I'm not sure who first came up with the concept of the affiliate, but in the e-commerce world the master has to be Amazon. Amazon has grown to be one of the most important e-commerce portals in the world and a lot of that growth can be contributed to its gigantic affiliate base. But what about smaller businesses? Can affiliate marketing work for them? What of companies that do … [Read more...] about Does Affiliate Marketing Work?
Data Retention – Germany
John Collins linked to a report of a German court which has ordered a German ISP to destroy all non-invoice related data. Full story here What does this mean in the context of the recent data retention debacle? … [Read more...] about Data Retention – Germany
ccTLD Aftermarket
Anthony mentions a new blog focussing on the ccTLD aftermarket in domain names. No mention of IE namespace as yet though :) … [Read more...] about ccTLD Aftermarket
Google Moves the Goalposts Again
The Google "referrals" scheme is far from perfect. It now transpires that it's got even worse without anybody being told. … [Read more...] about Google Moves the Goalposts Again
I want your feedback!
I've been switching themes around on this blog a bit over the last few weeks. While I happen to like some elements of the current theme, I'm not 100% happy with it. I'm not sure why exactly, but it "isn't me" … [Read more...] about I want your feedback!