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Dave Baum <dbaum@spambgoneenteract.com> wrote:
> they used an associate link, they'd get a little extra income. From
> their perspective, why not take advantage of a little free money?
I agree with Suzanne -- it looks shoddy and unprofessional. I don't think
it's immoral or anything, but it puts them on the same psychological level
as some random person with a geocities page full of banner ads.
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Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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In lugnet.robotics, Matthew Miller writes:
> Dave Baum <dbaum@spambgoneenteract.com> wrote:
> > they used an associate link, they'd get a little extra income. From
> > their perspective, why not take advantage of a little free money?
>
> I agree with Suzanne -- it looks shoddy and unprofessional. I don't think
> it's immoral or anything, but it puts them on the same psychological level
> as some random person with a geocities page full of banner ads.
Yeah! -- Well said!
Here's what was going through my mind (and mouth :) when Suzanne showed me
the page[1] earlier today:
Suz: "Check this out...you're gonna love this..." (sarcasm)
Todd: (seeing page on screen) "Ahh, [expletive deleted] cool -- [expletive
deleted] COOL! LEGO is FINALLY supporting the AFOL books! WOW. Well I'll
be darned...I -never- thought they would do that."
Suz: "Now look at the link."
Todd: (squiting to see the full URL) "What?! Is that...?! No, it's not..."
Suz: "Yeah, look again. And I double checked it. It's the same format as
all the other Amazon associate links."
Todd: "Nooowww....oh my god. It IS! No [expletive deleted] way. No way.
I thought you were joking. Oh my gawd. No. They didn't. Is that real?
It IS. No way. No [expletive deleted] way. Oh my gawd, that's SOOO SOOO
tacky. I can't believe they did that. Do they know they did that? Oh man,
that's SO bad looking. It's so misleading."
Complete and utter shock, in other words. :)
--Todd
[1] http://www.legomindstorms.com/home/books/index.asp
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote:
> Suz: "Yeah, look again. And I double checked it. It's the same format as
> all the other Amazon associate links."
Y'know, I wouldn't be terribly surprised if if it turns out that the Amazon
referrals aren't going to TLC at all, but rather to an employee of whatever
web firm they contract out to.
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Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
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In lugnet.robotics, Matthew Miller writes:
> Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote:
> > Suz: "Yeah, look again. And I double checked it. It's the same format as
> > all the other Amazon associate links."
>
> Y'know, I wouldn't be terribly surprised if if it turns out that the Amazon
> referrals aren't going to TLC at all, but rather to an employee of whatever
> web firm they contract out to.
We were wondering that too. It wouldn't surpise me too much if "management"
there was oblivious to the fact. I guess if the URL changes anytime soon...
(smile)
--Todd
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In article <slrn8et1h9.qk9.mattdm@jadzia.bu.edu>, mattdm@mattdm.org
wrote:
> Dave Baum <dbaum@spambgoneenteract.com> wrote:
> > they used an associate link, they'd get a little extra income. From
> > their perspective, why not take advantage of a little free money?
>
> I agree with Suzanne -- it looks shoddy and unprofessional. I don't think
> it's immoral or anything, but it puts them on the same psychological level
> as some random person with a geocities page full of banner ads.
I also agree about how it looks...which is basically why I don't use an
associate link on the NQC site (1).
Dave
(1) Acutally, I even debated about putting anything at all on the NQC
site about my book.
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