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Amazon Pulls Plug on Paid Search Associates' Fees
As of May 1, 2009, web retail giant Amazon will cease paying referral fees to Associates that use pay-per-click programs on search engines to send traffic to amazon.com, amazon.ca or endless.com.
The news was covered in the Amazon Associates FAQ section and is a permanent change. According to Amazon, the decision was made after an overall review of how the company invests its advertising resources. Only Associates [...]
Posted: Monday, April 6th 2009
Overstock Deserts, Amazon Sues, New York State
Amazon has filed suit against New York in response to a new law requiring online retailers to collect tax from buyers in the state.
Rival Overstock took a less complex measure: it has canceled relationships with its 3,400 New York-based affiliates, [...]
Posted: Friday, May 16th 2008
SEM Conceives Arch-Nemesis: Negative SEO
Forbes reports the latest trend in boosting a website's cred for the Google algo: not SEO, which is so yesterday, but negative SEO - a direct jab into competitors' territory.
"Negative SEO" is a new label for optimization behavior that, while arguably unethical, is not quite detectable to search engine spiders, rendering it open gam [...]
Posted: Tuesday, July 3rd 2007
TV Affiliates Wonder Where (If?) They Fit In
With so many moves being made to bring TV shows online, local affiliates are beginning to wonder how they fit into the future of media, reports CNET.
The affiliates are concerned that people are choosing other options for watching TV shows and shutting them out. Many shows are now available for streaming or downloading online, not to mention on DVD just months after they air. That mea [...]
Posted: Wednesday, April 18th 2007
'Spyware Warriors' Discuss Digital Underbelly
The dynamic duo that helped uncover a possible Mideast cyber-terror connection, in a podcast focusing on "botnets" talks about a new breed of web criminal threatening ecommerce. Wayne Porter and Chris Boyd, whose job is to spend their days i [...]
Posted: Monday, April 17th 2006
Short CJ Outage Investigated
A Tuesday site outage for Commission Junction is being investigated, according to a Internetnews.com report. Affiliate ads failed to appear, leaving blank spots on some sites, and some people could not log into their CJ accounts between 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. A company executive attributed the temporary outage to a third party hosting firm and said that results of the investigation will be reported to members when completed.
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Posted: Wednesday, December 1st 2004
Affiliate Award Revoked Yet Again for Sleazy Practices
MediaPost: For Third Time, LinkShare Awards, Revokes Suspected Fraudster
The fastest way to disfavor on the LinkShare affiliate network seems to be to win their quarterly $15,000 prize that goes to the most-improved affiliate advertiser. For the third time in a row, the original winner has been uncrowned after accusations of sleazy affiliate practices surfaced. EdealsETC.com won this past quarter's prize, but then had it rev [...]
Posted: Thursday, October 21st 2004
LinkShare Award Nixed on Spyware Accusations
MediaPost: LinkShare Bestows, Then Revokes, Award For Second Time In A Row
For a second time, LinkShare took back a "Titanium Award" granted for the largest affiliate sales increases, and for the second time it is because the company first chosen as winner was accused of being a spyware concern. TheDesktopShopper.com won the quarterly $15,000 prize, but lost it when other affiliates complained. The firm is owned by Sunny Vie [...]
Posted: Tuesday, October 5th 2004
180 Solutions Accused of Affiliate Hijacking
MediaPost: Spyware Researcher Issues Critical Report
MediaPost reports on a graduate student's research into potentially shady affiliate practices of 180 solutions, an adware firm. By throwing up double pop-ups and invisible pop-ups, Benjamin Edelman alleged that 180 Solutions effectively credited itself with responsibility for sales that really were the product of other companies' efforts. If true, Edelman's research would [...]
Posted: Tuesday, July 13th 2004
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