Two weeks ago I published an article on the affiliate network ClickBooth entitled, “Companies That Can’t Take Bad Press, Part One; ClickBooth.com“. In short, it’s a story of a large company pushing around small bloggers and affiliates. Affiliates who are claiming they never received payment. But I’m not going to rehash that, just read it for yourself.

This week I’m pointing out the fact that it seems like ClickBooth would rather pay off a few people for good “reviews” instead of coming out with a statement of their own. Remember when I said this:

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There’s just something about companies not being able to take bad press that drives me nuts. Especially companies with a reputation for screwing people over. It’s like punching someone in the face and then getting pissed at them for telling other people to stay away from you.

One such company that I’ve seen pushing people around lately is ClickBooth. They’re an advertising network with a reputation for not paying their affiliates. Searching for the term “clickbooth” on an affiliate forum like WickedFire reveals hundreds of complaints.

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I’m a loyal fan of Digg.com, but sometimes those crazy geeks get a little carried away with their Internet wars. Personally, I feel if the Digg community put the same amount of effort into world hunger, as they do for things like a HD-DVD decryption key (a lot of good that does you now, eh?), then there would be a lot fewer starving children in the world.

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It’s seems fitting that GoDaddy would be the subject of my first Skewism post. However, I must admit that most of my domains are registered with them (but won’t be once it’s renewal time). So without further adieu, I present you with proof that GoDaddy defines the word “hypocrite”.

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