Life, the Universe and the Internet

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Archive for January, 2008


Being Rejected As An Affiliate

Published January 9th, 2008 in Affiliate Marketing | No Comments »

Bizarrely I was turned down today for an affiliate account with Dixons for use on my digital entertainment site. The reason I found it bizarre is that I already have am affiliate partnership with Dixons for exactly the same site. Now it might sound strange that I would want two but the one I have is for the price finder facility on the site and the profit is shared with another company. So I wanted one of my own for other promotions.

I always find it strange that a company would turn down a website for affiliation unless that website is clearly offensive, illegal or represent a bad image in some way. How will that company know if the site is going to make them any more money if they don’t even give the site a chance.

I think I will email the affiliate company and see if they can tell me why I was rejected, just for my own curiosity if nothing else.

And So Begins A Brand New Year

Published January 2nd, 2008 in General | No Comments »

Well 2007 is gone and here we are in another year. Hope everyone who might read this had a good year last year, a nice Christmas and will have an even better 2008. If you made resolutions, good luck with them. I made a few, one of which was to actually post something here now and then.

This was a very different Christmas for me, mainly because my daughter is now three and she suddenly realises what Christmas is all about. It really was wonderful to see someone soak up all the magic of this time of year and I realise now that these are really going to be some precious years for Christmas and I intend to make the most of them for her and us.

Had a few nice presents myself the coolest of which was probably a mini RC helicopter that you can fly in the house. It’s a pretty simple little thing but it’s tremendous fun and with a little bit of practice it soon becomes easy to fly. The only slight problem is that my dog has decided it’s some kind of creature to chase and I dare not let it fly too low now when he’s around or it will be in his mouth before I could blink.

I’m currently hooked on Call Of Duty 4 for the XBOX 360 which has to be one of the best looking games I think I have ever seen on any console. I don’t tend to play it much though because I won’t play violent games in front of my daughter she takes way too much in.

I don’t know whether it’s just new year Euphoria but I am actually looking forward to the year ahead and the challenges to come.

Happy New Year Everyone.