VGLNK advertising

[Whippet]

Just started getting this a few minutes ago. It annoys me, since normally people hyperlink single words to show examples of what they're saying, so I click them. I hope this is not a permanent feature.

[Racer26]

I noticed from my remote desktop session that unlike the other hotlinking adwords I've seen before (which appeared in green and double underlined, clearly different from an ordinary hyperlink), these viglinks appear to be ordinary links, indistinguishable from ones intentionally added by the post maker. This is a PROBLEM.

[Tungrus]

Nope no ads on my machine, both in Chrome and IE.

[jwallace15]

Originally Posted by nukemknight

The word "flashlight" links back to eBay and Amazon from multiple browsers on multiple PCs.

Originally Posted by Brandon Martus

I was unaware they would link random words -- I was under the impression it would just add some affiliate tracking to existing sites that provide referral-based revenue. (amazon, etc.)

Yeah. It's called a hyperlink.

I was trying to show a good flashlight to use for targeting.

Sorry for upsetting you all. Like I said, I was just trying to help.

[engunneer]

Originally Posted by jwallace15

Yeah. It's called a hyperlink.

I was trying to show a good flashlight to use for targeting.

Sorry for upsetting you all. Like I said, I was just trying to help.

You were linking to a real one. Many other posts had random words linked.

[jwallace15]

Originally Posted by engunneer

You were linking to a real one. Many other posts had random words linked.

Then I guess I just didn't see it. I haven't seen this in any thread before.

Since someone linked the thread I posted a link on, I assumed you were talking
about me.

Sorry.

[engunneer]

Originally Posted by jwallace15

Then I guess I just didn't see it. I haven't seen this in any thread before.

Since someone linked the thread I posted a link on, I assumed you were talking
about me.

Sorry.

they turned off the auto linking. If I recall, it made about 4 extra links in your post. No worries about legitimate links.

[Tristan Lall]

It's now messing with my ability to copy actual URLs in Chrome, and that's unacceptable. The solution (which presumably doesn't earn ChiefDelphi any money) is this: http://www.viglink.com/opt-out.

[synth3tk]

I really don't want to do that, but it is pretty intrusive. I don't mind banner ads (I disabled my AdBlocker). Vglink just gets in the way in all the wrong ways.