Leaving Comments on Blogs

I normally wouldn't post a rant on my otherwise positive blog but there is just this one little thing that has been bothering me lately.

If you are using your blog to make money or to promote your own affiliate programs the last thing you want to see is a comment on your blog promoting SOMEONE ELSE'S affiliate link.

Here is an example (This didn't actually happen)

My Post: "Hey Guys! I just found this great program called AGLOCO. Its free to join and you can make money just by using the internet as usual."

Then the comment: "Yes I agree... AGLOCO is great you should sign up! Here is my referral link http://www.agloco.com/r/BBBH6540. Please sign up using my link I really really need referrals and I will be your best friend for ever."

Then the next comment: " here is the link to sign up for agloco http://www.agloco.com/r/BBBH6540"

(obviously I used my own link all 3 times!)

I've only had this happen to me one time. And you can call it rude and against my normal good nature but... yup, I deleted it! It wasn't for AGLOCO. In fact, the comment didn't even go with the post. Someone put a link to an affiliate program that promotes ON-LINE ads on one of my OFF-LINE advertisings posts.
The reason I got mad about the comment was because I am actually a member of that particular affiliate program already and have been writing a post about it over the past few weeks. (I like to test a program out for a while before I recommend it to others) In other words, this person stole my thunder.

****Now back to my nice, normal, polite self****

Keep in mind if you want me to try out an affiliate program and join under you, you can suggest it to me and I will most likely join right up and test it out if I haven't already. Just PLEASE, instead of leaving your affiliate link, contact me in a different way or leave me a way to contact you!

Now back to our regularly scheduled up-beat friendly programming.