To show or not to show....link broker publisher urls?

Discussion in 'Link Development' started by OIOplus, Nov 7, 2007.

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    This is a question about publisher security vs sales confidence in link broker programs. I don't want this to turn into a debate on whether link brokers are good or bad, so please keep the discussion on topic. :)

    Question: if you were to use a link broker to purchase links for your site, or you used a link broker to publish links, would you want publisher urls visible to advertisers (ie. registered members) or not?

    Since it's not a black and white issue, I came up with a few scenarios you might favour. At one end, you've got all page urls being visible to advertisers at the point of sale, and at the other, you've got page urls never being displayed to advertisers, either before or after sale.

    In between, you've got possibilities such as:
    • a non-disclosure agreement being employed (could apply before or after sale, or both)
    • urls only being visible after sale (so if you have your link on a page, you can see the page url then)
    Either as an advertiser, or a publisher (or both), what level of security would you want to see, and why? This can apply to any broker, from an automated TNX, to a premium TLA model.
     
    OIOplus, Nov 7, 2007 IP