{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/category\/affiliate-marketing\/adware\/#CollectionPage","headline":"Adware Category","description":"","url":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/category\/affiliate-marketing\/adware\/","hasPart":[{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/a-potential-seo-gain-from-affiliate-browsers\/","headline":"A Potential SEO Gain from Affiliate Browsers","url":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/a-potential-seo-gain-from-affiliate-browsers\/","datePublished":"2024-11-25","dateModified":"2024-11-25","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/a-potential-seo-gain-from-affiliate-browsers\/","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/author\/adamriemer\/#Person","name":"Adam Riemer","url":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/author\/adamriemer\/","identifier":2,"description":"Adam Riemer<\/a> is a two-time Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Award winner and marketing veteran who has appeared in the NYTimes.com, Forbes, SearchEngineJournal, MarketingLand, Feedfront and more for his knowledge and experience in affiliate marketing, SEO, PPC, monetization strategy and conversion rate optimization. With more than 15 years of experience, he's ready to help you with your marketing needs.","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fda62f751f2a6c2ec2b079fedff69720852e4a65633212ffb11832454c29160a?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fda62f751f2a6c2ec2b079fedff69720852e4a65633212ffb11832454c29160a?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Adam Riemer Marketing, LLC.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/arm-logo-2.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/arm-logo-2.jpg","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Affiliate-Browser-Extensions-May-Boost-SEO-and-Ranking-Positions-scaled.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Affiliate-Browser-Extensions-May-Boost-SEO-and-Ranking-Positions-scaled.jpg","height":1200,"width":1643},"keywords":null,"commentCount":"6","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/a-potential-seo-gain-from-affiliate-browsers\/#Comment1","dateCreated":"2024-12-21 20:35:08","description":"Great question! It depends what the goal of the affiliate program is. I have not seen any substantial lift in revenue from allowing browser extensions that activate on a merchant's website when testing, so we educate our clients and test more when they want to. None of our current clients work with them because there was no lift in revenue or conversions. If the goal of the program is to simply show sales and not if they add value, bring in revenue, or are profitable you don't have to worry. \n\nUsers love the coupons and cashback (myself included as I am an active user of one), but the test is if they still shop when you remove the incentives. From what we've seen with our tests they do still shop and the company is now more profitable when they're removed because they're not paying out commissions and reducing margins further with network fees.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Adam Riemer","url":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me"}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/a-potential-seo-gain-from-affiliate-browsers\/#Comment2","dateCreated":"2024-12-21 18:39:34","description":"Great article, Adam! Your insights into the potential SEO benefits of affiliate browsers are truly enlightening. It's clear you have a deep understanding of both affiliate marketing and SEO, and I appreciate the thorough analysis you've provided.\r\n\r\nOne question I had while reading: How do you think the integration of affiliate browsers might impact the user experience on the website? Are there any particular best practices you would recommend to ensure that the use of affiliate browsers enhances rather than detracts from the user experience?\r\n\r\nThanks again for sharing your expertise!","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"iGamingB2B","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/a-potential-seo-gain-from-affiliate-browsers\/#Comment3","dateCreated":"2024-12-02 20:31:17","description":"That would be awesome and thank you! :-) I had two other readers reach out and one says she has a client that would likely be open to testing. Really excited to see if it is able to happen. If they go for it and they let me share the test I'll absolutely post it.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Adam Riemer","url":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me"}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/a-potential-seo-gain-from-affiliate-browsers\/#Comment4","dateCreated":"2024-12-02 20:15:05","description":"I got it; thanks for clarifying! I think your theory makes a lot of sense, then. I'll keep a pulse on it on my end, too, and circle back if I find anything conclusive. :)","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Amanda","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/a-potential-seo-gain-from-affiliate-browsers\/#Comment5","dateCreated":"2024-12-02 15:46:07","description":"Hi Amanda,\n\nThank you for reading and the detailed comment. It's great to meet you too!