Adwords and Affiliate Links

Handling of links

[nsusa]

While doing some research for some Adwords campaigns that I am kicking off soon, I noticed several competitor ads working with affiliate links directly to the advertising vendor. Display link the vendor URL, real link the affiliate link.

Some of the vendor websites seem to have pop-ups when leaving their page. Adwords prohibits linking to pages with pop-ups though. In the cases I noticed I assume that the ads slipped through Google's review process or have not reviewed yet.

How is everyone working around that at all? Are you creating your own landing pages/domains and then link to the advertising vendor when doing PPC promotion in Adwords or Overture?

Chris

[CannonFodder]

As per Google's Adsense Policies:

Pop-ups, pop-unders or exit windows that interfere with site navigation, obscure Google ads, change user preferences, or are for downloads. Other types of pop-ups, pop-unders, or exit windows may be allowed, provided that they do not exceed a combined total of 5 per user session.