Below is an excerpt from a posting on another list I subscribe to. It
relates to some undesirable sounding Features of Microsoft Internet Explorer
6.0 which apparently allows Microsoft to place links to their site on YOUR
site. I'm curious - since it appears this post originated from someone with
a product of thier own to market - whether anyone knows whether this
description of the Smart Tags is accurate. If so, it is something any
webmasters on this list will want to know about.
Here is the post (forwarded WITH permission from the person I copied it
from, although he confesses he posted it originally without requesting
permission from the person who sent it to him - it was sent to him by
someone he affiliates with on his website)
I'm writing you today to let you know about something disturbing...
Smart Tags are a controversial feature in Internet Explorer 6.0 beta that
allows Microsoft to place their links in other people's websites (like
yours!). Basically, IE Smart Tags use words on your site to create Microsoft
links that could potentially lead your traffic to their sites (with, of
course, no commission to you). This is a threat to all of us involved in
affiliate marketing. Recently, Microsoft announced that Smart Tags will be
pulled from the final release of Windows XP and IE6, but Microsoft also said
Smart Tags might be resurrected in later versions. Smart Tags will remain a
feature of Office XP.
As a courtesy, I'm providing you with a meta tag you can use to disable
Smart Tag recognition in Internet Explorer within your site. After adding
this tag, Internet Explorer will not dynamically add new Smart Tags to your
pages.
The tag is:
<meta name="MSSmartTagsPreventParsing" content="TRUE">
By the way, this is the kind of helpful info that you'll find at
PartnerIndusty.com. Please check out this site, it's there to help you
attain a higher level of success in affiliate marketing. As always, thanks
for your partnership, and please don't hesitate to let me know if I can be
of some assistance or if you would like to discuss any special promotion
opportunities.
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