponsored content" and in the code marked as such (rel="sponsored"). However, the actual content dominates the pages and posts, and it is not what we call an affiliate farm. Writing all that content was a lot of work (and a lot of fun). But you know, whenever pages like that are associated with the name Caroline Takeda, somebody feels a need for drama. It typically starts with Rowen, my stalker and ethics teacher (self-proclaimed, not called for).
  8. To confirm: So the adult content warning page did NOT appear in your case, right? Were you taken directly to the actual content? This usually only happens if you have visited the site earlier (90 days cookie).
  9. All right, so the adult content warning page didn't load. I have to check that plugin again. Sorry for that.
  10. I was using Firestorm and was dropped at the new orientation island.
  11. That would mean you could not link to any online newspaper article, as they ALL sell ads. A bit silly. There is a big difference between a website offering products or services and a website selling ads for other people's products or services (such as affiliate ads). Free blog hosting is a good example (thanks for that one). Ads are part of their business model as well. It's not an "ad injection." That wording implies that the blogger is not consenting to the ads. No. It's a deal between the blogger and the hoster: The blogger gets free hosting, and the hosting company has the right (with the blogger's consent) to monetize that space with PPC ads unless or until the blogger upgrades to a paid hosting plan. The blogger benefits from the ads by getting a free hosting plan. Btw: Strawberry Singh's blog sold advertising. Often linked here in the forums. PPC Ads monetizes Uriah Nalates's blog (those are not hosting ads) - often linked in the forums. The same applies to Seraphim, Juicy Bomb, the Alphaville Herald, and others. Some of those do offer a section for adult content as well, even without a warning.
  12. It takes a while for noobs to discover the firestorm welcome island. They typically get dropped at orientation island first.
  13. I linked to content, not to an advert, and not to an advertorial, not to a pay-to-play promotion. The blog also features adverts which is the nature of a professional blog, magazine, or any other professional online media (you can block those, btw). I am unaware that linking to external content is not allowed. It is common practice. There are hundreds of links in forum posts to external content. The content I linked is NOT sexual nor off-topic (Senra Avatars). To get to the adult stuff, you need to navigate within the blog. Yes, you are right; an NSFW warning would have been appropriate anyway, even though when you click the link, you get to an age verification page AND an explicit adult content warning first. I did edit the post anyway and added an NSFW warning. Can we get back to the topic now? Feel free to open a new thread if you feel like assembling yet another Caroline-Takeda-Bashing.
  14. It is about the text, not the picture. I don't duplicate my writings elsewhere. It is a very common practice to link instead of copy/paste. But it doesn't matter what I do; you would find a reason to criticize me anyway. It is ok that you don't like me, or what I do, or that I am actually making money. I am fine with that.
  15. The alternative is the typical, "Are you above 18 question", to be answered with Yes/No. People lie there too. But good point anyway, I will make that easier to access.
  16. We call that a media business. Of course, I write about stuff that is of actual interest.
  17. Hello, here is my experience with the new Senra avatar: [NSFW] https://www.second-life-adventures.com/senra-avatars-second-life/
  18. Any news on that? With the new Sendra avatars and a sales-oriented orientation island, it would be an excellent time to start this. I have some Sendra content already in the works.
  19. The problem is, I can't get the head in the same tone as the body. I would love to use the tone of the body (Belleza Gen.X) in the head as well (Lelutka Zora). I went to the Belleza store hoping to find an applier that applies the body skin to the head. Did not find one. Any Ideas?
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