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Originally Posted by DeanCapture
I don't think Lou was using that blog solely for ITC. By the time ITC had contacted him, he had already added another sponsor:
BTW, I think Angie could have handled this situation with a bit more tact. Telling Lou that he had 24 hours to remedy the situation or his acct would be suspended is a bit on "unfriendly" side to me, especially for a first notice. Some people feel the need to be a hard ass when it's not really necessary. It makes them feel powerful and important. Angie seems like that kind of person to me.
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I appreciate your view and technically I was violating their TOS. However, in searching their top 20 Google search results I found that all affiliates were technically violating that same term.
I am still violating that term on 4 of my TGPs right now because the thumbs are cropped without their watermark and have been re-sized and further compressed from their original files. Basically to stay within their terms I would have to use the thumbs from their FHG as my thumbs without revision whatsoever, regardless of whether their size matches my TGP or not. This does not make for good productive thumbs and no TGP that I know of does it that way.
The Blog was 100% InTheCrack for around 3 months. Even if they had asked that I remove those other 4 post for the other sponsor and keep it 100% InTheCrack, I would have said OK and removed the 4 posts immediately. I really don't mind having a blog dedicated to one sponsor or site exclusively. If they want the water mark but back on after cropping and resizing, I don't have a problem with that if they provide me the .png as Mutt mentioned.
The way I look at it is, my cropped photos in my blog postings are just really big thumbs. They serve the same function as thumbs, but I'm not even skimming any % of the traffic off to trades with the clicks like a TGP.
Anyway Dean, I wish I could work with you or someone with your photography skill to create a site featuring InTheCracks unique style, angles, subject focus, and quality. Build a quality site with great content, very regular updates, providing a real value to the members. Combine that with a great tour and promotional galleries and materials geared towards closing sales. InTheCrack has the content and updates equation covered. The other aspects they really need improvement in.
BTW, I am pulling their thumbs and galleries from my TGPs as we speak. I don't like being micro managed when it is not in the best interest of either party. I have a long story about meeting and talking with the owner of InTheCrack back in 2008. Lets just say, I should have just stuck with my gut instinct.
