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Old 02-06-2012, 08:08 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by raymor View Post
1. If the "name" field shows it's someone who has nothing better to do than spend their day thinking about Paul Markham, they may be lame.

2. If the "name" field shows someone who spends their day thinking about Paul Markham, they may be stupid.

3. If the name field reads "Paul Markham", that's a big mouth.

4. You've never seen a note from a surfer? They are recognizable.

5. Look at their site. Is it called PTHC-adolecente.com? If so, it's probably CP.

6. If it's someone who spends the day arguing with Paul Markham, they won't have time to promote anything.

7. If it's someone who copy-pastes into new threads because arguing with PM in one thread wasn't enough, they may not be a player.
Thanks for covering the points Ray.

So many reasons that it's a wonder why he hasn't run into a few before.

Affiliates claiming they own google.com
Affiliates who show you a site "under construction" "parked" or one they don't own.
Or one with so much questionable content on it the sponsor doesn't want to be linked to CP.
Or one with so much pirated content on it the sponsor doesn't want to be linked to it. Yes some still have principles.
Or one with just the wrong content on it the sponsor doesn't want to be linked to it. Like she-male and the sponsor has teen sites. The sponsor can ask.
A site that does very well and doesn't need every single person who fills in a form to have access to their content. Like us that had more in the affiliates area than some whole sites have. And we are not alone on this.
A site who simply doesn't want you.
A site that has the sponsor deciding how it's run and not every person who fills in a form.
A site that knows if you don't send some good traffic, they will can your ass.
An affiliate who plain looks fishy. Country, badly filled in form, wrong info, etc.
Simply checking out the information in the form is accurate. By approving and then emailing the guy. We've had a few bounce. Must of happened to others.

Big sponsors are now working their own traffic as the priority, they see the time when you guys will be a little add on. Because a few of you are ass holes who think you should get exactly what you want, when you want it and no one should question that. Welcome to 2012, you're living in the past.
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