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Old 11-06-2007, 05:07 PM
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Default Re: Who said Paid Links are bad?!?! New term please!

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Originally Posted by cimmeronstudios View Post
I guess, but can you imagine the number of sites this pertains to? I would guess that there are countless web masters out there with nice, busy sites, selling a link here and there and not showing any type of 'sponsors' link.

also, how can you clearly distinguish this from advertising? I guess you'd still need the 'sponsors' information on that too?

not trying to be a PITA, just thinking that sometimes, regulations just get a bit out of control. Obviously, I don't want to be mislead, but you know? it just gets ridiculous sometimes.
If you get a gift worth more than certain low limit, working for a Norwegian company it has to be reported to the tax Goverment. An unofficial joke among Norwegian economists is that there is no more capitalistic unit than Norwegian Government.

So a free link is a gift and if it is from a very important site, it should be reported, since it can be valuable. I wish US and Norwegian Goverment good luck on their road to the ideal utopia.

Penalize every directory giving away free ad through free links??

There may be a relevant argument on hiding a business relationship if that is the case? What about dmoz? You tell 100 friends about a good car company. Is that a business relationship? Is it free ad? Should it be reported?

Last edited by kgun; 11-06-2007 at 05:25 PM. Reason: ?? added on: Penalize every directory giving away free ad through free links
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