Someone using my web-page

[emmanuelle]

I am curious what other people here think of these tactics. Let's pretend that there is an affiliate code in those links. Is it considered okay to steal search engine traffic in this manner? Where is the line drawn?

[Bunnyhop]

Originally Posted by emmanuelle

I am curious what other people here think of these tactics. Let's pretend that there is an affiliate code in those links. Is it considered okay to steal search engine traffic in this manner? Where is the line drawn?

Tough question...on one hand I could feel that well since I'm listed there then the traffic would just be going to my site directly anyways...so why should I pay out to an affiliate for a sale I could have gotten directly anyways?

But on the other hand...that individual might be getting indexed on other keywords, in better (or at least different) positions or more SEs and overall increasing the exposure to my site. In addition with him linking to all my pages will improve my PR rankings (not a great deal of improvement, but something to consider)...especially if he does it on multiple domains. So the increased exposure might be worth it.