AdWords+CPA is it possible now?

Not the same way you could 5 years ago. You have to provide value to their users or they won't allow you to run the campaign. It's not easy on Adwords anymore. That's why a lot of people are turning to other ppc platforms where you can STILL direct link to offers without any restrictions.

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You need a niche website in order to use adwords for cpa offers

If your offers are not email submit offers then yes it is possible but as said above, it is not easy. If you haven't made money from CPA you want to start with less competitive traffic sources such as 7search.

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Can you direct link and use Adwords to promote MMO games as an affiliate? I heard you need a quality site and most of the game offers are just a one page registration for game players. Any advice on this type of advertising?

Not without cloaking...

What is cloaking? Why do you have to do this?

Cloaking means hiding your landing page from reviewers and showing it to your visitors only. If you use an effective cloaker you can get away with an opt-in page with little or no content because Google sees quite a different page, one that is filled with content.

Another alternative, though it does not have the kind of traffic that Adwords has is 7search. It is also a cheaper alternative and many have found success with CPA offers with 7search.

I posted some of this in another thread but here's what I've seen...

Some savvy marketers are using a unique type of positioning along with a squeeze page to stealth market CPA offers. Without giving away to much, let's just say they're targeting people searching for specific types of off-line businesses.

They position themselves to be a "good guy" or "advocate" to the consumer, which is why I think Google lets them slip by. They also offer something of "immediate" value to the consumer in exchange for their email and other contact information. But they also make the form filling optional, so the consumer can still get "some" of what they are looking for.

The way the advertiser has it setup he makes money either way. How much he makes depends on the "route" the searcher takes through his page and if they fill out the form.

Once I went through there funnel I was pretty blown away by the whole setup. They had at least 3 ways to monetize incoming leads. It's not an easy setup but it's not to crazy.

These guys aint noobs thats for sure.

I have a report about 70% written deconstructing the whole example above. If I get around to finishing it I'll post a link.

Hope this helps,
Daniel.

I have seen some guys doing this in the G content network. and as Coach said, it is possible with cloaking but I have no idea (i have not done it myself) for how long the camps continue running.

If you have a cloaker, you can blow up.

Yes it is, but high cpc and their quality score make the things quite difficult. Still nothing can give competition to quality of traffic they have but the bottom line is that They Hate Affiliates.

If you want to use Adwords you have to do it with a website that meets Google's quality score. You can have visitors opt in to your list and promote offers.

If you don't want to do that you can use the 2nd tier networks the best of which is 7search. Once you learn how to work with 7search it can be as good as if not better than running campaigns with Adwords.

Your are going to have to cloak and do some other trickery.

If you just starting out, I would suggest something more simple.

Some please are still using Adword, Facebook for Clickbank or CPA. I am one of them.