I heard repeatedly that direct affiliate link is not allowed in Adwords but check this URL http://www.cb-analytics.com/search.php?q=abs and check out the top banner. This is the URL that loads when the banner is clicked. http://sixpackshortcuts.com If you click on "Affiliates" you will find out that It is a Clickbank product. So if people are right that Adwords will not allow such products, how come this is displayed all over the net with adwords??
des71 - I'm guessing adwords will undergo a bit of a shake up in the very near future given that google has been found to have "engaged in false and misleading advertising". Australian Federal Court has ruled against them. Excerpt from a news item regarding the court case follows and the link to the full article is under that: " "This is an important outcome because it makes it clear that Google and other search engine providers which use similar technology to Google will be directly accountable for misleading or deceptive paid search results," ACCC chairman Rod Sims said. Richard Hoad, a partner with law firm Clayton Utz, described the ACCC's victory as a significant one. "The decision places Google in a difficult position," Mr Hoad said. "While it will presumably look to impose further obligations on AdWords customers, based on this decision that may not be sufficient to protect Google from legal action. It can be expected to seek special leave to appeal to the High Court and possibly to agitate for some degree of legislative protection." In its judgment, the court said Google's AdWords allowed rival advertisers to buy words that returned sponsored results that, when clicked on, took consumers to websites of rival companies. "The most obvious example of the falsity of the response ad and the fact it is Google's conduit is the Harvey World Travel sponsored link. The user enters that key word because the user is seeking information about Harvey World Travel. Instead the user is given the URL of one of Harvey World Travel's competitors," it said." I cant post live links yet but if you look at theaustralian (dot)com.au and ad the following /media/google-ads-ruling-hands-win-to-watchdog/story-e6frg996-1226317978370 Guess google got caught with their pants down which is pretty ironic given they are so hot on fraud and mis-use of their adsense offering and then a court finds them as above with their adwords offering. Go figure.......
Oh my! But of course we all know that Google's traffic is relevant for internet marketers because too much people use it and trust it and it really converts. The problem is that many affiliates are shut down from Adwords for violating TOS. Where as as I showed you, some people are promoting successfully with direct affiliate links. And now the report posted by earlwagabove describes that "The most obvious example of the falsity of the response ad and the fact it is Google's conduit is the Harvey World Travel sponsored link. The user enters that key word because the user is seeking information about Harvey World Travel. Instead the user is given the URL of one of Harvey World Travel's competitors," Which can be big issue in the courts. I really appreciate all the free tools Google is offering people like no other search engines. If only Google becomes considerate of honest people that are shut down from their services but are trying to do business ethically, I believe we would all love this.
is there any way to solve this problem? I tried to go about it by creating a squeeze page on my own domain, which then leads them to the affiliate site, but got disapproved..
You cant't directly link an affiliate to adword, however you can add a cart to your landing page and when the customer adds the product to the cart he will be directed to your aff product page. hope this helsp!
Honestly I feel one should just take the viewpoint with Google that it's their website and on there they do whatsoever they please. The first time they pulled me up for running illegal ads, these ads had been approved by their system. And they were still running on their network when they banned me. These were for Satellite TV via your PC. I've fallen foul of other inconsistencies. I don't worry about it but that's just me...