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    Affiliate Fraud

    Hmm, my thread at http://affiliate-marketing-forums.5staraffiliateprograms.com/newbie-affiliate-forum/33963-starting-own-affiliate-program.html isn't getting much traction so maybe this is a better forum for it. Basically, I'm thinking about starting my own affiliate program for some eBooks...
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    Need Advice; LinkShare Trying to Not Pay Me!!

    I made a $50 commission back on 25 OCT last year, and LinkShare's been giving me the runaround about it because, apparently, they themselves weren't paid by the advertiser, who's since closed up their affiliate program entirely. But I thought that payments were guaranteed, that that's how come...
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    Starting OWN Affiliate Program

    Well, that's just it: I've even had merchants drop out of CJ, ShareASale -- even stop using iDevAffiliate -- due to fraud!! But I don't have money to spend like that, so I must run my own simple programs with low-cost WordPress plugins. But I need to know what all these tricks are so that I...
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    Starting OWN Affiliate Program

    Thinking about starting an affiliate program for a downloadable product. What kinds of Fraud 101 kind of stuff do I need to know? I'm really intrigued by fraud since in a year of fiddling with affiliate programs as a newbie affiliate myself I have seen quite a number of merchants close or...
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    The Utility of Redirects

    Thanks, Caleb, those are some good pointers -- glad you'd thought of 'em!! :D ---------- Post Merged at 12:41 PM ---------- Okay, Minstrel, I understand you much better now...sorry for making you spell it out! :o
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    Sneaky Affiliate Program T&C

    Wow, so much to learn here...but I haven't noticed anything that specifically addresses "sneaky" affiliate programs' terms and conditions (sorry, of course, if I'd missed it)...like, the usual deal is you get commissions on your sales...but apparently SBI! had courted some controversy years ago...
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    The Utility of Redirects

    1. Well, no one would be typing in a keyword phrase with hyphens, but since it appears that Google tends to rank higher a domain name exactly matching a keyword phrase, and Google's smart enough to discount hyphens in domain names...well, I was just wondering whether a redirect would work in my...
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    The Utility of Redirects

    Hi, I'm thinking the answer is "no" but figured on pickin' some experts' brains about it: The domain my-keyword-phrase.com is now available but I've already set up mkeywordphrase.com (that's "m" and not "my" there) and have made a bit of money with it...should I get my-keyword-phrase.com and...
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    How Do You Know If a Plugin's Stealing Your Commissions??

    Wow, thanks for making so much effort!! I also had a look-see at the code but like I said, can't really imagine what to look for besides some kinda URL or server call (in the form of an IP address)...is it possible to encrypt code within PHP?? If not, then this plugin may be kosher like I was...
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    How Do You Know If a Plugin's Stealing Your Commissions??

    That makes sense: any clues what I should be looking for? Like maybe instances of ".com" or something?? Sorry, I'm really not a coder (barely know CSS)....
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    Please Help Me Understand These Affiliate Links

    Hi, Everyone! I have these two affiliate links...both mostly the same except for slight differences: EXAMPLE_URL==>>http://example.com/plugins/view/11/product?MyAffiliateID&amp;a_bid=d8b08b9a<<==EXAMPLE_UR...
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    Recruiting Sub-Affiliates

    Just curious, as a newbie, whether the advice in this forum for merchants and affiliate managers would also apply to recruiting sub-affiliates, or whether there may be special circumstances that warrant more specific tactics and strategies...? Also, is it just me or do precious few affiliate...
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    How Do You Know If a Plugin's Stealing Your Commissions??

    Hi, all my sites are run on WordPress and for all of them I cloak my links using the free Affiliate Link Cloaking plugin by Clionpid. I like how simple and straightforward this plugin is. However, it just recently occurred to me that there's not even a request for a donation -- not entirely...
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    Weigh in on rel="nofollow"

    Uh, I'm not so sure about that, that you get nothing at all for cooperating...I've read that one of the factors in their algorithm -- albeit a very small one -- is that Google looks at site structure as a part of its semantic determinations. The theory is that a properly developed website --...
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    Weigh in on rel="nofollow"

    Sorry, I guess I really just don't want to go through the hassle of updating my links! Had just switched everything into cloaked links and now must change 'em back to their original weird-looking selves....
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    Weigh in on rel="nofollow"

    But what about affiliate link hijacking?? Or is it a lesser-of-two-evils calculation: better to lose a few sales in the unlikely case of link hijacking than to very likely lose Google's good graces?? Besides link hijacking, how about those folks who like to remove affiliate IDs from a URL...
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    Tempted to use an article spinner?

    So a 100% exact copy posted on eZine is considered "syndication" but spun content elsewhere would trigger an automatic penalty?? Is that the gist of things today? Glad about the renewed emphasis on "quality," though...I sometimes wonder whether it's "quality" (of writing, given machine...
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    Weigh in on rel="nofollow"

    Whoa -- cloaking is bad??? :eek: But isn't that recommended, so that links don't get hijacked???? :confused:
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    SEO Question Concerning My Site

    Thanks, Bruce...what's a reliable free backlink checker?? I think there was some operation that could be performed on Google to check a site's backlinks, but I don't really remember.... ---------- Post Merged at 12:32 PM ---------- Well, it's a very niche keyword -- since there's no way...
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    Challenges of Running Your Own Affiliate Network

    If you mean to say that it's really hard work, well, that's just what I'm trying to find out here...what's so hard that's preventing more folks from getting involved?? Apparently the software's available so I'm curious why webpreneurs aren't talking about this the way you see talk about...
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