Yahoo is a sneaky affiliate
LOL I was trolling around in Digg the other day when I came across an interesting story.
Seems this blogger has outed Yahoo! for sneaky affiliate work. Now, that shouldn’t come as a surprise. But, the actual finding and outing did surprise me.
I’m not too big a fan of any SE as an ad delivery vehicle, I’m just jealous cause I didn’t think of it first. Yahoo has been an affiliate marketer as long as I can remember.
The particular way that this slippery affiliate snuck their aff id into the (supposedly) organic listings makes me wonder how long they have been doing it.
Anyways, here is a link to the story on Digg.
Yahoo Busted!! Cookie Stuffing Their Organic Results!
Go read it and get a few chuckles. Digg it if you like it (Hey, it’s not my post nor my blog it points to) but do read the story. It will give you a new perspective on what honest BH spammers are up against.
~dink
Comment by perkiset
LOL great story Dink - but hardly unexpected. I shudder to think what all goes on behind the dusty curtains covering both Y and gaggle.
“Honest BH Spammers”
Comment by Dink
Hey man. Let’s not spurn the honest ones (that’d be me…mostly) when there’s loads of the darkest lords of spam out there.
As you well know, most of us do not break laws. We exploit the chinks in the armor but we wouldn’t steal the sword.
And, ya, the se’s are crafty, shifty, and sly, marketers who take us for everything and leaves us bleeding in the gutter. LoL