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Originally Posted by fuzebox
A while back there was a thread called "how did you get into the adult industry" or something... Many, many people replied that they were surfing porn and the "make money" link caught their eye...
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If someone clicks the link, signups and becomes a Webmaster (that was a surfer) you converted them into a different business model. That's a good thing for you and the webmaster that referred them.
If they were still a surfer, they would go back - if they never saw a link like that before... And yes, I'm sure some surfers signup to programs, but most programs check accounts and approve them, or at least verify they are real.
Today you visit amazon and you can signup and promote them, it's that way on almost every site. The links are all over, so people clicking them, to signup and promote you, isn't like it once was.
And I do agree, a huge banner, flashy or whatever at the bottom for Webmasters is pointless. But this post was about text links and not buttons/banners. And text links, even duplicate result links from affiliate id's still get results in Google and for sure in other Engines.