Tag Archives: affiliate

My VigLink Review – Giving Affiliates a Second Chance

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Andrew

I blogged back in July about California passing its law that caused Amazon to pull the plug on all their affiliates in the state (joining Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, North Carolina, and Rhode Island). Since then I’ve had a chance … Continue reading →

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Make VigLink Work with AdBlock Plus and Other Ad Blocking Software

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Andrew

Most ad blocking software like AdBlock Plus rely on blacklists to decide what to filter out. Big ad providers get blocked explicitly and others by common URL patterns. This all relies on the URL of the resources being retrieved by … Continue reading →

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Amazon Closed My Associates Account, Now What? Help for Affiliates in California

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Andrew

Californians can use VigLink to keep participating in Amazon Associates Gov. Brown signed the Internet Sales tax law and Amazon promptly dropped tens of thousands of Associates in a heartbeat. The state still doesn’t get their sales tax and now … Continue reading →

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Google AdSense Kind Of Sucks

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Andrew

I’m sure there are a lot of people who have good success with Adsense, but I could never get it to work on this site. I get a lot of traffic from my WordPress plugins and some other posts. I … Continue reading →

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