Slate explains affiliate marketing for you

[BlueYonder]

The writer seems to have a good general understanding of the business, but it was very odd seeing an affiliate network described as a "temp agency" with a "job board."

The majority of the article presented AM as a cash-rich, shady underside of the Internet, holding little value or ethics. Your thoughts?

The Anatomy of a Web Advertising Scam

 

[Groomez]

That article has definitely confirmed my suspicions about the whole diet blog/fake blog type of advertising. I know it's worked in the past, for me and others, but after seeing some of the buzz last year about how consumers were getting rebilled like crazy from acai, I knew it was going to leach on to the other 3.95 s/h products that promise pure BS. I've stopped promoting some of this stuff, at least in the USA. But for right now I feel like I'm on both sides of the fence. The article really aims at putting a knife into affiliates by comparing them to "scum".

But then again it's all part of the circle. I love it how the author points out these scams but then allows advertising between paragraphs.

 

[barman]

The last page is absolute hilarity.

This piece owes a large bit of thanks to Nickycakes.com, which has a vulgar but indispensible guide to affiliate advertising. Also, the Waffles at Noon blog is ace at keeping track of all the various scams and landing pages. E-mail me if you’ve seen this kind of multilevel marketing scam for other products than those mentioned.

TEH IRONING IS KILLING ME

 

[bb_wolfe]

Did you guys see the nickycakes.com link? Whoa.

 

[BlueYonder]

Did you guys see the nickycakes.com link? Whoa.

I did, and what an insult to our refined friend Mr. Cakes.

 

[bb_wolfe]

I say we go all Gary Theim on this author.

 

[bb_wolfe]

Fucking glad I bought ad space on nickycakes.com this week. Whoa nelly!

 

[herman333]

THANSK FOR THE ARTICLES. THANKS FOR SHARING.

 

[Sticks79]

THANSK FOR THE ARTICLES. THANKS FOR SHARING.

Are you fuckin serious cunt? shut the fuck up and start reading or fuck off.

 

[azlanhussain]

Well it sure does help in promoting Nickycakes.com - Reformed Blackhat & | wafflesatnoon.com.

 

[musiconly]

Just don’t call it the circle of life—it’s more like a circle of lies.

Guy read whole cakes affiliate guide, and instead of using what he learned he goes back to that shitty site to write a shitty article to "inform poor stupid overweight people" and become their superhero. I guess he thinks of himself as Oprah.

 

[Bofu2U]

Guy read whole cakes affiliate guide, and instead of using what he learned he goes back to that shitty site to write a shitty article to "inform poor stupid overweight people" and become their superhero. I guess he thinks of himself as Oprah.

If you can't do ... bitch about it.

 

[Jizzlobber]

Writer is just trying to win a TV.

 

[musiconly]

Writer is just trying to win a TV.

then someone needs to tell him that cakes is running a contest:xmas-smiley-016:

 

[Chrisvon637]

"folks on the Internet claim to bring in more than $10,000 a month once they get the hang of being an affiliate."

they don't even know......

 

[Demon]

bahahahahahaha, I almost spit my drink onto the screen after I saw the nickycakes link. They even linked to the Prosper202 guys.

 

[Fat Tom]

wow thats a um.. umm. good read....