Low Adwords quality score w Neverblue

KevinWaldo · 01-07-2010, 06:53 AM

Been selling Neverblue diet offers w a good landing page for a while, buying keywords on Google Adwords.

Good money the last few months, but EVERY time I use a link to the advertisers page that's not a subdomain redirect, I get dinged in Quality Score (from seven to one).

I was recently using a PHP redirect so that I could start using Tracking202 (which, fyi, doesn't work with a subdomain redirect).

Within days my quality score dove. I assume because the PHP file is publicly available on my server, Google just crawled it and figured out where the link was to.

Are ANY CPA networks considered OK for Adwords? What about CJ and Clickbank? Does it have more to do with the actual offer (e.g., diet) than the affiliate network? I assure you, same page and offer with subdomain redirect was fine, now with PHP redirect I get killed. So it IS the offer, not the text of the landing page.

I have some other higher-profile sites that I've been putting up some simple CJ offers on, but now I'm scared Google will somehow put me on a blacklist for putting up even a CJ shoe offer.

KevinWaldo · 01-07-2010, 02:04 PM

Nothin'? Really? No one else has this issue with Adwords traffic to CPA offers?

BethanyTbloosky · 01-07-2010, 07:14 PM

This is really interesting. I don't think the responses are flowing because this is an advanced/technical question

but I find it intriguing because I'm a fiend for landing page manipulation and optimization- especially for my adword ads.

First though, does this help? Adwords Auto Tagging Issue - AdWords Help

If not, I have a few suggestions

talkingsmith · 01-07-2010, 10:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KevinWaldo

Within days my quality score dove. I assume because the PHP file is publicly available on my server, Google just crawled it and figured out where the link was to.

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1.
Some clickbank products have low quality landing page with google, while similiar products don;t.

2.
Check the bubble along side with each keyword, it indicates which part has low quality score

My experiments show landing page of many clickbank products have low quality score

3.
What do you meam by subdomain redirect?

KevinWaldo · 01-08-2010, 08:49 AM

Maybe you're right -maybe it's too technical.

I guess to be more blunt, it looks to me like promoting ANY major affiliate network (Neverblue, Hydra, etc.) using Adwords is a recipe for having your Adwords account suspended. Almost no matter how rich your landing page is (mine is a 30-page article site).

My question is whether or not that applies to Clickbank and Commission Junction, which both have more "boring" and lower payout offers. Well, at least Commission Junction.

So for example - many dating sites use both "premium payout" affiliate networks and also Commission Junction. Is the same advertiser with a similar offer more "trusted" by Google Adwords on Commission Junction?

deertrail · 01-08-2010, 11:44 AM

I don't think the networks are to blame. I've direct-linked to dozens of offers on dozens of CPA networks, and in every case, my QS varied by OFFER... not the network it was on. Some started out at 7 QS, some at 1 QS. Dump the 1's and focus on the offers that get 7's.

01-07-2010, 06:53 AM	#1
KevinWaldo Active Warrior Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 37 Thanks: 6 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Low Adwords quality score w Neverblue Been selling Neverblue diet offers w a good landing page for a while, buying keywords on Google Adwords. Good money the last few months, but EVERY time I use a link to the advertisers page that's not a subdomain redirect, I get dinged in Quality Score (from seven to one). I was recently using a PHP redirect so that I could start using Tracking202 (which, fyi, doesn't work with a subdomain redirect). Within days my quality score dove. I assume because the PHP file is publicly available on my server, Google just crawled it and figured out where the link was to. Are ANY CPA networks considered OK for Adwords? What about CJ and Clickbank? Does it have more to do with the actual offer (e.g., diet) than the affiliate network? I assure you, same page and offer with subdomain redirect was fine, now with PHP redirect I get killed. So it IS the offer, not the text of the landing page. I have some other higher-profile sites that I've been putting up some simple CJ offers on, but now I'm scared Google will somehow put me on a blacklist for putting up even a CJ shoe offer.

01-07-2010, 02:04 PM	#2
KevinWaldo Active Warrior Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 37 Thanks: 6 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Low Adwords quality score w Neverblue Nothin'? Really? No one else has this issue with Adwords traffic to CPA offers?

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BethanyTbloosky =) Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Irish Gal in Orange County, California Posts: 51 Thanks: 7 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts Contact Info	Re: Low Adwords quality score w Neverblue This is really interesting. I don't think the responses are flowing because this is an advanced/technical question but I find it intriguing because I'm a fiend for landing page manipulation and optimization- especially for my adword ads. First though, does this help? Adwords Auto Tagging Issue - AdWords Help If not, I have a few suggestions
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01-08-2010, 08:49 AM	#5
KevinWaldo Active Warrior Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 37 Thanks: 6 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Low Adwords quality score w Neverblue Maybe you're right -maybe it's too technical. I guess to be more blunt, it looks to me like promoting ANY major affiliate network (Neverblue, Hydra, etc.) using Adwords is a recipe for having your Adwords account suspended. Almost no matter how rich your landing page is (mine is a 30-page article site). My question is whether or not that applies to Clickbank and Commission Junction, which both have more "boring" and lower payout offers. Well, at least Commission Junction. So for example - many dating sites use both "premium payout" affiliate networks and also Commission Junction. Is the same advertiser with a similar offer more "trusted" by Google Adwords on Commission Junction?

01-08-2010, 11:44 AM	#6
deertrail HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Top of mind Posts: 368 Thanks: 30 Thanked 148 Times in 44 Posts	Re: Low Adwords quality score w Neverblue I don't think the networks are to blame. I've direct-linked to dozens of offers on dozens of CPA networks, and in every case, my QS varied by OFFER... not the network it was on. Some started out at 7 QS, some at 1 QS. Dump the 1's and focus on the offers that get 7's.
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