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Affiliate marketing and other stuff from Shawn Collins, co-founder of Affiliate Summit.

Spam, Beer, and Black Hat Affiliate Marketing

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Affiliate Thing welcomed Mark Wielgus of 45n5.com this week.

Topics discussed included Mark leaving his job to work online full time, spamming SERPs, alcohol at conferences, and aspirations to build a white hat site.

Example of an affiliate spam site
Example of a “spammy site“

We also touched on the LinkShare acquisition of Traffic Strategies.com, zanox.TV, Apple moving from LinkShare to CJ, and the “Donut Guy” that got a job at Think Partnership.

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