>Get around the blogger problem by generating a referral token for each blogger to use in linking to your site, and show them the token/link in their account page.
this would solve the problem of people who don't produce clickthroughs getting paid, but it wouldn't solve the problem of looking scummy, and if you have a bunch of duplicated content all over the place, you look scummy, and the person who actually wrote the content is going to be cheesed.
Reputation management (which is to say, wanting to not look scummy) is the primary reason why I don't have a referral system. Well, that and I'm not willing to put that much cash in to customer acquisition. But it's primarily about reputation; It's hard enough presenting a consistent message when you have two or three employees.
Even if you only care about money, reputation is worth quite a lot.
I'm sure there are ways to do affiliate marketing without looking scummy, but it's not obvious or easy.
this would solve the problem of people who don't produce clickthroughs getting paid, but it wouldn't solve the problem of looking scummy, and if you have a bunch of duplicated content all over the place, you look scummy, and the person who actually wrote the content is going to be cheesed.
Reputation management (which is to say, wanting to not look scummy) is the primary reason why I don't have a referral system. Well, that and I'm not willing to put that much cash in to customer acquisition. But it's primarily about reputation; It's hard enough presenting a consistent message when you have two or three employees.
Even if you only care about money, reputation is worth quite a lot.
I'm sure there are ways to do affiliate marketing without looking scummy, but it's not obvious or easy.