[thelist] Affiliate links

Simon Perry thelist at si-designs.co.uk
Fri Dec 3 05:01:48 CST 2004


Drew Shiel wrote:

> At 22:08 02/12/2004, Simon Perry wrote:
>
>> Affiliate links code for insertion into an affiliates website
>> Code for the complete link to be copied and pasted into 3rd party 
>> website?
>
>
>> Code for an iframe linking back to the display code hosted on the site
>> offering the affiliate service?
>
>
>   From the offering site's point of view, either is useful. I can see 
> the marketing advantage of being able to alter what's in your 
> affiliate links without the affiliate themselves having to do 
> anything. However, you can get the same effect by using a graphic 
> hosted on the offering site, without messing with iframes.
>
>   From an affiliate's point of view, I wouldn't put anything on my 
> pages if I didn't have control of it, unless it was coming from a very 
> reputable company. Verisign's seals and Google's ads are the only ones 
> I can think of offhand that I'd be happy with.
>
>   I'd vote for the code-for-insertion, on the whole.

Thanks Drew,

I was thinking about making life easier for non technical affiliates but 
I'm not sure we actually want them if they are unable to manage their 
own code. I hadn't thought of it from the "other foot" as it were but I 
totally agree with your second comment.

Regards

Simon




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