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Originally posted by dj_sniffy
1. we are focusing on the free areas. to get inside a site requires membership...either meaning we joined or was given consent. if CP exists behind closed doors, then some how, or some way surfers had to be attracted to the site to sign up, so that kind of marketing is done in the free areas.
2. in your scenario, sniffy did not cause the direct harm. because a site blocked the searching, the sponsor made their own determination on what they wanted to do about it. I would think that sponsors would not just ban the affiliate without first verifying. i would expect a sponsor to do their own diligence. the value of sniffy is to do the laborious tasks, so the sponsor can focus on the problem areas.
3. in this scenario and with any scenario where a yellow flag goes up by a reviewer, additional people will then focus on the suspected site to validate what sniffy and reviewer has found. given another snapshot/viewing, and finding confirmation, it becomes a red flag. this kind of check and balance is the same with the previous comment that a spoonsor is not going to just take our word about the red flag.
4. if a webmaster is doing some thing illegal, then they should get busted. if they do, its because ASACP or the sponsor pushed it forward. Sniffy is then the informer.. so maybe a rat if you will, but the only people that should be fearing sniffy's actions are really those that might get caught.
-dj [/B]
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1. IMO, from what I have seen.. Most sites that actually have CP are promoted in the newsgroups, yahoo groups and chat rooms.. Not through free sites, link lists and TGPs. This would catch those that are promoting legal sites but using underhanded tactics.. making it look like they are going to an illegal site.
And yes, the sponsors have the right to stop this type of marketing and that type of marketing is a problem. But it does not really attack the real problem which is real CP out there behind closed doors.
2. LOL... apparently you haven't dealt much with sites such as linklists that have scripts doing the checking. The scripts can get tripped up pretty easy and they often auto reject. I don't imagine that a sponsor, once they have an automated check will be any more vigilant. An unfortunate outcome of automating any process is that people tend to become reliant on the automation and ignore the human check features that should be in place.
3. see #2
4. This is kind of like "Only guilty people get arrested". If a sponsor shuts down a site on sniffy's (or any scripts/bots/whatever) say so, they are shutting down an income stream. This can be very damaging.
Just imo...