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Samsung TX T2782 Problems

Stephanie writes... The TV will not turn on. Appears that there is no power to the TV at all. Checked all connections including wall outlet to ensure that everything is plugged in and working. There's nothing more frustrating than nothing happening when you turn on a device! My first question is, when did this start happening? ...
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Link Cloaking, What is it?

I hear a lot about "link cloaking" and that I should be hiding my affiliate links to keep them from getting hijacked. Is this true? -- Joe S. What is Link Cloaking? Link Cloaking is the technical practice of hiding an actual URL through a link on the local domain, or a through a benign third party domain. URL shorteners, which...
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Changing Permalinks in Wordpress Doesn't Have to be Scary

For a website owner who knows anything about search engine optimization, one of the scariest things in the world is changing the URL structure. Not only do you need to make sure the pages work on the new URLS, bu you have to make sure that all of your old urls properly redirect to the new ones. One mistake can cost you all existing...
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Affiliate Marketing, Get Paid for Nothing

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Get Informed! The We-care.com Loyalty Affiliate Plugin

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Affiliate Marketing Takes a Big Step Back to 2002

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Deep Linking: It Shouldn't Be This Difficult

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Adobe Flash Player Pwned. Secure your Firefox.

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Don't Hate. Innovate.

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CashAddOn - What's Wrong with Incentive Publisher Browser Plugins

There's a new incentive shopping browser plugin on the scene, called CashAddOn. CashAddOn is a Cash Back shopping portal. Their model is that they have a FireFox plugin that, when installed, gives you indication in the browser status bar if you're receiving cash-back commissions on a purchase from the current website. A small blue minus...
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Out of the Affiliate Blog List ... BUMPZee! is Born

If you've been following along for the past few weeks, I've been busily developing what started out as a list of affiliate marketing blogs. My imagination ran away and my fingers kept pouring out PHP and AJAX code and the end result was something MUCH bigger than a simple blog list. The list initially turned into a feed aggregator, then...
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eBay Announces their own affiliate infrastructure

Today, Ebay announced the launch of their new affiliate linking infrastructure, called Project Rover. According to the Ebay email: Project Rover has been designed to work seamlessly with the Commission Junction interface, increase the effectiveness of our affiliate’s marketing campaigns, and will be rolled out to all...
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A Practical Look at LMI

The Commission Junction Link Management Initiative (LMI) has prompted a strong reaction from affiliates. CJ is planning a change their link structure from plain HTML links over to mandatory use Javascript links. While some may feel that "links are links", or that it must be fine because similar offerings, like Google Adsense and Yahoo...
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Javascript Redirect through HTTP POST

One of the major issues with CJ's new Javascript links is that they prevent affiliates from sending traffic through local redirects. This is a very common method used for tracking and link abstraction. It is, after all, the method upon which traditional affiliate and other tracking links are based. I use local redirects extensively in just...
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CJ's LMI Javascript Links: Under the Hood

UPDATE: I've added the "How did I do this?" section at the bottom of this entry containing a tool developed to see inside CJ's Javascript Links. Now that CJ's new Javascript links are available for examination, we can better understand what will be possible, and what will not. My first glance at the links last night and my test page...
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LMI Technical Focus

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 least a little less vague. ...
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ShopAtHomeSelect Jekyl & Hyde

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ShopatHomeSelect Evicted

ShopatHomeSelect, has been removed from Commission Junction's network for violation of the publisher service agreement and the Publisher Code of Conduct. The adware in affiliate marketing issue has been brewing for years, came to a head in the fall of 2002 when the Publisher Code of Conduct was drafted, and has been simmering, and boiling...
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afsrc=1 Frequently Asked Questions (unofficial)

I've been meaning to write an explanation of the afsrc=1 parameter for a long time. I've been collecting questions and it's remained half-written for several months. I saw a reference to it recently and thought I'd wrap it up. I was directly involved in the creation of this, but am no longer at Be Free / Commission Junction, so I guess you...
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