<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/29/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Karthik</b> <<a href="mailto:narakasura@gmail.com">narakasura@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
> How does an affiliate link to a hosting provider not qualify as paid<br>> advertising?<br><br>They are not paying us to place them on the page. They are paying us<br>because we are sending business their way. We do so because we believe
<br>that they are compliant and sound. There's a difference, subtle as it<br>may be.</blockquote><div><br>To me, that is just straight up advertising.<br><br>Based on my research, targeted advertising is most effective as affiliate sales links. The big hosting companies are offering only affiliate links for paid advertising. They aren't interested in image or text ads, because they aren't effective and they don't want to pay for click-fraud.
<br><br>Thanks for responding.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Kieran<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">-K<br>_______________________________________________
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