davewray - 9:07 pm on Nov 25, 2004 (gmt 0)

I have several thoughts on the matter.

The "average" affiliate pro does make big money just using Adwords and other PPC's. So, if you've heard otherwise, you've heard wrong.

This move not only affects Adwords advertisers, it also affects those of us who publish Adsense. Without allowing a whole torrent of affiliates to bid on keywords, the adsense "pool" of advertisers will shrink (for certain industries)....and what type of effect will this have on average EPC paid out? Depending on how crazy these "auctions" become for certain keywords, it could mean more earnings per click for publishers, or less.

With regards to the auction style. I'm curious as to how often they will run an auction for the keywords. Will it be a continual auction? Once per week, once per month? I could see those with big egos who REALLY want a keyword bidding absurd amounts just to secure a keyword and keep the "peons" out of contention.

Just my thoughts, feel free to comment.

Dave.