Ok back in 2006 when Google Cash was released direct linking was big, but then google added some new double serving rule, in which only one url can be used on a particular keyword, is that correct? Is direct linking still good in 2008, is it seen as a negative with Google when they consider your CPC price?
Direct linking shouldn't influence your cpc. The biggest drawback is that you will only appear when you bid higher than other affiliates. This can get into quite a costly bidding war. I prefer to design my own sites myself. Good luck. -Patz
direct linking is still good in 2008 but there are many draw backs to it. The double service rule applies to each individual keyword, therefore competing affiliate fight per keyword not per url If both you and I bid on the term dating and use the same root display url then only one of use will be shown, most likely the one who is bidding the highest but if im bidding on "dating" and your biding on "internet dating" and "dating" then we will not be competing for "internet dating" you will automatically get the placement without a bidding war.
If they're going to direct link, their qs probably stinks anyway. So why not use an iframe to get around the double serving policy and keep that crappy qs. Thanks for your help though.
direct linking does not guarantee bad QS... some of my most profitable campaigns are direct links to products.
but your bid should be highest than other advertisers for google to show your ad when direct linking ???
Also isn't your quality score base on keywords in your website? So if you are doing direct linking shouldn't your adds have keywords from the website?
i don't understand how you guys can direct link with the new display/destination URL rules they place in. for example..if i used this domain display on my adwords: www.iloveringtones.com and then i want to direct link it to: www.buyringtones.com..... how do i get past the display/destination URL rule and wont' that affect QS and thus get slapped by google?
Your display url has to match the url the clicker ends up on after all the redirects. So in your example: display: www.iloveringtones.com must end up on www.iloveringtones.com your destination url could be: www.redirect.com
so how do people get away with it? they show a bogus display URL that if you typed it in directly it doesn't even work but the ad when u click on it direct links to an affiliate offer where the URL is completely different than what was shown in the ad? for example..to direct link on adwords.... display ad: http://www.gas-giveaways.com destination url: http://abcde.water4gas.hop.clickbank.net/ visitors end up at: http://water4gas.com this example wouldnt' work right? b/c the display and final url the visitor ends up at doesn't match.... i'm confused?
no google disapproves what you have written please read this http://adwords.blogspot.com/2008/02/update-to-display-url-policy.html and you'll get a better idea, they have explained it clearly.
wow, this is not good... im brandnew to adwords.... trying to use affiliate links... and how am i supposed to get around this? i dont understand... how will google know if you are redirecting or not? lets say my display url is "love.com"... and i have a user go to "love.com"... but it redirects to "hate.com" after 3 seconds... was the 3 seconds that the clicker was at love.com not count as a "landing page"?... im just trying to see how google can know whats a landing page and whats not... im not into any blackhat or anything like that, i'd simply like to make some money using adwords / affiliates.. but how is this possible now?. can an expert help a newbie? please? iframes? (which most affiliate networks dont allow) what do i need to do?
lol..google is smart..you may sneak the bots for few hours but their manual review panel will disapprove your ads.
Direct linking used to work for me, used it a couple of times back in January and it was oK, but now Google has put a lot of obstacles to such practice so we have to build sites to avoid slaps. Direct linking was a good method to test if a campaign was profitable.