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	<title>Comments on: Text Link Ads Changing Affiliate URLs?</title>
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	<description>hmmm... what?</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Val</title>
		<link>http://spoken-for.org/archives/2007/08/23/1963/#comment-273805</link>
		<dc:creator>Val</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@ Karah and Vera -- sometimes it takes time.  I have several sites that are in and have nothing, but this one does fairly well.  Of course, the higher the pagerank and such the more the ads will sell...

@ Vera -- yes, I dyed it; though it's been twice dyed since then, too, and is now more natural looking.  Also thanks for the compliments, though the original graphic isn't mine mine, I bought it.  :P  :)

@ Bes -- yup, you're right.  But no, TLA did not tell me how the porn site got through.  And as far as E goes, no the old urls are no longer active after one week from the date of email, so... what three, four days from now?  They sent out an email to all affiliates.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ Karah and Vera &#8212; sometimes it takes time.  I have several sites that are in and have nothing, but this one does fairly well.  Of course, the higher the pagerank and such the more the ads will sell&#8230;</p>
<p>@ Vera &#8212; yes, I dyed it; though it&#8217;s been twice dyed since then, too, and is now more natural looking.  Also thanks for the compliments, though the original graphic isn&#8217;t mine mine, I bought it.  :P  :)</p>
<p>@ Bes &#8212; yup, you&#8217;re right.  But no, TLA did not tell me how the porn site got through.  And as far as E goes, no the old urls are no longer active after one week from the date of email, so&#8230; what three, four days from now?  They sent out an email to all affiliates.</p>
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		<title>By: Bes Z</title>
		<link>http://spoken-for.org/archives/2007/08/23/1963/#comment-272720</link>
		<dc:creator>Bes Z</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 21:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Kara [hi :)], same thing with me before. :)

1 : Regarding the porn site getting through, I wonder if TLA explained to you how the site got through.

2 : Regarding the tinyurl change, I found out about that too, and I also find this a bit interesting, as it can result in a few things:

A : It is not professional to rely on an outside url'ing system.
B : As you pointed out, it allows people to hide affiliate links. I hope that was not the intention of TLA. Some things should be hidden, but affiliate links should be more open in my view.
C : What if the TinyUrl services goes down?
D : TinyUrl is blacklisted by a lot of services and sites because of the way it is abused; the destination of a TinyURL so far is never clear, and thus a user can be duped into going to an unwanted site.
E : Will the old urls still be active? Changing affiliate links is a big change for many people.
F : Because of E above, were users consulted about such a change before imposing the change onto them?

Vera [hello! :D] , yes, she dyed her hair. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kara [hi :)], same thing with me before. :)</p>
<p>1 : Regarding the porn site getting through, I wonder if TLA explained to you how the site got through.</p>
<p>2 : Regarding the tinyurl change, I found out about that too, and I also find this a bit interesting, as it can result in a few things:</p>
<p>A : It is not professional to rely on an outside url&#8217;ing system.<br />
B : As you pointed out, it allows people to hide affiliate links. I hope that was not the intention of TLA. Some things should be hidden, but affiliate links should be more open in my view.<br />
C : What if the TinyUrl services goes down?<br />
D : TinyUrl is blacklisted by a lot of services and sites because of the way it is abused; the destination of a TinyURL so far is never clear, and thus a user can be duped into going to an unwanted site.<br />
E : Will the old urls still be active? Changing affiliate links is a big change for many people.<br />
F : Because of E above, were users consulted about such a change before imposing the change onto them?</p>
<p>Vera [hello! :D] , yes, she dyed her hair. :)</p>
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		<title>By: Vera</title>
		<link>http://spoken-for.org/archives/2007/08/23/1963/#comment-272643</link>
		<dc:creator>Vera</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>PS: Love the new layout   colours =), see you are good with graphics too ;)
PSS: You dyed your hair? :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PS: Love the new layout   colours =), see you are good with graphics too ;)<br />
PSS: You dyed your hair? :)</p>
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		<title>By: Vera</title>
		<link>http://spoken-for.org/archives/2007/08/23/1963/#comment-272642</link>
		<dc:creator>Vera</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ditto Karah.

Don't like the tinyurls thing either -_-';</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ditto Karah.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t like the tinyurls thing either -_-&#8217;;</p>
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		<title>By: Karah</title>
		<link>http://spoken-for.org/archives/2007/08/23/1963/#comment-272226</link>
		<dc:creator>Karah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I'm signed up for TLA but I've never had anybody want to be advertised on me *shrugs*</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m signed up for TLA but I&#8217;ve never had anybody want to be advertised on me *shrugs*</p>
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