Sep 10 2006

Google Teams Up With Ebay Cookie Stuffer Misspellit.com

By Jeremy Schoemaker 12 comments

My Google Toolbar updated today and I had the option to add the Misspellit.com button to my toolbar… ohh whats this? I can use this!! I am always mispelling words right?

Lets look at how it works… so now in my Google tool bar all I have to do is click this misspellit button and … ok now im searching for typhos and mispellings on… ehh… ebay?

well ok maybe that makes sense.. but lets try one and see what happens. Boom im cookied. This means that anyone who uses this site is cookied and any time they bid, make a purcahse or someone signs up within 30-45 days of using this service misspellit.com gets a phat cut of that.

Dont take my word for it do it for yourself and watch all the ebay cookies get set…

Technology Slice said on September 10th, 2006 at 7:38 pm

It’s a smart way of making money

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Shawn Hogan said on September 10th, 2006 at 9:41 pm

As far as I know, it’s a perfectly legit way to make money via the eBay affiliate program. Also, I think “cookie stuffing” isn’t entirely accurate… unless you consider a “normal” affiliate link to be cookie stuffing too.

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John C Reply:
August 29th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Apparently eBay disagrees?

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Afif Reply:
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:30 pm
And thus happens 2 years after that ~

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ShoeMoney said on September 10th, 2006 at 10:46 pm

I agree and I dont think its violating anyones terms of service. In fact I think its a very smart way to plant cookies… maybe that is a better word… cookie planting ? =P

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INV said on September 10th, 2006 at 11:35 pm

It goes right through mediaplex’s redirect

http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-1751-2978-331?mpre=&UID=a8a3sqi-803350179-1157953021977-wh&AID=10370388&PID=1834658&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.com%2F%28THEKEEWORD%2CTHKEEYWORD%2CTEHKEYWORD%2CTHEEKYWORD%2CTHEKEYWORDD%2CTEEKEYWORD%2CTHwKEYWORD%2CTTHEKEYWORD%2CTHEKEYWODD%2CTHEKEYWRRD%2CTHEKEYWORs%2CTHEKEtWORD%2CTHEKEWORD%2CTgEKEYWORD%2CTHEKEYWOD%2CTHEKEYWiRD%2CTHEKwYWORD%2CTEKEYWORD%2CTHEKEYWWORD%2CTHEKYYWORD%2CTHEKEYWORR%2CTHrKEYWORD%2CTHEKEYeORD%2CTHEKEYWOOD%2CyHEKEYWORD%2CTHEjEYWORD%2CTHEKEWWORD%2CTHEKEYYORD%2CHEKEYWORD%2CTHEKEYWOtD%2CTHEKYWORD%2CTHEKEYYWORD%2CTHEKEYWORRD%2CTHEKEuWORD%2CTHEEEYWORD%2CTHKEYWORD%2CTjEKEYWORD%2CTHEKEYWODR%2CTHEKEYORD%2CTHEEYWORD%2CTHEEKEYWORD%2CTHHKEYWORD%29%3F

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Pidea said on September 11th, 2006 at 7:44 am

Damn ! That’ll put sites like mine out of business then. Unless I devise a toolbar that allows users to search for mis-spelled eBay items myself. Actually, it doesn’t look that hard so perhaps I’ll give it ago.

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Pex Cornel said on September 11th, 2006 at 9:07 am

As far as i know cookie stuffing is against TOS of many merchants who have affiliates.

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Bulbboy said on September 11th, 2006 at 3:00 pm

Any idea what happens if someone goes to ebay via an affiliate link,
and then finds their way to ebay via another affiliate link 10 days later?

Does the first affiliate get priority and the second get zip?

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dillsmack said on September 11th, 2006 at 4:16 pm

No, the most recent one gets it.

Cookie stuffing for the win.

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Ty said on September 12th, 2006 at 10:23 pm

Last time I checked, eBay suggests correct spellings for search.

Doesn’t listing software have spellcheck?

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Dan Abbamont said on September 17th, 2006 at 11:50 am

I wouldn’t say that this is keyword stuffing. After all, the toolbar does provide a service - finding misspelled auctions that won’t be found by as many other people. They could just not set the cookie, but that wouldn’t make them as much money. Had they just been opening the search in a hidden browser control, that would be cookie stuffing.

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