The Affiliate Truth

I noticed this when I logged in the is morning but I have to give credit to this blog post over on Social Media Blog for putting it in the blogging system.

For months now people have been telling Facebook that the fact that they have the word “is” in the status as a static word (for example “The Boss is has got all his christmas presents!” Stupid wasn’t it) Well this morning they have finally removed the dreaded “is” from the system and it IS now  much easier to write an understanding status message!

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When Facebook released their new advertising program called Beacon it was a breakthrough in advertising (apparently)! The ability to see what your friends are shopping for and what they purchased through your newsfeed.

Unfortunately Facebook overlooked a very important fact! Not everyone wants people to know what they are buying and what they friends and family are buying for Christmas Presents!!! A number of complaints (50,000 people signed a petition to force the site to change the system to be opt in) were received by the site who now boast that they get over 25 million people log onto the site twice a day for at least twenty minutes a day.

They have been forced to change their advertising program to be a permission based, so you have to give permission to the site to have your adverts show in the newsfeed’s of others. So now my wife will no longer know that I have purchased her a nice expensive …… for Christmas.

The Affiliate Truth also launched two different shopping sites in the past week. Shop in the UK and Buy That Online are run in two different ways and the experiment will be something that we tell you all about in the next few months.

We also have a new format coming shortly as well, easier to read and navigate.

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