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Old 02-23-2012, 08:23 AM  
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AAPL has 100b cash

If you could just buy your way to wealth they would.

Specialization, one of the main benefits of civilization, allows for vertical markets.

Why doesn't GM or Walmart or anyone with access to mountains of cheap cash buy all their suppliers and their dealers?

I suppose that traffic guys like to sell traffic, and find the regularity of it better than the constant fine tuning that appears to be the purview of the affiliate. They may not have a big gain, but they have regular dependable revenue and the ability to forecast.

If the affiliate, who may like excitement and chasing a huge gain, likes to fine tune and share information and scheme and plan and test, he may triple his revenue or lose everything. High risk high reward.

Content sellers require a totally different skill set.

What is great is that affiliates work on commission. If only traffic sellers would
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