Think it will ever happen?
AdwordsAdvisor?
Affiliate Marketing is one of my primary sources of income and I need to know if I should start thinking about SERIOUSLY finding other ways to market.
I get the majority of my affiliate marketing income from Google and some from SEO and other PPC search engines.
I just want to be prepared if there ever is such an event.
As long as we have our own web site are we safe for the future?
I think we should be notified WAY ahead of time of there ever were such an event becuase alot of people do rely on affiliate marketing for their income and Adwords stopping affiliates could dramatically effect their online business.
Adwords is the greatest and quickest way to advertise on the net today and the results are very satisfying. I hope google wouldn't make such a move.
Google is one of the best services around for website traffic, and your service is very satisfying.
Im sure affilates bring in a large chuck of change for Google.
Will affiliates (if they have their own domain) be around for a long time, as far as you know?
I just basically want to know if anyone thinks Google will take more steps in the near future to stop affililiates from advertising on Google?
Think it will ever happen?AdwordsAdvisor?
Thanks for the kind words about AdWords, IntegraGsrBalla, and I'm glad that it's working for you. ;)
I'd like to first make it really clear that the recent 'Affiliate Policy Change' was focused on delivering better quality ads (and a better user experience in general) to the really large number of folks that search on Google each day. The policy change was not directed at stopping affiliates from advertising on Google.
As I mentioned in a really early thread on the subject of the affiliate policy change, I'm not actually involved in the decision making process regarding the direction of AdWords for the future. I can say, though, that I have heard nothing at all in regards to stopping affiliates from advertising on Google.
Please know that I appreciate the concern in your posts, and I'll certainly pass your comments on.
AWA
As far as "better quality ads" now, in my sector the exact opposite has happened. With so little competition from affiliates who were selling a legitimate product, scams that would never have made the first page now predominate the results. Fewer ads gives them greater exposure for less money, so I'd imagine they figure for a nickle why not run on every possible keyword. We're bound to pick up a few suckers that way.
I think the phenomenon has actually helped me by being the only ad without a "catch" on the page.
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