\n\nThe results I shared have nothing to do with a recent update by Google, but I do understand why many people feel this way with some of the recent updates. I could use examples from a couple years ago and it is the same thing.\n\nFor Navboost, yes that is exactly what I am saying. If there is a ranking lower on the page and it keeps getting clicks because the click is incentivized and Google isn't aware of the incentivization, this is what would trigger it to go higher and secure the higher position.\n\nThe other place we disagree is embedding it into the algorithm. These are two completely separate things. The browser extensions exist on browsers and are likely not being tracked by the algorithm making them an untracked or unknown outlier. Because of the amount of them, they create a signal as they get used generating something Google is likely unaware of. If Navboost is a thing and impacts search results on larger queries, this absolutely could be a way to influence it. If navboost has a large impact on SERPs then this would not be something small. If navboost is minor, this is a small thing. But it is a theory only. No way for any of us to know for sure.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Adam Riemer","url":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me"}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/a-potential-seo-gain-from-affiliate-browsers\/#Comment6","dateCreated":"2024-12-02 15:17:48","description":"Hey Adam,\r\n\r\nBrand strategist here with a heavy SEO background. I love this theory and think it's worth tracking.\r\n\r\nHowever, I just wanted to let you know that the examples you shared are all direct results of Google's latest Core and Algorithm updates. These types of changes are happening regardless of whether a site has an affiliate extension instance or not. For example, Google prioritized varied domains in branded keyword terms, placing eBay and other resellers on page 1 and demoting the 2nd, 3rd, 4th branded results that would usually show up there.\r\n\r\nAdditionally, Navboost has been mainly used to tell Google whether the user finds the page listed in the SERP results useful after clicking through from the search results. That way, Google can know whether the page is actually helpful to users or if the search result should show something else.\r\n\r\nEstablishing this type of tracking on browser extensions would be hard because the code for it would need to be embedded from the algorithm into the extension, something Google didn't want to do when it had to keep this a secret. So, I'm not saying it isn't happening; I'm just saying it is difficult to happen, and even if it did, the impact would be small.\r\n\r\nHope that helps!","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Amanda","url":""}}]},{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/why-you-should-not-allow-affiliates-to-place-pixels-and-partner-with-networks\/","headline":"Why You Should Not Allow Affiliates to Place Pixels and Partner with Networks","url":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/why-you-should-not-allow-affiliates-to-place-pixels-and-partner-with-networks\/","datePublished":"2010-09-21","dateModified":"2010-09-21","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/why-you-should-not-allow-affiliates-to-place-pixels-and-partner-with-networks\/","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/author\/adamriemer\/#Person","name":"Adam Riemer","url":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/author\/adamriemer\/","identifier":2,"description":"Adam Riemer<\/a> is a two-time Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Award winner and marketing veteran who has appeared in the NYTimes.com, Forbes, SearchEngineJournal, MarketingLand, Feedfront and more for his knowledge and experience in affiliate marketing, SEO, PPC, monetization strategy and conversion rate optimization. With more than 15 years of experience, he's ready to help you with your marketing needs.","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fda62f751f2a6c2ec2b079fedff69720852e4a65633212ffb11832454c29160a?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fda62f751f2a6c2ec2b079fedff69720852e4a65633212ffb11832454c29160a?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Adam Riemer Marketing, LLC.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/arm-logo-2.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/arm-logo-2.jpg","width":600,"height":60}},"image":null,"keywords":["Adware","Affiliate Marketing","affiliate pixels","dangers of affiliate marketing","placing a pixel on your site","what to do if an affiliate asks you to place a pixel on your site"],"commentCount":"5","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/why-you-should-not-allow-affiliates-to-place-pixels-and-partner-with-networks\/#Comment1","dateCreated":"2011-08-13 00:53:41","description":"If the webmaster is being compensated for their content and traffic then there is nothing wrong with it. If the person is not compensating the webmaster or ecommerce shop and capitalizing off of it then its still unethical in my mind. I'm sure every webmaster and ecommerce site owner would agree that being stolen from would be bad.