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Hopefully Ghostery [http://www.ghostery.com/ http://www.ghostery.com/] will start tracking Referly -- I prefer to know when a site is saying nice things about a
by subpixel 14y ago
Hopefully Ghostery [http://www.ghostery.com/ http://www.ghostery.com/] will start tracking Referly -- I prefer to know when a site is saying nice things about an affiliate who will pay them money if they turn me into a customer.
I'm not saying all affiliate revenue is distasteful. But affiliate links that aren't identified as such are, in my opinion.
- dmor 14y agoYou can tell which links are affiliate because they are orange and say "buy". Non-affiliate links are grey and say "view".
- subpixel 14y agoUsers could tell which links are affiliate if there was copy on the page making it clear that "orange links that say 'buy' are affiliate links - if you click them and make a purchase Referly will make a commission on the transaction. That's the business we're in. Thank you!" I don't think you have anything to lose by being upfront with your audience - they'd probably appreciate it.