Does anyone know if there is any new rules in place for google adwords on affiliate marketers that promote review websites or have affiliates links on the landing pages?
There's something new their cracking down on, I'm sure there just being more strict on supposedly arbitrage sites. But I have a feeling it's something more than that. A little advice bro, don't keep on submitting the same landing page over and over, the ban hammer will come soon after. PPCB
Yeah, they're really cracking down lately on affiliate sites - it's a good thing overall as it's stops PPC ads being over populated with sites that are not good and all show the same product. That means the savvy affiliate marketer who gets it right should be able to do more business
Saw a couple of blog/forum posts pertaining to this subject in case anyone is interested: 1) http://www.johncow.com/google-adwords-slap-on-review-sites/ 2) The latest blog post on perrymarshall.com
That really would stink to punish affiliates...some companies rely totally on affiliates selling their stuff. Perry has some good stuff to say for sure. In my experience, it is a good idea to change up landing pages on different domains.
The affiliate "crackdown" came out a couple years ago. As long as you play by their rules, they don't care. Google can almost not tell the difference between an affiliate link or a tracking code that's put in the destination URL. They definitely can't have a bias against affiliates period. It's more about user experience... I have friends who do quite well doing direct linking.