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TheDoc,
I can see your standpoint - however, in my opinion, the only time they are doing wrong (and I'm not referring to review sites) is when they are blatantly targetting your domain name and sending to a totally different sponsor & most likely they aren't your affiliate. This blows and yet you can't do anything about it cuz if it's not your affiliate, you can't even shut him down *if you're pissed*.
Review sites are keyword ladden, they are built for volume, they have similar sites, similar keywords, the are built intricately to get lots of traffic and their objective is to get the surfer to their site to read the reviews. Once the surfer is on the review, they hope to have convinced or given the surfer enough of an honest opinion to convince them to signup, if the surfer chooses to check other stuff then it's because the site didn't appeal to them or they wanted something a little different.
Some aren't necessarily targetting your keyword but yet will appear on top - because they mention those three keywords of your domain name in different areas of the review and have similar reviews with the same keywords so they get higher ranking. You can't penalize them for mentioning what's on your site, you can't penalize them for linking to BustyAmateurBoobs.com with the rest of the linkcode not showing. On that same note, you are also getting exposure, branding, traffic/signups from other keywords and other sites which you can't/weren't targetting in the first place.
If having reviews of your sites actually decreased your bottom line, then I'd have to say 'perhaps you got a point' but if, at the end of the month, your sales increased and your PNL increases and it keeps growing, you should be seeing this as a positive. You no longer have to concentrate on staying on top for those keywords (cuz they've got you up there) and you can work on gaining ground on an 'untapped' keywords. You are losing a little to gain alot more.
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