You’ve read about the bills changing the definition of nexus sweeping the nation and why they are wrong.

The simple truth is that they are based on a loophole left by the Supreme Court. In Quill Corp v. North Dakota (1992),…

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Before I start, I am going to ask that you sign the petition I started. It is all explained below. To sign, just tweet the following on Twitter:

petition @nmevans to Stop the #affiliatetax. Don’t hurt small biz in…

I’m going to start with a quick history of AOL. Back in the early days, AOL had Rainman, its proprietary coding language that was thankfully replaced by HTML. Only AOL didn’t get that the Web had made its simple walled…

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I went to Sacramento yesterday. The State Assembly’s Revenue and Taxation Committee was scheduled to discuss and vote on AB178. I went to testify along with Overstock, TechAmerica and Commission Junction (our own Kerri Pollard).

Both Kerri and I had a…

I’m sitting in my office at home happy that my Facebook UI didn’t change. It looks just like it did yesterday. Unfortunately, the other two people sitting here with me just discovered that Facebook looks totally different. And I keep…

This was quiet. I haven’t seen much on it today. It came in a discreet e-mail.

Jonathan Levine and Yasuhisa (”Yaz” ) Iida have been named co-presidents of Linkshare. It looks like it takes two people to fill Steve Denton’s shoes.…

My Sidekick is going to be set aflame today. I have gotten so many IMs and e-mails about Microsoft launching a brand new cash back site. Um, guys, this is old news. Microsoft acquired Jellyfish last year.

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As you may have read, I’ve had an interesting week. I got a reminder of the way big companies operate. It’s not a pretty sight. I have also gotten an education in how McAfee’s SiteAdvisor works thanks to Yahoo’s new…

I received an interesting call on Friday from our rep at Outrider. It seems that Yahoo thinks that AnyCoupons sends SPAM. To be perfectly clear: I hate SPAM. I hate it to the point that my company does too little…

Linkshare announced today that Steve Denton will be stepping down as president. It is a sad day. You can read the press release below for more details.

I would like to thank Steve for all that he has done for Linkshare…