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Adam","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/why-you-should-not-allow-affiliates-to-place-pixels-and-partner-with-networks\/#Comment2","dateCreated":"2011-08-12 00:42:51","description":"I can agree with that Adam. It is nasty.\nWould it be considered nasty now if a company were to do the same contextual pops on websites (by paying the webmaster). In other words, not using an application\/program\/toolbar (whatever you want to call it) for ads to appear?\n\nIf a company actually worked with the direct publishers\/webmasters and had their consent to organically crawl their content on all pages, and activate a pop up based on the matching keywords, and get paid.. Would this be considered \"bad\"?\n\nJust a food for thought. Your opinion is greatly apprecaited.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Samuel Yuen","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/why-you-should-not-allow-affiliates-to-place-pixels-and-partner-with-networks\/#Comment3","dateCreated":"2010-10-20 06:41:41","description":"\"I was talking to an Affiliate on the phone and much like a few others they asked if they can place a pixel on my Client\u2019s site and in their shopping cart. The reason they gave me was that they want to be able to better track their sales from their end. It sounds harmless right?\"\n\nI've the exactly same situation from one of my affiliate and I have not thought about it much and allowed him to place the pixel. Now I see all the aspects of it and will be much more careful from now on. Thank you for the wonderful in depth analysis of the pixel placing.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"David Schmidtch","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/why-you-should-not-allow-affiliates-to-place-pixels-and-partner-with-networks\/#Comment4","dateCreated":"2010-09-23 21:18:13","description":"I definitely agree with you but you never know if they'll jump in. Look at the stuff with eBay and forced clicks. Thanks for stopping by and hopefully see you soon!","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Adam","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/why-you-should-not-allow-affiliates-to-place-pixels-and-partner-with-networks\/#Comment5","dateCreated":"2010-09-23 21:07:01","description":"Well said Adam\n\nI see \"networks\" trying to join our program all the time. Fortunately, Loxly sees them also and deal with them. I don't think the government is interested in parasites - until they figure a way to profit from their involvement.\n\nAll My Best,\nBilly Kay","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Billy kay","url":""}}]},{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/adware\/what-is-the-difference-between-ppv-and-ppc\/","headline":"What is the difference between PPV and PPC?","url":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/adware\/what-is-the-difference-between-ppv-and-ppc\/","datePublished":"2010-08-10","dateModified":"2024-03-26","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/adware\/what-is-the-difference-between-ppv-and-ppc\/","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/author\/adamriemer\/#Person","name":"Adam Riemer","url":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/author\/adamriemer\/","identifier":2,"description":"Adam Riemer<\/a> is a two-time Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Award winner and marketing veteran who has appeared in the NYTimes.com, Forbes, SearchEngineJournal, MarketingLand, Feedfront and more for his knowledge and experience in affiliate marketing, SEO, PPC, monetization strategy and conversion rate optimization. With more than 15 years of experience, he's ready to help you with your marketing needs.","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fda62f751f2a6c2ec2b079fedff69720852e4a65633212ffb11832454c29160a?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fda62f751f2a6c2ec2b079fedff69720852e4a65633212ffb11832454c29160a?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Adam Riemer Marketing, LLC.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/arm-logo-2.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/arm-logo-2.jpg","width":600,"height":60}},"image":null,"keywords":["Adware","ppv","Unethical Marketing"],"commentCount":"6","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/adware\/what-is-the-difference-between-ppv-and-ppc\/#Comment1","dateCreated":"2010-08-19 13:05:11","description":"Thanks Aden. It's great to see you here as well. \n\nIt's a shame that theft like this continues in our industry and in Media Buying but fortunately certain networks like Share a Sale, Buy.at and a few others do their part to help keep it out of their Networks. Although no one can catch all of it there is a list of Networks I like to work with that I am always happy to share privately. The other thing to keep in mind though is that if the Merchant is not exclusive on those networks and is on a CPA Network, one of the other Big 4 or Big 5 Networks then you are not as safe from having your cookies overwritten as many of the large Networks and Many of the CPA Networks allow Toolbars, Reminderware, Couponware, Contextual, Interstitial, Interference Marketing, Loyaltyware or however they would like to make adware sound like it is a good thing for Merchants. \n\nThank you again for reading and happy to have you here. \n\nAdam","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Adam","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/adware\/what-is-the-difference-between-ppv-and-ppc\/#Comment2","dateCreated":"2010-08-19 12:50:02","description":"\"In my mind and my opinion is that if you have to use PPV to pop ads over other people\u2019s sites because you are not talented or smart enough or creative enough to build your own sites and drive your own SEO traffic, then you probably should not be in Affiliate Marketing or even in Online Marketing in general.