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    What's api.viglink.com ? and why does it stop me accessing external links?

    07-04-2011 11:07 PM #1
    Whenever I clink on a link in a post I end up at a page hosted at api.vigilink.com with a message stating


    Unknown API method: /api.viglink.com/api/click


    Not sure what is up. Vista on a work laptop running IE 7
    Edit: Seems to be when clicking on links quoted from another post.
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    07-06-2011 08:42 PM #2
    some sort of tracking/affiliate link service - http://www.viglink.com/support/faq

    opt out
    http://www.viglink.com/support/optout
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    09-15-2011 02:38 PM #3
    i'm getting this on all the out-pointing links on vortex too
    and the corp firewall blocks viglink, so no outbound links ever work
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    WTF viglink??

    10-31-2011 10:28 AM #4
    I'm getting this too. So bad so, that the links rich! put in his post also take me to the 'Oops this link appears to be broken' page. WTF is going no and what can I do?
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    11-07-2011 02:10 PM #5
    Opting out didn't help me. Links just don't work on the forum anymore for me. Instead, I have to manually highlight them, copy, and paste into a new tab. IE8, Chrome, and Firefox.
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    11-11-2011 05:22 PM #6
    Quote Originally Posted by Suture View Post
    Opting out didn't help me. Links just don't work on the forum anymore for me. Instead, I have to manually highlight them, copy, and paste into a new tab. IE8, Chrome, and Firefox.
    Just right-click the link and choose "copy link" or address or whatever the option is. Then right-click into the address bar and choose paste.

    No reason to be highlighting anything.
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    11-15-2011 06:04 PM #7
    I keep "opting out" of Viglink and it keeps coming back!
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