Multiple Adwords on same keyword?

[the_nerd]

Just saw a SERP with 5 Adwords on it - 3 of which where from A*azon - don't they check for multiple URLs?

[Shak]

any of them say "affiliate" or similar

Shak

[Blue_Fin]

Yep, they're affiliates or associates. Just right click on the ad to see the destination URL. They'll all be different.

[anallawalla]

I too noticed this and asked our Adwords rep who told me the same thing. So, it seems that the vendor's ad:

Headline Here
blah blah
www.example.com

can look like this for an affiliate:

Headline Here
blah blah aff
www.example.com

(everything looks the same other than the word "aff")

The only difference is that the actual URL for the so-called affiliate ad could be www.someaffiliatecompany.com/blah/?affid=1234

If this is allowed by Google then I see scope for double dipping by the vendor.

Ash

[JayC]

The only difference is that the actual URL for the so-called affiliate ad could be www.someaffiliatecompany.com/blah/?affid=1234

If this is allowed by Google then I see scope for double dipping by the vendor.

It isn't allowed. Ads from affiliates are supposed to be identified with words like "affiliate" or "distributor."

[adwords.google.com...]

[Blue_Fin]

Ads from affiliates are supposed to be identified with words like "affiliate" or "distributor."

aff (for affiliate as indicated in the example above) has been commonly used on AdWords ads for a long time now, and they've passed an editorial review.

[JayC]

Yep, and that's worth doing if only to avoid wasting characters -- but however you do it, they're supposed to be identified.

[the_nerd]

Shak, you're right - all the three are affiliate links. I was fooled to the fact that if you move the mouse over the link it shows "go to a*azon.de" in the msg line of my browser.

If you click on a link you wind up directly at a*azon. No normal user will understand the difference - and I doubt if "aff" is commonly understood in Germany - where "aff" if just a short form for "monkey" ....

[Blue_Fin]

No normal user will understand the difference

What is wrong with that and why is that your business? I do not mean this in a confrontational way, but only as an honest question.

[the_nerd]

No normal user will understand the difference

What is wrong with that and why is that your business? I do not mean this in a confrontational way, but only as an honest question.

So I give you an honest answer ;)

If John Smith gets a Serp that shows 8 identical Adwords with the same fake URL, he might wonder if G has a problem telling certain parts of its body from others. Don't you think so?

And it is my business because I decided it to be that way. As an Adword user I might be interested in different ads from different vendors and as an Adsense seller I wouldn't want 4 identical ads on my pages.

[Yidaki]

>Adwords Spamming?

Yes.

Sometimes 10 out of 12 adwords ads go to the same url with a different aff id (of course all ads are correctly labeled as "aff, affil, partner" etc.). You don't even need your own web site to do web business these days. And don't forget the second and third ppc market ... buy cheap resell expensive ...