\" .. Just had to say that I could not agree with you more!","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Aden Mott","url":"http:\/\/www.SeenOnTVStore.com"}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/adware\/what-is-the-difference-between-ppv-and-ppc\/#Comment3","dateCreated":"2010-08-11 23:20:14","description":"Hi Patricia,\n\nThank you for reading and posting. No problem at all. It is good to see someone taking an ethical and long term strategy approach. If you are able to build your own community and your own readership or visitors then you won't have to worry as much as they will keep coming back to you. \n\nLet me know if you ever need any help and I would be happy to have you in any of my programs. \n\nBest,\n\nAdam","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Adam","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/adware\/what-is-the-difference-between-ppv-and-ppc\/#Comment4","dateCreated":"2010-08-11 20:43:08","description":"Thanks for this post. Gail recommended it on Twitter. I am new to blogging and hope to do some affiliate marketing eventually. I want an honest business and have already seen some dubious practices on the net that I stay well clear of. Here is another to add to my list!\nThanks again. Learning heaps from all you experieced ppl out there.\nPatricia Perth Australia\n","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Patricia@lavenderuses.com","url":"http:\/\/www.lavenderuses.com"}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/adware\/what-is-the-difference-between-ppv-and-ppc\/#Comment5","dateCreated":"2010-08-10 20:24:44","description":"No problem Gail. Thank you for reading this post. The thing is that some Networks do take action on this type of behavior while others endorse it but give it fancy names like PPV or Contextual Advertising. \n\nNow, not all contextual is bad, the Google Adsense Network is contextual and not bad, but when it comes to Affiliate Marketing and Media Buying, there is a very good chance that Contextual can mean the same as PPV or Adware. It is showing ads based off of content.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Adam","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/adware\/what-is-the-difference-between-ppv-and-ppc\/#Comment6","dateCreated":"2010-08-10 20:20:50","description":"Thank you for writing this post. I am certain that most affiliates and merchants are not aware that there are people regularly stealing commissions from them or that many Affiliate Networks are doing nothing to curb these tactics.\n.-= Gail´s last blog ..Ethical Affiliate Marketing <\/a> =-.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Gail","url":"http:\/\/GrowMap.com"}}]},{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/the-only-good-ppv-is-boxing-on-comcast-an-interview-with-kellie-stevens\/","headline":"The Only Good PPV is Boxing on Comcast, An Interview with Kellie Stevens","url":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/the-only-good-ppv-is-boxing-on-comcast-an-interview-with-kellie-stevens\/","datePublished":"2010-08-09","dateModified":"2010-08-09","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/the-only-good-ppv-is-boxing-on-comcast-an-interview-with-kellie-stevens\/","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/author\/adamriemer\/#Person","name":"Adam Riemer","url":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/author\/adamriemer\/","identifier":2,"description":"Adam Riemer<\/a> is a two-time Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Award winner and marketing veteran who has appeared in the NYTimes.com, Forbes, SearchEngineJournal, MarketingLand, Feedfront and more for his knowledge and experience in affiliate marketing, SEO, PPC, monetization strategy and conversion rate optimization. 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With more than 15 years of experience, he's ready to help you with your marketing needs.","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fda62f751f2a6c2ec2b079fedff69720852e4a65633212ffb11832454c29160a?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fda62f751f2a6c2ec2b079fedff69720852e4a65633212ffb11832454c29160a?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Adam Riemer Marketing, LLC.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/arm-logo-2.