By Brian Livingston
Datamation/Earthweb
Dave’s Comments (Digital Marketing Tutorial Blog): If you’re involved with Affiliate Marketing, whether via Commission Junction or another company, this is a very interesting article to read. Learn about “cookie stuffing”, “forced clicks”, and “security exploits”, and how using these techniques can steal an Affiliate Marketer’s dollars.
“The large e-commerce affiliate network known as Commission Junction (CJ) is gearing up a campaign that uses automated searches of the Web to catch dishonest participants.
The network has contracted with Cyveillance, a firm that monitors the online use of trademarked terms, to “spider” the Internet seeking affiliates that generate commissions without legitimately earning them.”
Read the entire article by clicking on EarthWeb.com.