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Originally Posted by mineistaken
This is what I was talking about - you care only about yourself (or him in this case). While we are talking about the bigger picture and doing good research for everybody.
He is not doing this to "profit" himself, that is the main thing you should understand. He is doing this for the forum community as well.
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And the bold part is my point. Why would anyone who claims to be in business, and certainly a professional, not conduct their own quality control testing and auditing? Why should the health of your revenues be the responsibility of another webmaster? I agree that what Lucas is doing is generous and, to a point, valuable for others. But I certainly do not see any upside for him personally.
And therein is my entire reasoning. Lucas takes this upon himself, for the betterment of his peers, and risks entirely alienating himself from some programs. There is little gain to be had for him personally in doing so. What he is doing is something that every serious businessman should be doing themselves -- conducting their own audits. But very often it seems like several people on GFY expect others to do the leg work and then jump on a bandwagon with no first hand knowledge themselves.
I just think that revenues are your own responsibility and, thus, you should absolutely have an internal auditing system in place for your business, including your affiliate links. I know for myself, we audit our links regularly to stay on top of any abnormalities.