The biggest act of online theft is, in my opinion, perpetrated by affiliate programs. You might think I mean the theft of commission by those mean sponsors who only register a fraction of the leads you generate them but, no, that is not what I mean. You might think I'm talking about the affiliate marketing programs that change their terms and conditions so that they only have to pay out "if" you send them enough business each month, but you'd be wrong again. You would even be wrong to think that I intend sponsors who "go out of business" just as you start to earn commission or those who suspend … [Read more...]
No More Amazon Ads, Yippee \Q/
Just a quick comment to let you know I've removed the Amazon ads that once adorned the sidebars. I've been considering their removal for the past month or two because they slow down the site's page load time but I wavered on the side that some visitors might find them useful so I left them up. However, Amazon has twice adjusted its user agreement within the last 30 days. One of those adjustments changed their linking policy and the second one served to combine its Amazon U.K, Amazon FR and Amazon DE user agreements such that one agreement for Amazon EU covers all three programs. That latter … [Read more...]