Mouseovers (not blind) = better click thru rate ?

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Originally posted by DavidM
I seem to notice click thru rate about 300% + higher when using mouseovers on sponsor links (making it look like the link just goes to the root domain). Especially with those which look obvious - such as ccbill affiliate codes/urls.

Does anyone else see this?

Also when a sponsor uses affiliates codes in the form of:

http://rootdomainname.com/myaffiliatecode/

The difference is drastic.

Why do more sponsors not make use of this?

try this: <a href="http://YOURSPONSOR/" onmousedown="this.href='http://YOURSPONSOR?REF=XXX';">BANNER</a>