Affiliate Datafeeds – Duplicate Content and More
Linda Buquet has put together a good explanation. There’s an article by Scott Jangro and a video from Matt Cutts of Google that explains why you can no longer just “slap up a data feed site and do well.”

Forbes on the Advertising Tax
Shawn Collins is steamed. There’s an article in Forbes, “Taxing a Virtual Presence” written by Lee Gomes, that has made Shawn a little hot under the collar. Shawn says, “First off, the article didn’t include any perspective from an affiliate marketer, and the view of affiliate marketers was rather narrow and uninformed.” But what really burned Shawn up was the statement, ” “a large percentage of all spam e-mails are from aspiring affiliate marketers.” WHOA! Who says so? Where are the statistics to back that up? That’s what Shawn wants to know. I want to know, too.

Aseema
Nothing is being sold. Aseema is strictly nonprofit, and this has nothing at all to do with affiliate marketing. The purpose of Aseema is “To provide underprivileged children with a nurturing and stimulating educational environment that helps them recognize their limitless potential.” Go…make a donation, help a child. It will do YOU good.

Facebook Is King but Twitter Makes Waves
David Goldman is a staff writer for CNN. He has posted an interesting news article that says, “no social network is safely on top of the market.” According to Nielsen, “Facebook users logged 13.9 billion minutes on the site in April. That compares to 5 billion minutes on MySpace, 300 million on Twitter, and 202.4 million minutes on LinkedIn.”

Tips to Enhance Your Opt-In Process
There’s an interesting post on the Affiliate Classroom blog today that provides some excellent tips to improve your opt-in process. And, as we all know, “an effective opt-in process can bump up the profitability of your website.” Profit! That’s a good thing!