# api.viglink.com/api/click

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**Created:** [August 9, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/api-viglink-com-api-click/592076 "2011-08-09T13:34:23Z")\
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> [@Possible illicit adware injected into SDMB posts??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-illicit-adware-injected-into-sdmb-posts/582138/18):
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> Viglink is indeed a partner of ours; we get a small commission every time you click on a link to one of their clients. The process is supposed to be more or less invisible and doesn’t load any software on your computer.

It’s been around for a while now (at least a year; maybe a couple), and it’s harmless.

The redirects don’t always work for me when I’m using a browser either blocking Viglink, or inside a network that doesn’t allow access to Viglink. Sometimes, I imagine, the Viglink servers fail and don’t properly redirect a link request.

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