Thanks Spiv for the clarification. Don't misunderstand me here. I am also frustrated with those "Top 10 or Top 100" affiliate sites that rake the money in from their advertisers and then turn around and purchase Google Adwords so they can do it some more. Most of those also charge the host considerably for the "priviledge" of being there and that is why only the bigger companies profit from it. I was not commenting on those types.
Yet a WHD that lists our affiliate program and promotes it (without cost to us as the advertiser other than the affiliate payout) is in my opinion a great deal for any host in that they get the additional marketing exposure and sales resulting from it. Yes, those with agressive marketing budgets win the most but the smaller host can win as well.
As for "fake SEO sites" I am not convinced that they are "fake" at all. Most are set up as legitimate web sites that contain relevant content and that is what pushes them up to the top of the search engines. People want relevant content and for their searches to return relevant results. There is nothing in my opinion wrong with that at all! The days of spamming the search engines with numerous doorway pages are thankfully over. Search Engine Optimized web sites with relevant content and legitimately earned backlinks (from people who link to those sites because they are good) are FAR from being "fake" and they certainly are not considered as doorway pages.
TRUTH TEST: How many of you would turn down the opportunity to own this forum, HostSearch.com or WebHostingTalk.com or any other major hosting forum or directory if the price was affordable? Didn't think so, That is my point
Best Wishes for a .Net Success!
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