Linda, I can empathize with the being overwhelmed. I popped over a while back and spied a couple of threads I wanted to respond to. Then got pulled away to some other stuff and just now got back over. It's been crazy busy lately hasn't it? And Q4 hasn't even officially started yet.
One of...
Not sure that you should have known better. :) Redirects are just technology available. There are very legitimate uses for them. But like most things, some have used the technology for not so legitimate reasons. And link cloaking just sounds nefarious. :D It comes down to what the intent/purpose...
LOL JazzyGuy, redirects are how the majority of affiliate networks track affiliate traffic.
Link cloaking is/has been used by blackhat seo'ers. Many have moved on to other ways since the search engines have gotten smarter about detecting it. But it involves more than fastfish is talking...
Ethical cookie stuffing...kind of an oxymoron no? By definition, if it really is cookie stuffing, I doubt it's ethical. It doesn't really matter what window dressing you put around it. And I've seen some creative window dressing over the years. :)
Evaluate the actual behavior while trying to...
Quintin,
Linda brought up some things to think about with regards to perception and how other affiliates may react to the partnership. That is one aspect to consider. Here are some more and I'm going to play both sides of the argument here (pros and cons). I strongly feel that merchants and...
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