redirectingat.com?

[MyFriendIsATaco]

This is probably directed to the admins, but what's the purpose for all external links now going through redirectingat.com?

I noticed it when clicking a link, and the request slightly stalled, leaving redirectingat.com/?id=...... in my browser.

I'm purely just curious in the decision for this. Trying to block referring URLs?

[MyFriendIsATaco]

Hmm, digging into the source, I found that the links are created through the service Skimlinks. http://skimlinks.com/faq

Affiliate tracking. I sure hope someone isn't profiting from clicks to MyFriendIsATaco.com without me knowing it somehow.

For some reason, I don't think I like this.

[Planet]

honestly, I don't know. I do know that they've had redirect affiliates for some time now. If you really want to know, you can contact the Internet.com marketing folks.

[JPnyc]

if you're not part of that program, then the redirect does nothing.