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Parasitism in Affiliate Marketing. OneCause.

Webster’s Dictionary defines “parasitism” as is “an association” in which a parasite “obtains benefits from a host which it usually injures.” [source] In affiliate marketing, a parasite is an affiliate that always (not “œusually”, but always) injures the host (another affiliate), and does so by stealing commissions from the latter (hundreds

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GoldenCAN vs PopShops Article in the Website Magazine

The November 2008 issue of the Website Magazine will have one of my newest articles. The article is entitled A Different Breed of Affiliate Tools: GoldenCAN and PopShops and it is aimed at providing a synopsis and quick comparison of these two affiliate tools. I hope you will enjoy it.

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LinkedIn "Affiliate Program Management" Group

I have started a new group at LinkedIn today – one devoted to affiliate program management, one where affiliate managers (in-house and OPMs) can network, and discuss issues pertaining to affiliate management. If interested, you may join the group here. It’s been live for less than a day, and we

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How To Clear Browser's Cookies?

I have started a “How To” section for merchants running affiliate programs at the Affiliate Program Management website. The first question added is the “How To Clear Browser’s Cookies?” one. The issue is being confronted by merchants (especially those that have just started marketing through the affiliate channel) more often than

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Hundreds of .ME Domains Already Auctioned

After receiving a “Super Bowl-like spike in traffic and domain registrations”, registering “more than 20,000 .ME names” in the first 24 hours of registration [source] and many more in the days that followed (no wonder why, when NetFirms.com is selling them for 50% more), GoDaddy.com now shows hundreds of .ME domains going to

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