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  1. Mod parent down for misleading by michaelhood · · Score: 4, Informative · on Best Buy API Aims To Expand Store's Reach Online

    notice the referrer id in the affiliate link (using commission junction, a spammers haven) instead of a direct link,
    way to go with the quality articles Slashdot

    That's not a referrer id that will get anyone paid, except for Best Buy. The "refid" in the URL is just so that you're shown the Best Buy Program's info instead of a generic CJ one.

    Of course this is fact instead of hyperbole, so, proof [that you didn't provide] provided:

    https://signup.cj.com/member/brandedPublisherSignUp.do?air_refmerchantid=2045991&h=488

    https://signup.cj.com/member/brandedPublisherSignUp.do?h=488

  2. Mod parent down for misleading by michaelhood · · Score: 4, Informative · on Best Buy API Aims To Expand Store's Reach Online

    notice the referrer id in the affiliate link (using commission junction, a spammers haven) instead of a direct link,
    way to go with the quality articles Slashdot

    That's not a referrer id that will get anyone paid, except for Best Buy. The "refid" in the URL is just so that you're shown the Best Buy Program's info instead of a generic CJ one.

    Of course this is fact instead of hyperbole, so, proof [that you didn't provide] provided:

    https://signup.cj.com/member/brandedPublisherSignUp.do?air_refmerchantid=2045991&h=488

    https://signup.cj.com/member/brandedPublisherSignUp.do?h=488

  3. Re:This was news 10 years ago by truthsearch · · Score: 2, Informative · on Google's Click-Fraud Crackdown

    This CPA model is already very common. See Commission Junction and other affiliate networks.

  4. Live and learn ... by Richard+W.M.+Jones · · Score: 5, Interesting · on Rise of the Professional Blogger
    We had the opposite experience with Adsense. We set up a site (j-london.com) with an agreement that we'd develop the back end (discussion, place for people to put adverts, etc.) in return for taking revenue from Adsense adverts on the site.

    Well, I think we earned about $600 last year from that one :-(

    It's not helped by the abysmal state of the dollar-pound, nor by the fact that Google pays with dollar checks and the bank takes a huge cut along the way.

    Adsense gives us hardly any guidance as to what fees we get. It seems like Google takes a large cut. We're looking at replacing it with a commission junction advert slot.

    Rich.

  5. Re:Fine referring site by ffnord · · Score: 1 · on In (Sort Of) Defense of Spammers
    Why does'nt someone come up with the IDEA to fine the web site referred to in the spam.

    They have, at least to the point of cutting the spammers off from their source of income, with limited success (which is to say, only slightly more success than finding the spammer).

    Wouldn't that solve the problem?

    Not necessarily. First, how do you contact the site? Via false WHOIS data? Many domain names are only there for one spam run, at under $10/ea they're throwaways. Second, some spam uses obfuscated URLs. Going after non-existent parties is a waste of time and going after innocent parties just adds to the noise. Despite Micro$oft's recent belated browser patch to close this phishing hole, a majority of the browsers in use worldwide are still open to this exploit. Third, some spam only points to an IP address (you don't need a domain name to serve up a website). By the time you figure out who 'owns' that IP, they're gone.

    If unsolicited spam was sent with out the approval of the site make the site owner track them down or pay the fine...

    Assuming that the site owner can be found, and assuming that they are innocent, why make them pay the fine? There are tens of thousands of sites which make use of affiliate marketing programs (drive traffic to my site and you get $x flat rate or a $x percentage, see Commission Junction for thousands of them). It is near-standard to have a policy that spamming for affil dollars means immediate cutoff and no pay, but first you have to figure out who they are and report them, or ma and pa site does, with the inherent problems above, meaning it is still a cash cow for spammers. I expect your suggestion would be opposed by the likes of Amazon.com (who use, even filed a patent on, such affiliate marketing).

    Please shoot holes in this idea if you see em...

    I would, but I'm Canadian, eh?

  6. Re:let's play with this... by sfe_software · · Score: 2 · on Morpheus Hijacks Browsers For Affiliate Links

    Hm, this invalidates my previous conclusion. I thought maybe this was being blown out of proportion, and I figured by "referer" they simply meant the HTTP_REFERER was being mucked with.

    However, I know that "qksrv.net" is (IIRC) Commission Junction, which tracks affiliates. Note btw that CJ's functionality relies on your browser setting/sending cookies to a third-party server (something all non-IE browsers let you disable), but that's beside the point.

    Every day I find more reasons I'm glad I stopped using Windows and MSIE...

  7. alternative: Ergomax2000 by turg · · Score: 2 · on Geek Christmas Ideas

    The Ergomax2000 has equally positive reviews and looks even freakier -- like something from a Klingon ship
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  8. For the Internet Millionaire: Pilatus Aircraft by turg · · Score: 2 · on Geek Christmas Ideas

    Now that the slashdot set are the most-likely-to-get-rich, I'm sure some of you could use a Pilatus Aircraft. They even come in sports-car red. Looks prety snazzy. (I went and signed up for an affiliate link before posting -- just in case -- let's see, what's 10% of 2.5 million... :-)
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