Comments on: Affiliate Tactics – CSS History Hack

By: Networks Adopting Blackhat Tactics - BrandVerity

Networks Adopting Blackhat Tactics - BrandVerity — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:03:41 +0000

[...] a past blog post, we discussed in detail how and why abusive affiliates use this technique, but, to summarize [...]

By: Affiliate Tactics – Disposable URLs and “Front” Websites

Affiliate Tactics – Disposable URLs and “Front” Websites — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:54:15 +0000

[...] Check the visitor Once the visitor reaches the disposable domain, the affiliate performs a number of checks to determine if they should show their affiliate link to the visitor. If the affiliate doesn’t show their link to the visitor, they won’t get paid. However, if they show their link to the wrong visitors (the merchant), then they are discoverable and may be terminated from the merchant’s affiliate program. We’ve seen affiliates conducting a range of checks from simple things like the referring URL or the visitor’s IP address through much more complex hacks of the browser’s history using the CSS History Hack. [...]

By: CSS History Hacks and Referral Laundering with Jamie Birch

CSS History Hacks and Referral Laundering with Jamie Birch — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:52:24 +0000

[...] on a number of the challenges facing affiliate managers and discuss the details associated with the CSS History Hack and referrer [...]

By: Educate your partners or arm your adversaries? - Dave Naffziger’s Blog

Educate your partners or arm your adversaries? - Dave Naffziger’s Blog — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:30:31 +0000

[...] decided to change that, and have posted our first detailed discussion of a technique used by affiliates to evade detection to BrandVerity’s blog. We also sent a [...]