Free Beer in London Feb 19th

[alexpratt]

Guys - I am pleased to announce that CAP Euro Amsterdam will be sponsoring the beer at the gathering organised by LondonSEO.org during SES in London on Feb 19th

This is the second time we have done this and if you are in town I highly recommend you attend as it is always really useful especially when SEO gurus get drunk and tell you their secrets - We will also be giving away hotel nights during CAP Euro at the party - More details at www.londonseo.org

[Webzcas]

Hi Alex. Would be normally tempted to go to this. But because of what has happened in the last few months concerning CAP - I will have to pass. Besides If I am going to Amsterdam, I would want a hotel for the duration of the CAC .

As for the SEO get together I am hoping to go to WMW in Vegas in November. Just need to get permission

[Fergie]

As much as I would LOVE drunken SEO experts spilling their secrets...
With all due respect, Alex, don't you think posting that announcement here is somewhat inappropriate?

[alexpratt]

Webzcas - Completely entitled to your opinion - Hopefully I will buy you beer one of these days at one of our events or another.

Fergie - I think its completely appropriate - During London Michael et al sat down with me and the other CAP guys and we got through a lot including moving forward together. What ever you may think we are not your enemies and I hope the CAP events help grow GPWA and visa versa.

To everyone else let the beer flow!

[arkyt]

To everyone else let the beer flow!

This industry doesn't need another booze party - what it needs is to step back for awhile, access its current state of affairs and develop a win-win solution to all that has gone on the last 2-3 years.

[alexpratt]

maybe, maybe not, although in vino veritas
Seriosuly though, this is just a sponsored drink session for a load of people who are in SEO which are in the majority not in gaming - FYI One of my aims is to get people from the outside into our sector and show them its a serious market with serious people

Beer is just something that connects us and sparks conversation - It isn't literally a boozey party - The last London SEO beers I attended I had a great time but more importantly made some new friends and learnt some things.

[Fergie]

Webzcas - Completely entitled to your opinion - Hopefully I will buy you beer one of these days at one of our events or another.

Fergie - I think its completely appropriate - During London Michael et al sat down with me and the other CAP guys and we got through a lot including moving forward together. What ever you may think we are not your enemies and I hope the CAP events help grow GPWA and visa versa.

Are things back to status quo between the GPWA and CAP now?

[Webzcas]

Webzcas - Completely entitled to your opinion - Hopefully I will buy you beer one of these days at one of our events or another.

Hi Alex,

I'll gladly have a beer or three with you one day. Nothing personal against you, as I have heard nothing but good about you and the events you put on. However as you well know, my beef is with CAP as is the case with many other people in the industry.

Until such time Lou and Warren not only apologise but also make right what they have done wrong - a brief overview can be read here

Then I feel hawking their events on sites such as the GPWA is just plain wrong and is akin to sticking two fingers up to us all with regards what has happened over the past few months.

[MichaelCorfman]

Are things back to status quo between the GPWA and CAP now?

Well, I wouldn't exactly say that. However, there are some understood boundaries that pretty much represent what is sensible.

We agreed that the GPWA would be promoting CAC Amsterdam and that CAP would be promoting CAP Spring Break and CAP Amsterdam and we agreed to accept that neither of us will be promoting the competing events.

We agreed that it was better to promote the events we were respectively supporting in a positive fashion rather than running smear campaigns against the competing events.

There was an apology from Lou to Steven and I for Steven having been physically removed from the hotel at CAP Euro London.

We agreed that cross-promotion of events that were not directly conflicting with one another to create awareness for affiliates was generally the right place for us to be in terms of supporting the affiliate community at large and that we would endeavor to have cooperative relationships around such non-competitive events.

We confirmed that we had completed our expose relating to Cardspike and to Effective Media Group, and that in the absence of any further deceptive responses from CAP we did not have plans to release any new information.

Michael

[mojo]

We confirmed that we had completed our expose relating to Cardspike and to Effective Media Group, and that in the absence of any further deceptive responses from CAP we did not have plans to release any new information.

Michael

First, it's good to see dialog between all parties.

However, the EM issue is still disturbing to say the least. I am suspicious of all new programs and there is still no transparency. I am reluctant to sign up anywhere new because I am afraid it is run by EM. I certainly don't mind if EM wants to run a program but I need to know about it.

Will the GPWA continue the investigation in that area?

[MichaelCorfman]

However, the EM issue is still disturbing to say the least. I am suspicious of all new programs and there is still no transparency. I am reluctant to sign up anywhere new because I am afraid it is run by EM. I certainly don't mind if EM wants to run a program but I need to know about it.

Will the GPWA continue the investigation in that area?

As I have said elsewhere in these forums, I believe that all of the cases where EMG is responsible for an affiliate program are out in the open. If we became aware of other instances and they were not reported, then we would certainly report about them. But I'm quite confident there are no others at the moment.

Michael

[mojo]

As I have said elsewhere in these forums, I believe that all of the cases where EMG is responsible for an affiliate program are out in the open. If we became aware of other instances and they were not reported, then we would certainly report about them. But I'm quite confident there are no others at the moment.

Michael

TY. I must have missed it elsewhere. That is reassuring to hear that Card Spike and Absolute Slots are the only two.

[ppw]

As for the SEO get together I am hoping to go to WMW in Vegas in November. Just need to get permission

My wife said your wife and baby can always stay here..... while we go onto vegas slowly slowly catch the monkey lol

[Webzcas]

My wife said your wife and baby can always stay here..... while we go onto vegas slowly slowly catch the monkey lol

Do you want to tell her? lol

[mojo]

As much as I would LOVE drunken SEO experts spilling their secrets...
With all due respect, Alex, don't you think posting that announcement here is somewhat inappropriate?

Looking back over this thread I have to admit I feel a bit uncomfortable. I know from what I've seen that Alex is a bit stuck in the middle.

However, with the mass amount of posts by upset affliates, posting about a new conference or something similar kind of adds salt to the wounds. These conferences are about affilates I assume? I've never been to one.

Will CAP ever make a statement or plan or apology so we can get on with things?

I hate to be so harsh but until something happens, CAP conferences should be avoided.

[ppw]

I hate to be so harsh but until something happens, CAP conferences should be avoided.

I don't believe you are being harsh, you are just one person that has voiced what alot of affiliates probably believe. I have no plans to attend any event hosted by CAP, I am a small time affiliate but beleive that the big boys should lead by example, and clearly they have not done this.

Personally I would rather not get involved with something I do not completely trust, just my humble opinion.