OK, so I’m a little late on this one, as it looks to have hit in April or sometime sooner. I only noticed because this one finally impacted me.

Linkshare now requires affiliates to change their passwords every 90 days for security purposes. Please note that they didn’t tell anyone right away. It only came out in their newsletter after affiliates started complaining.

Now, you may think that changing your password every 90 days is no big deal, but you aren’t thinking Linkshare-style. If you want to run reports you need to wait about an hour after changing your password or it will ask you to do it again, then still won’t let you into your reports.

I had been thinking about doing some more site development using some of the companies that are with Linkshare, but this is making me think again. Linkshare is consistently the least affiliate friendly company out there. I have long hated their login, as they make you go through verification every time. I’ve heard nothing but complaints about their Analytics program, while I’ve stuck with their old reporting, since Analytics didn’t work on Netscape the last time I tried it.

Linkshare also has a reputation of doing a very poor job of making sure affiliates get paid. I personally have never had a problem, but I’ve read some of the complaints.

I don’t know if I’ll return to Linkshare later today to try again or not. I’m pretty tired of the games.