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/arm-logo-2.jpg","width":600,"height":60}},"image":null,"keywords":["Adware","Affiliate Fraud","ppv"],"commentCount":"1","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/adware\/what-is-affiliate-fraud-and-what-does-it-actually-mean\/#Comment1","dateCreated":"2010-05-26 18:18:57","description":"I suspect that few outside those who are benefiting from affiliate fraud and the few like you who campaign against it have even an inkling about what is going on. \n\nThese dishonest tactics are causing SERIOUS damage to the credibility of affiliate marketing. If they continue merchants are going to find out how they are being fleeced and stop using affiliate marketing - and that would be very bad for merchants, affiliates and consumers alike. \n\nWhat merchants must do is only use affiliate networks that can be trusted. From my research shareasale<\/a> appears to be the cleanest and unless you want to be neck deep in learning affiliate marketing I strongly recommend you hire an expert in ethical affiliate marketing<\/a>. \n\nI'm sure there must be others, but Adam is the only one I've come across so far and I would not want anyone I know to start an affiliate program without his assistance.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Gail from GrowMap","url":"http:\/\/www.growmap.com\/ethical-affiliate-marketing\/"}}]},{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/adware-and-media-buys-does-opt-in-mean-its-ok\/","headline":"Adware and Media Buys. Does Opt In Mean it’s OK?","url":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/adware-and-media-buys-does-opt-in-mean-its-ok\/","datePublished":"2010-05-22","dateModified":"2010-05-22","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/adware-and-media-buys-does-opt-in-mean-its-ok\/","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/author\/adamriemer\/#Person","name":"Adam Riemer","url":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/author\/adamriemer\/","identifier":2,"description":"Adam Riemer<\/a> is a two-time Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Award winner and marketing veteran who has appeared in the NYTimes.com, Forbes, SearchEngineJournal, MarketingLand, Feedfront and more for his knowledge and experience in affiliate marketing, SEO, PPC, monetization strategy and conversion rate optimization. With more than 15 years of experience, he's ready to help you with your marketing needs.","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fda62f751f2a6c2ec2b079fedff69720852e4a65633212ffb11832454c29160a?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fda62f751f2a6c2ec2b079fedff69720852e4a65633212ffb11832454c29160a?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Adam Riemer Marketing, LLC.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/arm-logo-2.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/arm-logo-2.jpg","width":600,"height":60}},"image":null,"keywords":["Adware","Affiliate Marketing","Media Buying","Parasites","Theft"],"commentCount":"2","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/adware-and-media-buys-does-opt-in-mean-its-ok\/#Comment1","dateCreated":"2010-05-23 18:19:31","description":"In a perfect world Networks would do their jobs and protect their Merchants and Legit Affiliates and the FTC would focus on companies that can enable theft instead of on disclosures and tracking cookies. Unfortunately certain networks promote and endorse this type of behavior as good under the name contextual publishers and advertisers and many Merchants believe them and fall for this type of behavior. \n\nThe reality is that until Merchants actually educate themselves and realize who their partners are and stop falling for terms like Pay Per View and Opt In meaning good things and the FTC not realizing the larger issues and tax problems that can shut down an industry this will just continue to happen. \n\nOn a good note though some Merchants are now becoming a lot more proactive and starting to educate themselves. This is why when I first talk to a new Client or someone just looking for advice I always recommend they contact Kellie Stevens from Affiliate Fair Play as well. She taught me everything I know and is my main source for finding out new things and new adware applications being used to rip off Merchants and other Affiliates. \n\nI definitely appreciate all of your referrals and am happy you continue to come back here to read my blog. I am a big fan of yours as well.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Adam","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/affiliate-marketing\/adware-and-media-buys-does-opt-in-mean-its-ok\/#Comment2","dateCreated":"2010-05-23 18:10:26","description":"I completely agree with you Adam that anything whose purpose is to intentionally steal commissions earned by another affiliate or unearned commissions from merchants is unethical and wise affiliate networks should ban them and affiliate managers should remove any affiliate caught using them from their program. \n\nThis is one of the primary reasons I recommended you - because you are able to determine which affiliates are up to no good and keep them out of the merchant's program and keep them from stealing commissions from sales that belong to another affiliate.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Gail from GrowMap","url":"http:\/\/www.growmap.com\/ethical-affiliate-marketing\/"}}]}]}