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martinibuster - 4:18 pm on Apr 23, 2005 (gmt 0)
Ok, here we go... First, let's put your quote into context. The partial quote was in answer to a question about SPAM. The answer that follows is in the context of less ethical affiliate marketers. Let me repeat that for you, The answer that follows is in the context of less ethical affiliate marketers. The entire quote you mention in the second thread from December goes like this: If someone searches for a book and there are affiliates in there, we're giving the user ten opportunities to see the same information, to buy the same product, from the same store, at the same price. If that happens, we haven't given our user a good service or a good experience. To twist those words around to imply something other than keeping the serps clean is a disservice to other members at WebmasterWorld who don't know enough to go read Mike Grehan's original interview themself with a critical eye. The answer is clearly in the context of affiliate spam cluttering the serps- something no search engine wants- this isn't just Yahoo. Certainly, no reasonable person would want that either. You can quibble and spin that to fit your worldview all you want but reasonable people are going to see that quote for what it is. Original interview can be read over here [e-marketing-news.co.uk].
where was the need to specifically mention me?
Dude, chill out.
2_much was clarifying issues brought up in that thread, including issues you brought up in message #11 of that thread. paste a quote from the interview.
What interview are you referring to? You make mention of it in a completely different thread (from what jdwaverly referenced, which is the one I'm referencing) posted eight months later.? I tend to hear more from you guys at the search engines about the activities of less ethical affiliate marketers out there. Now those guys certainly live by their own rules. How do you deal with it?
Or is the sole purpose of that site to transact on another site, so that someone can get a commission... if that's the case, we'd rather put them directly in the store ourselves, than send them to someone else who's simply telling them how to get to the store...