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Originally Posted by sarettah
Ok, first of all, I personally hate going to google or yahoo, starting to type into the address bar andf ending up in their searchbox instead.
Now, not to be pissy, but.
Jace, you have several times posted stuff about what you consider "bad" or "immoral" business practices, such as the post down below about the autoblog program that can rewrite the content pulled in through an rss feed.
But, you seem to have no problem with a mousetrap type feature that inadvertently grabs the surfer and gives you a shot to misdirect them.
What is the difference whether you are ripping off a blog or ripping off a surfer?
Why is it ok to hijack the surfer and send them where you want them to go instead of where they want to go but it is not ok to rewrite a link which in essence provides the same control?
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I think that rewriting an affiliate code is a litle bit different than placing a cursor in a search box automatically....I personally don't see anything wrong it, and I would have no issue with it, simply because it doesn't harm my computer or steal money from others.
I don't get mad when msn or google places my cursor in the search box when I come to a page, it never has annoyed me, and I don't consider me doing it ripping off a surfer, in fact I think that is a far stretch
I really can't believe someone would compare stealing content with placing a cursor in a search box