


Why kill off revenue streams for affiliates by completely blocking access to legitimate websites? What is the point of that? CJ isn’t a spyware site and they certainly don’t allow spyware/adware related sales. Forget the cookie issue, Spybot completely blocks Commission Junction urls in the imported hosts list. You are missing the “big picture” and the crucial problem with Spybot. Shawn Richards Januat 12:38 am (16 years ago) Maintain focus on the task at hand.īottomline? Be aware that Spybot and other anti-spyware applications might affect some of your transactions, take note of the pitfalls and move on. That could be the biggest pitfall of all. But if you are going to obsess with a few lost transactions, you could lose sight of the entire picture and go off track. But the reality is that you could potentially lose some sales to having your cookie deleted, and sometimes tracking cookies do not lodge correctly and I’ve not received commissions for some transactions too. Subsequently with the release of each of the “Death of (insert pet subject here)” reports, they experience the “oh no, oh no, the bit has hit the fan”, it’s easy to lose perspective. As in “oh no, the Google Slap! Everything is going to bits, oh no, oh no!”.
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There is some upside for product creators as it means they will get full credit for the sale (less the affiliate networks commissions).

Spybot already identifies Alexa as spyware, although Alexa tracks the sites you visit and depending on your perspective, it could be viewed as either a web metrics tool, or ‘spyware’.īut having Spybot detect and offer the option to delete tracking cookies from the likes of Clickbank and Azoogle could have massive implications. If a user to your landing page runs spybot and deletes your cookie, it means you will not get credit for the affiliate sale.
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If you’re an affiliate marketer, take note, Spybot Search And Destroy, a spyware detection software has now identified several affiliate network tracker cookies as ‘spyware’. The Silent Affiliate Marketing Menace: Spybot
