The unscrupulous tactics of many in this industry have prevented affiliates from being able to beleive something based soley because one says so. So while I do not have any reason to doubt any of the claims from companies that say they do not do any of this stuff, at least to me, their claims would be alot more credible if they took the time to post specific examples where possible or if multiple affiliates voluntarily confirmed such.
For example if you closed a site, name it, when you sent an email about it and when that it actually closed. Or provide an affiliate link to a site to show you encode your Webmaster links if you offer such a program. Or if you provide no pop up links, post a no pop up link code that does not pop up anywhere on the tour. You get the idea.
My guess is very few if none will bother because I think most program owners/reps beleive there are more naive webmasters out there than not and thus there is little reason for the programs to go out of their way to prove their integrity - assuming they have some.
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