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I wrote a big long blog about about Mike's SEL article today and lots of people from CJ as well as some pretty connected affiliate managers read the 5 Star Affiliate Blog. So I'm pretty sure someone will get word to CJ or the Marriott.
I couldn't get to the PDF at that link, but found it here:
http://www.mauriziopetrone.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/quality-rater-guidelines-2007.pdf
via SEObook: http://www.seobook.com/full-text-googles-general-guidelines-remote-quality-raters-april-2007
I was doing research to blog about the thin affiliate section and the sneaky redirects part that highlighs CJ links as sneaky redirect spam.
Nice list adnan!
Nice that he listed the 5 Star affiliate forum. People usually list the 5 Star Blog as a top industry resource and often forget about the forum.
I've been looking for some good options for ad rotation, so that's a helpful part of the list too.
People will be surprised that I agree with much of what David said.
I blogged a long response to his article. Here's a snippet of what I wrote in reply:
"I agree with that fact that the state of affiliate marketing today is primarily due to the rogues, black hatters and fraud affiliates that have given our industry a black eye. More importantly, the bad guys have made the business so much harder for the honest, value-add affiliates to succeed.
I also agree that had our industry been self-policing or somehow held to best marketing practices, we would not be suffering from the stigma and set-backs he describes. He makes a strong point when he says "Sadly, the weakest link in the chain brings down everyone else."
It's not too late to try to clean things up. When any of you "good guys" out there get the urge to try out a "gray tactic" or an outright "black hat trick" STOP and think about the big picture!
Like I always say "Market with Integrity and Everybody Wins!"
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