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Copyright 2005 Randy Charles Morin
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Copyright 2005 Randy Charles Morin
Part of the KBCafe Blog Network.
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I just found out that I have a lot of new code to write across my 44 websites. I've always used the Amazon Associates Web Services to monetize my websites. I've never really made a lot of money from it, but I make enough to keep using it. I've even developed some sites (www.hellosanta.org) that depend entirely on the Associates API. Amazon decided to rename this API to Product Advertising API and has changed it to require some form of authentication. Yikes to me. Who made this ridiculous decision? Arggggg!
http://affiliate-blog.amazon.com/2009/05/attention-amazon-associates-web-service-developers.html
Question for any Googlemites out there that read this blog. How come Google can add Bing support to Analytics overnight and we are still waiting for Google Images support after years of asking? Personally, I've growing very weary of BigCos that buy valuable websites and put them into maintenance mode a year later. Analytics has to keep moving forward. Google has to respond to their user's feature requests.
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Today, while comparing rates between PayPal and Google Checkout, I noticed that PayPal wasn't charging me the advertised rates for the volume I was pulling. I dug into the details to find that you had to apply for the lower rates. I did and immediately was given the lower rates. I think it's very deceptive of PayPal that I wasn't being warned of this obvious issue. I figure it cost me a few hundred dollars over the last year. That's a few hundred dollars that I'm closer to selecting Google Checkout.
If Google Checkout simply had Subscription/Recurring payments, then I'd already be there. I did see they have an XML-based subscription payments service in Beta. I read it and it's total crap. You have to wonder if anybody actually uses that. Further, Google Checkout still doesn't appear to want Canadian vendors.
Today, I read the following in the Advertising.com terms.
Upon a determination by Advertising.com, in its sole discretion, that Publisher has violated any of the foregoing conditions of this Section 4, Publisher agrees that Advertising.com may, in addition to other legal remedies, assess liquidated damages of up to $1,000.00 per occurrence of each such violation, and that such liquidated damages are reasonable.
Let's just say I was stunned. Who would agree to that? It's one thing to fine someone who is in the wrong, but Advertising.com does not even have to prove anything (their discretion) and you are specifically agreeing that this is reasonable. I'm no lawyer, but I can read. I wonder how many $500/hr lawyers have advised their clients that this is reasonable?
http://www.platform-a.com/contact-us/publisher-info-request/publisher-terms-and-conditions
I finally got around to moving Besting AdWords off of www.kbcafe.com/adwords and putting it on it's own domain www.webvertization.com. Hopefully this will get me off my ass and do some more blogging/writing.
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