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I had occasion to be looking for a movie download and in the course of my search I ended up on a page on “Jaheims Blog“.

The post, titled “Download Yankee Doodle Dandy Online!” was a synopsis / description of the movie “Yankee Doodle Dandy” with James Cagney. It also included a link with the anchor text “Download Yankee Doodle Dandy Online Right Now!” which misleads you to believing that by clicking that link, you can download the movie.

Not so.

In actual fact, the link was to http://loomis.ipodpsp.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=YankeeDoodleDandy, which is an affiliate link. When you click on it, you end up at http://www.satellitetvtopc.com/?hop=loomis which is a sales page for one of those “Watch tv on your pc” programs which happens to sell for $49.95.

This is deceptive marketing. Lead someone to believe that they’re going to get something that they’re looking for and in actual fact you’re going to hit them up with a sales page.

I’m not blaming the satellite tv on pc people. This is entirely the fault of the affiliate for engaging in spammy deceptive marketing and I sincerely hope that they lose their affiliate status. This is *NOT* the way to monetize a blog OR sell a product!

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