Carolyn Kmet (via Ole Begemann): In early February, Bitly, the popular URL-shortening service, partnered with affiliate tool Viglink to auto-monetize every shortlink generated by Bitly’s millions of users. To understand the impact of this partnership, consider that Bitly encodes more than 600 million links per month. Those links generate approximately eight billion clicks monthly. Today, … Continue reading bit.ly Now Silently Inserts Affiliate Codes/Cookies