Google Launches Google Affiliate Network & Retires Pay-Per-Action/Referrals

Google has launched a new affiliate network named the Google Affiliate Network. In an effort to consolidate the DoubleClick acquisition, Google created the Google Affiliate Network and has announced the retirement of AdSense Referrals, which is part of Google's Pay-Per-Action product. Google launched ...
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Jul. 1, 2008 at 8:41am Eastern by Barry Schwartz

Search Engine Journal's 2006 Blog Awards Announces Winners

... Oilman. Best Local Search Blog of 2006 goes to Mike The Internet Guy. 2nd place goes to Greg Sterling and 3rd place goes to Small Business SEM. Best Affiliate Marketing Blog of 2006 goes to ShoeMoney. 2nd place goes to PepperJam Blog and 3rd place goes to 5 Star Affiliate Programs. Best Web 2.0 Blog ...

Jan. 5, 2007 at 12:54pm Eastern by Barry Schwartz

Turning Dimes Into Dollars: The Basics Of Low-Bid PPC

The affiliate marketplace is brutally competitive. There are well-aged, trusted domains with dominant positions in many niches. Direct competition with these goliaths for affiliate sales is frequently futile. However, creative, competitive webmasters can make a significant affiliate income if they ...
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May. 1, 2007 at 8:56am Eastern by Todd Mintz

SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 18, 2007

... Increase Your Click-Through Rate with Tasty Promo Offers and Calls-to-Action, PPC Hero adCenter Budget Features Update, adCenter Blog Microsoft Affiliate Network Microsoft Adcenter Affiliate Program, 5 Star Affiliate Programs Searching Banner Ads Coming Soon to Shopzilla, ComparisonEngines.com Live ...
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Dec. 18, 2007 at 4:35pm Eastern by Barry Schwartz

The Google Hive Mind

... it would never do things like offer financial advice or online chat. Today, of course, Google offers both Google Finance and the Google Talk chat program. As these "nevers" fell, Google eventually acknowledged that its vision of what it would and wouldn't do had matured. As it says on the ...

Sep. 27, 2008 at 11:00am Eastern by Danny Sullivan

Google Updates & Details Webmaster Guidelines

... , trojans, or other badware. Avoid "doorway" pages created just for search engines, or other "cookie cutter" approaches such as affiliate programs with little or no original content. If your site participates in an affiliate program, make sure that your site adds value. Provide unique ...
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Jun. 5, 2007 at 1:19pm Eastern by Barry Schwartz

PPC Management Options – Are Your Fees Inline With The Advertiser’s Goals?

... that they are willing to charge a percentage of profits that the PPC campaigns generates. In many cases, this makes the agency more akin to an affiliate than a management company. How it affects Agencies This is a very risky proposition as it's not as simple as "If the account performs, we make ...

May. 27, 2008 at 12:32pm Eastern by Brad Geddes

Yahoo Search Ambassador Program Closing

The Search Engine Roundtable reports that it seems to be no longer possible to sign up for the Ambassador Program. Although there is no specific confirmation from Yahoo on the Ambassador program page, when one tries to sign up via an affiliate site, we get a notice that reads: Yahoo will no longer ...
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May. 12, 2008 at 9:44am Eastern by Barry Schwartz

SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 31, 2007

... Yahoo Search October 2007 Update, Search Engine Roundtable [Video] Google Lies: Oh My _ Google PageRank Penalty, SEO Book Achieving Brand and Affiliate Harmony in Search, Search Engine Watch Bounce Rate as a Ranking Signal, Stone Temple How downtime can kill all your SEO efforts, Royal Pingdom Is Your ...

Oct. 31, 2007 at 5:05pm Eastern by Barry Schwartz

Redirects: Good, Bad & Conditional

... conditional redirects, as I had discovered the day before I presented at SMX Advanced. The retailer is conditionally redirecting bots requesting affiliate URLs to the canonical product URL, so as to capture the link juice from their affiliates. Seems like a smart thing for them to do. But the approach ...

Aug. 7, 2008 at 7:59am Eastern by Stephan Spencer