Hiding referral codes in the URL?

[CalModels]

I noticed a lot of people do this by using javascript in the onmouseover so the link does not show up in the status bar, and since they are listed I am assuming this is OK from a LL BL prespective...

My question was more along the lines of... is there really any benifit to doing this? If the link is not supposed to be blind in order to get listed, even if the actual link is being hidden joe surfer is still told in no uncertain terms that he is going to a sponsor... why hide the link code in the status bar?

I did a bit of searching and the theory seems to be that if joe surfer sees a referal code he may not click on it rather type in the link in to the address bar directly (or right click copy link paste into the address bar delete referral code hit enter and take the tour) hence the free porn provider (me) looses the referral, but there is the other school of thought that says, if joe surfer is going to go through that much work just to screw over the free porn provider, he has no intention of buying anything in the first place...

The second makes sense to me (but what the hell do I know)... I would think the ideal surfer is the guy with the credit card next to his mouse... and that guy isnt going to give a shit what the status bar says...

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