It makes it look like you displayed an advertisement, even though you shrunk it down to 1x1, so it's not generally noticeable to the user. Often used for "tracking" a user across domains for legitimate and illegitimate purposes, and for racking up pennies for showing ads without actually showing ads. Can't say for sure what this particular one does... That's the thing with showing somebody else's images/links/code on your site. You never quite know for sure what they are doing with it... On Fri, January 5, 2007 8:38 am, Skip Evans wrote: > Hey all, > > I'm building a site for a client that is using > this system called Linkshare to link to web sites > for stores and it's one of those deals where they > provide the link code so my client gets credit for > sending the person to the store's site. Common > enough, but there is one thing about their code > I'm a bit confused about. > > Here is one of their links you put in your code to > link to a store: > > <a > href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=5sJlsTOpnzE&offerid=115126.10000505&type=4&subid=0";><IMG > alt="Sharper Image" border="0" > src="http://www.sharperimagespecials.com/banners/Promos/11_Nov06/fshproplus_1106_125x125.gif";></a><IMG > border="0" width="1" height="1" > src="http://ad.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/show?id=5sJlsTOpnzE&bids=115126.10000505&type=4&subid=0";> > > You'll notice they provide an image for you to > display embedded in the <a href="..."> </a> tags, > simple enough, but I can't figure out what that > second IMG tag is for with the little 1 x 1 image. > Since it's outside the actual link, I don't really > see what it accomplishes. > > Anyone with experience with these things, or just > any idea why it's there would sure help clear the > fog from my brain on this one. > > Much thanks! > > -- > Skip Evans > Big Sky Penguin, LLC > 61 W Broadway > Butte, Montana 59701 > 406-782-2240 > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some starving artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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