http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/1429/affiliates-funding-virtual-blight.html Leading Affiliate Marketing Blog - Industry News, Tips and More Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:13:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/1429/affiliates-funding-virtual-blight.html/comment-page-1#comment-27012 Blight Watch » Blog Archive » 5 Star Affiliates Speaks Out On Blight Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:48:22 +0000 http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/1429/affiliates-funding-virtual-blight.html#comment-27012 [...] Linda Buqet of Five Star Affiliates picked up our torch when discussing weeks featured article by Blight Fighter and she added some interesting points to the discussion. The most important point is that even the people who profit the most from Virtual Blight in the short term are hurting themselves in the long haul. Affiliates need to self police the offers they run. Are they honest? Would you want your Mom to see what you are promoting or sign up for that free trial that is going to keep hitting her credit card every month? Would you encourage your best friend to click and take advantage of that payday loan or install that spyware/malware that you know will much up his computer, but pays you per install? If you are running offers that you don’t think are ethical, you are not only polluting the web, but encouraging more banner blindness, banner blocking software, consumer distrust and lowering everyone’s clickthrough and conversion rates. [...] [...] Linda Buqet of Five Star Affiliates picked up our torch when discussing weeks featured article by Blight Fighter and she added some interesting points to the discussion. The most important point is that even the people who profit the most from Virtual Blight in the short term are hurting themselves in the long haul. Affiliates need to self police the offers they run. Are they honest? Would you want your Mom to see what you are promoting or sign up for that free trial that is going to keep hitting her credit card every month? Would you encourage your best friend to click and take advantage of that payday loan or install that spyware/malware that you know will much up his computer, but pays you per install? If you are running offers that you don’t think are ethical, you are not only polluting the web, but encouraging more banner blindness, banner blocking software, consumer distrust and lowering everyone’s clickthrough and conversion rates. [...]

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