Internet advertising’s honeymoon may be ending sooner than anyone would have thought. First, the moronic governments of North Carolina and Hawaii take money out of their own citizen’s pockets by picking a fight with Amazon. Smart move. Now not only do you not collect taxes from affiliate marketers’ income made through Amazon in the respective states but the money that was coming into the state via those affiliates dries up completely. That means nothing spent with local businesses in your states. Just plain stupid. Thanks Gov. Perdue. Looks like now the tax payers of NC will have to pay for a guide dog for you since it must be hard to see where you are going with your head ‘you know where’.
Now the federal government thinks that it needs to monitor the tracking practices of companies. While there are certainly privacy issues that are critical for everyone the online advertising industry is attempting to police itself before the fed gets it’s greedy little hands on the industry for more control. Get the details over at Marketing Pilgrim.
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