Originally Posted by xenigo

For the record, Dirty D has not said he doesn't allow PPC campaigns.

He's not saying he wouldn't buy traffic from you that wouldn't otherwise have been his to begin with.

He has a problem with you buying a PPC campaign and sending traffic via a term he organically already owns the #1 result for. Basically you're making money based on his already existing hard work.

That is the definition of "cyber squatting".

What I find so amusing is that every affiliate posting in here claiming this is a legit manner in which to market via PPC, and saying this is a standard way to promote sites. All the while, virtually no major mainstream affiliate program will allow this. Most of the people in this thread are trying to make the argument that "if it's not in the TOS, then it's fair game!" It's almost like saying that because something isn't illegal, makes it a proper & moral thing to do. Most major affiliate programs don't allow this because they've already built a big brand and don't want their efforts exploited by someone selling their efforts right back to them.

No matter what the explanation, this argument will continue simply because there's a fundamental conflict of agendas here. Affiliates want to make money by any means possible, and affiliate programs want to monetize their brand the best & cheapest way possible.