Archive for January, 2010

All those who are attending LinkShare Symposium West 2010 or would like to keep up with all the latest news, events or find ways to interact with people there, use that hash tag #LSW2010 on Twitter.  What a great way to keep up to date with the events and expand your network a little.
Also, if [...]

Today LinkShare’s parent company, Rakuten, announced a joint venture with Chinese search company Baidu.  The two companies will work together to bring the Ichiba model to China.  Ichiba is Japan’s largest Internet shopping mall with over 30,000 participating Merchants.
What does this mean for LinkShare?  LinkShare is the affiliate marketing platform for Rakuten, so everywhere they [...]

The PMA has received word that an advertising tax will be proposed in Virginia. If this tax passes, they predict over 100 advertisers will terminate their affiliate programs with Virginia publishers. The PMA’s effectiveness in fighting legislation that directly harms the income of affiliates will ultimately be bolstered by readiness. Please take a few minutes [...]

We wanted to give Publishers a heads up that we will be retiring Linkbuilder tomorrow night.  The Deep Linking Interface offers this same function, PLUS improved usability and enhancements such as the ability to create deep links for multiple Advertisers in one place, create multiple links at once, export to CSV, and easy U1 support.
The [...]