Read up on clickbank tos, lots of odd rules about how sales have to come from varied geographic regions, etc. They debit your account in months you have no sales, I also read.
A private forum that I trust gives clickbank a general thumbs down.
Diversify and try independent programs. They are less likely to be infected by stealware because they stealware has to incorporate different code to steal from each one, unlike linkshare, befree where the referral link is consistent for all merchants.
share a sale has the most integrity of the affiliate networks, however they tend not to attract the most popular merchants. Still you can find niches there and that's what we are all looking for.
patient2all
Thank you for your response....Yes the clickbank campaign i had that i swear was pure gold was most dissapointing, but some of it certainly had to do with my keywords getting shut down even with 2.0 ctr, which i do understand, although i dont agree with. But a lot of my campaigns i am referring to are from independant sources, not from the major networks like cj, linkshare and befree.
Still i see the same trend...I just wonder if i have bad luck, or the sites have problems, or theft...
Thanks for your reply!
The new algo is whack, even as it was explained by AWA in another thread. Keywords can be penalized almost from the get go from other advertisers past mistakes or misuse. That just doesn't sit right.
Have noticed clicks up and sales down in some historically more successful campaigns, but not all. I just partnered with a smaller PPC with a good rep and we'll see how that goes for a "trial".
patient2ll
Why would you allow your adwords to run in places like .pk with very low conversion rates and very high rates of fraud?
You can cherry pick the countries in a worldwide campaign, you know.
...I dont see why there isnt an option to just have my keywords run in google, not lycos and whatever partners they have...
This is easily done, per campaign, havok2004. In each campaign, just go to the 'Edit Campaign Settings' page, and un-check the boxes for both the search network and content network, in item #5.
...I hate that sometimes i check my keywords and see that they aren't even running in google, only in the partner sites for some reason...
Most likely a 'too low' daily budget issue, which can cause your ads to not appear every single time you look for them. You may want to either raise your daily budget, or reduce your keyword list.
Also be sure to check the top of the page (above the search results), or pages other than the first page for your ads as well.
AWA
Well, unfortunately although i dont have content ever checked, i still receive hits from:
miportal.bellsouth.net/s/s.dll?spage=search/results.htm
search.information.com/s/search1i.php?srch=1101503686575626061
www1.sedoparking.com/search/webarchiv.php4
msxml.webcrawler.com/info.wbcrwl/search/web/
etc, etc, etc.
And here are my numbers from this campaign
Search Total 539 3,016 17.8% $0.06 $27.07 1.2 0.00% $0.00 Content Total 0 0 - - - - 0.00%
So yeah i dont know whats up with that..Are these actually content hits, does my account have a glitch or something?
Also, All my campaigns have a daily budget of the $500 max. But i know for a fact that some keywords only show up on partner sites. Christina Aguilera is one example.
Thanks for your reply and let me know what you think...
Havok
foxnews.com
bellsouth.net
#*$! is this now im really upset..This is clearly part of the reason my ROI is going downhill. Those sites have nothing to do with that campaign. No relevance at all....I just wrote adwords support man that sucks..arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
...I dont see why there isnt an option to just have my keywords run in google, not lycos and whatever partners they have...
#*$! is this now im really upset.
havok2004, please see below for instructions on how to opt-out of the search network.
This is easily done, per campaign, havok2004. In each campaign, just go to the 'Edit Campaign Settings' page, and un-check the boxes for both the search network and content network, in item #5.
AWA
LOL omg what an idiot i am..All this time, that is absolutely amazing! I cant believe it..Obviously I just didnt compute that the search network was anything but google, but that is rediculous, hahaa...Oh man..
Thanks alot AWA
havok2004
I've understood that search network has been google plus those sites from the get go, but I would argue instinct tells many people that unchecking both boxes essentially 'pauses' the campaign even though that isn't the case. Why doesn't google change the interface to include 3 checkboxes like this:
[] Google.com
[] Search Network
[] Content Network
That would be much more intuitive for the user, and certainly a very easy implement.
ClickCash might be the problem here also, however ive never promoted them so i cant speak from experience. But the bottom line here is, monitor your competition. Also use commons sense techniques like, ok i search for "widget" i see this ad, then analyze any possible scenario where your ad might've got the wrong placement. I know it sounds confusing but if you really think about it, the whole thing makes sense.
> google.pk
Why would you allow your adwords to run in places like .pk with very low conversion rates and very high rates of fraud?You can cherry pick the countries in a worldwide campaign, you know.
Good point, Patrick
70% laziness
30% desire to not discriminate
I remember reading, don't know if it was this forum or another, from the educated class in Nigeria, complaining that many goods can only be gotten there through the Internet, but no one wants their business.
In essense, they were saying "we complain about a few bogus orders", but the same criminals target them at the stoplights for strongarm robberies. And then the honest Nigerians get a double hit not being able to buy on the internet.
Hmmm, altruism vs. (my!) economics? I'll have to think this one over. Thanks!
patient2all
[] Google.com
[] Search Network
[] Content Network
That would still be confusing.
I vote for:
[] Google Search
[] Search Partners
[] Content Network (including search for content partners)
Hmm.. I doubt that last one makes it clearer :)
If Google insists on not making it possible to uncheck Google itself, simply grey out the option.
This thread has evolved into a list that is very similiar to a thread from April 1, (7 months ago, and the same wish list is still wanted by advertisers...) [webmasterworld.com...]
I would very much like G to make it so we can have a few more choices of where to advertise.1. Google
2. Google Regional
3. Search partners (these would only be other search engines, they would not be any large sites that happen to have a search engine.).
4. Content Search Partners (these would be large sites (over x visitors/month) that have search engines and content, such as Amazon/CNN)
5. Parked domains
6. Email
7. Content sites (what we think of as AdSense, and allow the use of -negative keywords for domains)
8. Froggle
9. I'm sure there is something I forgot.
That would still be confusing.
HitProf,
The wording can be debated, the point is there should be at least be 1 more checkbox, representative of ads being served on google.com only.
If Google insists on not making it possible to uncheck Google itself, simply grey out the option.
Right, or require that at least 1 option be checked at all times. (Some people like breaking out content network ads into a campaign on its own, for example)
I also wanted to mention this would entirely be just an interface change, nothing progrmatically would change with adwords itself. User options would be exactly the same as they are now.
