Ever catch sponsors redirecting galleries?

whitey · 2004-07-26, 09:19 PM

Bret:

We were talking about sponsor galleries redirecting - which is cheating.

If I found one gallery redirecting to a page without my code included, they are gone.

The sponsor has many technical choices to deal with this. If they don't know how, they should not be in the biz of offering an affiliate program, paticularly with hosted sites or galleries.

99 % of the sponsors I use have figured it out. When I find the ones who have not, they are either dishonest or stupid.

Last I looked at the thread, we talking about neither mistyped urls nor surfer typing of urls.

Heh, most of the link lists will ban you for redirecting - whatever the reason. So, most webmasters put normal 404's in their error htaccess in order to cover any mistake they might make in their links or uploading a site or gallery. I guess you are advocating holding sponsors to a much lower standard.

2004-07-26, 09:19 PM	#1
whitey Hey, can you take the wheel for a second, I have to scratch my self in two places at once Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 186	Bret: We were talking about sponsor galleries redirecting - which is cheating. If I found one gallery redirecting to a page without my code included, they are gone. The sponsor has many technical choices to deal with this. If they don't know how, they should not be in the biz of offering an affiliate program, paticularly with hosted sites or galleries. 99 % of the sponsors I use have figured it out. When I find the ones who have not, they are either dishonest or stupid. Last I looked at the thread, we talking about neither mistyped urls nor surfer typing of urls. Heh, most of the link lists will ban you for redirecting - whatever the reason. So, most webmasters put normal 404's in their error htaccess in order to cover any mistake they might make in their links or uploading a site or gallery. I guess you are advocating holding sponsors to a much lower standard.