There has been a paradigm shift in SEO and Internet marketing. A blog network is not as effective as it used to be. Search engines see thin affiliates in a dim light.

Sponsors in this industry, or at least speaking for myself, want the association with affiliate sellers for reason that they can be creative in bringing new marketing of our products.

I think what we supply affiliates with "promotional content" aimed as an aid to their success but not as an end-all to their content. The Affiliate needs a value added proposition to get the SEO traffic that is profitable -- that is what an successful affiliate does -- presents value added content to a surfer and refers him via a click through to a sponsor resulting in a commission hopefully.

That is an overview of the issues and not case specific. Like they say "there is more than one way to skin a cat." (Don't report me to PETA reactionaries :D ).

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Originally Posted by signupdamnit [T]he other possible boom could be if something like Paypal happens for adult or something else which allows everyone (not just selected paysites using Epoch and paying 15%) to start taking micro-transactions. Then if you can build up thousands of visitors a day you could make a lot of money. But it's not viable right now due to banking situation. ...

Interesting point but the "banking situation" is not the problem really. Individual transaction fees are too high for micro payments.

It is possible to bypass the credit card transaction fees by creating a "wallet" with internal transfers. The real problem is FinCEN and US Treasury Department regulations -- a lot of this activity is also regulated by international treaty.

The 1st International Bank of Porn won't be opening branch offices soon ...

@Mike Sorry to hear of your Mom's illness I am sure that only adds to the stress ...