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If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!As promised, CJ has launched their Link Management Initiative on June 23 (a bit early for them, still the 22nd on the west coast).
Here’s what a basic link code looks like.

<script type=”text/javascript” language=”javascript” src=”http://www.dpbolvw.net/placeholder-1299? TARGET=_top&MOUSEOVER=N”></script>

My first observation is they’ve got [...]

Instead of focusing on the theories and speculations as to why CJ is going forward with what seems to many of us outsiders as insane, my primary focus has always been on the technical aspects. Hey, I’m an engineer, not a politician.
Commission Junction’s new FAQ remains vague on technical details, but it is at [...]

Following the rumors yesterday is news today via an updated FAQ (login required) from Commission Junction that they are easing up on their plans to make a hard cut-over to Javascript links for any newly formed advertiser-publisher relationships after June 23rd. The plan to roll out Javascript-based links (as opposed to plain-old HTML links) [...]

Thousands of Ebay affiliates received an email yesterday regarding their position on CJ’s Link Managment Initiative, or their new javascript links. It’s pretty vague, but it seems that Ebay is not terribly keen on the idea.
Instead, according to the email they’re implementing their own tracking system that is compatible with CJ’s reporting. I [...]

Those are the incredulous words of an old friend at CJ. (I don’t think I’m giving him/her away with that quote. They’re in Southern Cal. They all talk like that.)
and yes…another entry about the Link Managment Initiative. It’s that important.

I don’t think I’ve spoken to anyone who thinks it is a good idea.
The recent announcement that Commission Junction has made regarding their change to Javascript links has caused quite a stir. Angry affiliates are speaking out on message boards and in blogs. Others are pondering the move, seeing no possible good that [...]

News of Commission Junction’s Link Management Initiative (background here) has caused a great deal of speculation from all around the industry, from in-the-mud advertisers and affiliates on message boards and blogs to those who comment from the sidelines.
I mentioned the ABestWeb message board thread, yesterday, which has spun into several other threads offering a range [...]

Commission Junction Announced this morning that they’re fundamentally changing their linking technology from static HTML links to JavaScript links.
Phase I of the Link Management Initiative involves a cutover to the default link type being this new JavaScript link. What’s a JavaScript link?
Some other providers use JavaScript links. The most popular is [...]