Is there a "legitimate" cookie stuffing?

[teguh123]

I want to promote an affiliate. However that affiliate has a wikipedia explanation ("wealth dynamics"). Some has youtube.

If I provide links to those resources I can increase sales but there will be a significant chance that I do not get creditted.

Would make sense to get cookies running the time visitors visit my site.

What do you guys think?

Let's just say I worked a special deal with the guy that sell this stuff. The affiliate itself sucks if not because of my relationship and I think he'll agree with whatever I propose. The thing is the guy that owns the affiliate is not techies.

 

[mGrunin]

 

[Victoria-Rx]

LOL

 

[RobinX]

mGrunin in love with eminem

 

[cardine]

If you're as rich as Bill Gates, can you make 1000 kids legally?
Does it pay to be good?
Why blame evil if it's profitable?
I am a capitalist Robin Hood, I sell to the rich and pay the poor to do it

 

[jellyfish]

If you're as rich as Bill Gates, can you make 1000 kids legally?
Does it pay to be good?
Why blame evil if it's profitable?
I am a capitalist Robin Hood, I sell to the rich and pay the poor to do it

This

 

[justo_tx]

If you cookie stuff as well as you write I would suggest not quitting the day job.

 

[shopdeal]

that made no fcukin sense

 

[Bofu2U]

 

[teguh123]

I think affiliate programs should have a way to put cookies on impressions rather than click.

So if visitors visit our site, our cookies should be active. That way we can refer to wikipedia, youtube, or even the site directly without having to worry that we're not credited.

This will also be good to eliminate the need for tracking codes in links, which turn off visitors.

 

[Julez123]

Nope it is all illegal

 

[Flash4Ever]

If you are on a good relationship with the program or product owner why don't you hit a question directly?
With whichever affiliate stuff, cookie stuffing is too dangerous.

 

[smaxor]

I think so. I used to cookie stuff on CJ offers. Where you could only send to the main page. So I'd iframe the actual product page I was looking to promote. Then cookie stuff with my link in a hidden frame so I'd get the sale and be able to target a product page which would convert a lot better.

 

[pstation]

I think so. I used to cookie stuff on CJ offers. Where you could only send to the main page. So I'd iframe the actual product page I was looking to promote. Then cookie stuff with my link in a hidden frame so I'd get the sale and be able to target a product page which would convert a lot better.

i would do the same thing as well. when a user clicked a link i'd embed the affiliate link as a img and then redirect the user to the actual page after 2 seconds. the biggest problem at hand though was that IE won't set cookies in a cross domain setting unless the server has the appropiate p3p cookies set

 

[jeff_p]

the cookie labs.

that is all.

 

[teguh123]

i would do the same thing as well. when a user clicked a link i'd embed the affiliate link as a img and then redirect the user to the actual page after 2 seconds. the biggest problem at hand though was that IE won't set cookies in a cross domain setting unless the server has the appropiate p3p cookies set

This is a grey area. I would be front front with any of my affiliates (they need me more than I need them anyway).

Opening affiliate sites in an iframe (as long as not hidden), is reasonably fine too.

Can we make iframes clickable?

 

[Garrett]

if affiliate is not techies then you should drop cookies

 

[Gavin-NB]

I think affiliate programs should have a way to put cookies on impressions rather than click.

So if visitors visit our site, our cookies should be active. That way we can refer to wikipedia, youtube, or even the site directly without having to worry that we're not credited.

This will also be good to eliminate the need for tracking codes in links, which turn off visitors.

This is called post impression tracking. Popular in Europe, but open to abuse and advertisers don't like paying out on their "organic" conversions.