On the plane to the Affiliate Summit, I was reading my January/February issue of Revenue. I was somewhat astounded by some quotes in the Out of Commission article. I’m watching to see if any talk was stirred up in the community over specific quotes. Either I’ve missed the talk or no…
A settlement between the FTC and Zango over Zango’s distribution methods of their adware was released today. The complaint can be found here. According to the FTC complaint, Zango has been installed on U.S. consumers computers over 70 million times and has delivered over 6.9 billion pop ups. The short…
Warning: The following post is blunt and to the point. To anyone who may take offense to any of its contents, you’ll just have to take offense. I’m not much on creating a public stir by airing this Industry’s dirty laundry just for the sake of the stir. I’d much…
AFP Testing Highlights contain basic, less detailed information from our full testing and reporting. All content is original and supporting documentation is on file. I thought I’d pass a couple of basic tips for detecting affiliate fraud to Affiliate Managers. We all know how hard it can be to monitor and…
The Internet is abuzz with Zango’s (formerly 180Solutions) announcement that a class action lawsuit filed against them last year was dismissed with prejudice in Federal Court. The first statements in Zango’s press release: Zango, an online media company, today announced the dismissal with prejudice of the putative class action lawsuit filed…
