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My Biggest Addiction

Working on the phone with my partner. It used to be a great way for us to progress because we kept each other focused on the task schedule. We multi-tasked efficiently - listened, talked, typed, evaluated, made decisions, swapped examples and mock ups back and forth etc...now it scrambles my mind, but I haven't yet broken the addiction, because my partner is just as addicted to that work style, and it continues to be the best method for her. Of course production is down at my end.

» Posted By Laura On August 22, 2009 @ 11:48 pm

Securely Import Your Buddies in Facebook Without Getting Hacked!

Arindam, you are just a fount of vital information! Thanks for all the useful tips in this post.

» Posted By Laura On August 1, 2009 @ 4:54 pm

Finding a Profitable Niche Seems to Be the Most Difficult Part!

Arindam, you are the least boring of all the nuttie gurus I subscribe to. Your information is as comprehensive as possible for a post format, which makes it a great starting point for newbies and a nice refresher course for the more experienced. Thanks for your dedication to your readers.

» Posted By Laura On July 25, 2009 @ 4:36 pm

MUST HAVE Tool for Backlinks of Angela and Paul

Another great, informative post. Love the amount of detail you provide. If I decide buy the paid version, will be sure to use your link. Thanks, Arindam!

» Posted By Laura On July 24, 2009 @ 5:54 pm

List of Useful Addons for Firefox Users

A bit late here, but want to thank you for the great list. You're communications are always so helpful, I'm aways happy to have them pop into my e-mail.

» Posted By Laura On July 24, 2009 @ 5:49 pm

BEWARE of Posting Affiliate Links on Your Blog!

Arindam, you do open interesting cans of worms.

"Legally compliant" is the keyword. If the FTC dictates a rule for websites, and that rule is not applied to a certain website, then that site is not legally compliant.

If the OFT isn't yet regulating websites, then you're lucky not to be bothered with this just yet, as long as your business and business associations originate outside the US.

As to how far this rule might reach, as pertains to foreign based companies doing internet business in the US, is not completely clear yet, but you do raise some interesting questions that highlight just how complicated a matter this is.

On the other hand, maybe it isn’t that complicated…I just remembered something.

Addressing the general readership now...

When we consider that it was The United States government that developed the internet for its own use, and generously opened it up to the general public, and later approved it for commercial purposes, we have to allow that they also have the right to regulate it. Even to shut it back down again, should it ever come to that. That, as well as the fact that government is just now stepping into the arena in question, and, so far at least, only for the purpose of public protection is worthy of a little reflection.

Of course, other countries have now developed their own systems and markets, so in the event of US regulations interfering too much with outside businesses, their citizens can simply revert to those markets.

We all tend to blame the government for everything we perceive as interference - and believe me, I'm screaming in protest at our federal government's current extreme liberal agenda even as I write - but the office of the FTC came about because of an overwhelming need to protect consumers from predatory practices that were running rampant at that time…(have they ever not been)? It was a moral imperative that the government do something to stop the preying on our most vulnerable and susceptible citizens, the old, and the poor.

In fact, doing so is mandated by our Constitution in the opening paragraph where it states the reasons for the union’s charter and the foundation of its governing law, the Constitution itself, "to...establish justice...promote the general welfare.”

There is no more important way to promote justice and general welfare of a people than to protect the most vulnerable from predators.

So it is not the government that is at fault in wanting to set parameters for affiliate marketing practices. It is the fault of the predators that have ruined for honest people every field of endeavor ever known to mankind.

Therefore, I'm thankful if a simple disclaimer is all that's being required. I would certainly rather do without it, but it is minimally invasive, and seems fair enough to me.

The problem of protection, of course, is the never-ending battle of where to draw the line of protection for a reasonably intelligent, adult public. Unfortunately, the loudest "mouths," the ones that never shut up with the ridiculous rhetoric, are at either extreme, when common sense tells us that somewhere in the middle, where the most people gain the greatest benefit from the least amount of regulation, is where policy should be made

» Posted By Laura On July 25, 2009 @ 7:20 pm