Adword url

framing or PHP include allowed

[moishe]

Howdy,

I currently have some of my adword campaigns pointing at affiliate pages so I have to put the url of their site and the word "affiliate" in my adword ads.

Would Google have a problem if I framed thoses pages on my domain or perhaps better, used some sort of PHP include to put the Aff page onto a page within my domain thus allowing me to have the url showing as "mysite.com" and to eliminate the "affiliate" from the ad?

[kmander]

Don't think Google would like this. You could create a splash page on your domain and then link onto the merchant. Put a opt-in form and Adsense onto the page also and then you won't lose leads.

Alternatively, it is possible that you could do some crafty stuff to fool Google. But I am not saying how nor would I endorse it.

[kmander]

You can use "Aff" instead of "Affiliate" in the AdWords copy tho if you need to save some characters.

[moishe]

actually, I am already doing that, "AFF" instead of "affiliate" that is,(more interested in my url vs. their url). My affiliate suggested using a cname redirect from a subdomain on my site to the landing page on their site.

Really looking for input from AW Advisor here....

Or any input from others in a similiar situation?

[AdWordsAdvisor]

Really looking for input from AW Advisor here...

Moishe, I'm not technical enough to fully understand the workaround that you are proposing. Here are a few thoughts, though, and a suggestion.

* As someone pointed out in another thread, if you're an affiliate, you know it. With that said, it seems better to me to fall within the spirit of the policy, which is identifying affiliates to our users, rather than to work around it. Just my opinion, however.

* It is of real concern to Google that our users have a good experience when using AdWords ads. And, again IMO, this should also be a concern of advertisers as well - at least if they want their ads to be trusted (and clicked on) over time - and not just today. An important component of this is that the user gets taken to where they expect to be taken when they click on an ad - and I'm not sure that the situation you are describing falls into that realm.

* With all that said, each and every ad is reviewed on a case-by-case basis by an actual human being. This is where the suggestion comes in: Perhaps you could create the site/ad you are thinking of, and submit it for review. It will either be approved or disapproved based on the actual situation as you've created it.

Thanks for asking, BTW. ;)

AWA