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Originally Posted by Jace
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
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No difference in my mind.
If I rewrite the link code I am now sending the surfer where I want him to go.
If I move the cursor to the searchbox when the user placed the cursor in the address box himself, I have now in effect hijacked the borwser from the user. The purpose of that is to capture what he was trying to enter into the address box and I am using that information to send him where I want him to go within my search results and as your title says :make some mobney from him"
In the long run there is very little difference. In one you are ripping off a fellow webmaster in the other you are ripping off the surfer.
The only way that that can be considered ethical is under the guise of "honor amonst thieves", in other words, it is ok to rip off a surfer but it is not ok to rip off a webmaster.