Can You or Can’t You Direct Link AdWords to Clickbank

I thought you could no longer have direct linking
of adwords to clickbank affiliate links
as in
stevesreallywonderfulproducts.com as a display URL
and then steve.xxxx.hop.clickbank.net as the destination URL

I saw a video two days ago that not only says you can but shows
others doing it.
So far I have tried

steve.com as display URL (with no redirect to click bank)

steve.xxxx.hop.clickbank.net as the destination URL
-------------------------
steve.com as display URL (with redirect to click bank)

steve.xxxx.hop.clickbank.net as the destination URL
-------------------------------------
steve.com as display URL (with redirect to click bank)

steve..com as the destination URL (with redirect to click bank)
---------------------------------------
I also set up the key word to steve.com/php?id=123

All with the same result You have 2 Disapproved Ads.
reason= Inaccurate display URL


Chris Carpenter author of the Google Cash System has made
these videos and I would have thought he knew what he was talking
about.

I know I can set up a landing page and over come this but the question is

are direct links possible?

Kind Regards to all

Steve

 

When was the video made by that guy? its maybe not recent.

 

The Video was made 22nd February 2009, you can see the dates in Adwords

 

Is there somebody else linking to that same merchant page? Google will only let one affiliate link to it at a time. Maybe if your click price was higher than his you might have better luck.
Just thinking out loud.
Mm

 

I Bid £1/ $1.40 and the campaign did run for a little time before it was pulled
and my av cpc was 34p so pricing was not the problem.

 

I've never had much luck with direct linking to be honest but I know Google frowns upon it and you can probably do direct linking until an actual human checks your ads.

My bid prices were always way to high to make a profit with direct linking. I'd really like to hear from people that do direct linking successfully if possible. Would save on a lot of campaign testing if it does work.

 

I've made hundreds of ClickBank ads in AdWords, so here's the truth of it:

1. Google doesn't care if you direct link or using a landing page. They do care about the quality of the destination (quality score) and that your Display URL matches where the person clicking on your ad ends up.

2. ClickBank doesn't care if you direct link or using a landing page.

Regarding the OP's example:

If this is the link provided by ClickBank:
steve.xxxx.hop.clickbank.net

And when someone follows that link they end up at:
steve.com

Then using steve.xxxx.hop.clickbank.net as the Destination URL, and steve.com as the Display URL is correct, and you should not be getting the ad disapproved

-----------------

Here's why you probably shouldn't bother:

1. Most "make millions from affiliate PPC ads" courses and ebooks tell you to use ClickBank, consequently there's a never-ending supply newbies with landing pages promoting those ClickBank merchants.

2. This means that click prices are approaching break-even ROI for most keywords, for most merchants.

3. It also means that, from newbies bidding too much, many will simply lose money.

4. When it is possible to make some profits, a few super affiliates have them sewn up, and no techniques that can stop you from having some of the action.

 

Ok so is this the answer?
yes you can direct link to a click bank product if you use the
the landing page URL as your display URL
eg. fordcars.com (display URL)
My clickbank hop link (destination URL)
taking people to fordcars.com

But there is no way of having any other display URL taking people
to fordcars.com??

 

I think this is what is happening

1.Google execute your destination url and determines where it goes.
2.Compare this url with the display url.
3.If both of these urls are not same,then the ad will be disapproved