GoogleAdwords and ClickBank affiliate products

tim27487 · 03-22-2009, 05:35 PM

This question applies to anyone who promotes ClickBank affiliate products through Google Adwords.

If any of you use Google Adwords, have you ever had your ads DISAPPROVED bc your Display URL and Actual URL were not the same.

This applies especially to Clickbank affiliate products where your Actual URL must be your Clickbank hoplink, but your Display URL is the name of the site or product you are promoting.

Does anyone know a way around this?

Purchasing your own related domain name and redirecting to your Clickbank hoplink is one way, however I've heard that Google lowers your quality score bc if you do this.

Another method is "cloaking" however this generates code which means you need to own your own site.

How to I get around this without my own site?

markclimins · 03-22-2009, 08:39 PM

I had this same problem. Thats why I stopped using AdWords. It was working fine to begin with but I think it is because of their landing page content policy. Basically, if the site (in your case, the clickbank sales page) doesn't have LOTS of unique content, then the score will be low and the ad will not be ran. I think the only solution is to build a landing page with lots of relevant content, then direct them to the sales pages from there. It's a pain I know.

Ron Rajan · 03-22-2009, 08:49 PM

Hi Tim,

In the example u gave with the clickbank product, the destination URL (your hoplink) will ultimately end up in the same domain as the display URL.

So, that's not the reason that your ad is getting disapproved.

In most cases, its because someone is already direct linking for that product and your bid is much lower.

You can either bid very high, so you outbid the other direct - linker or the better option is to get your own domain and cloak the merchant page.

Also, the low QS you might get has nothing to do with cloaking - its mostly because the merchant page has a low QS to begin with...

But, my personal recommendation is to write your own pre-sell landing page (maybe a review site). You will have better conversions for a proven product....

Ron

tim27487 · 03-22-2009, 08:55 PM

Appreciate your input jhollar.

When you say you can get your own domain and cloak the merchant page,
is this the same as redirecting?

E.g person clicks on the actual URL which is my own domain, but is then redirected to the actual Clickbank hoplink.

RebeccaL · 03-22-2009, 10:00 PM

Its easy to say adwords is crap.. if you don't know how to use it properly.

tim27487 - you are direct linking to the product. Google does not like this anymore, they want you to have your own landing page. Read their guidelines and you won't have a problem.

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tim27487 Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 43 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Social Networking	GoogleAdwords and ClickBank affiliate products - Solution to DISAPPROVED Ads? This question applies to anyone who promotes ClickBank affiliate products through Google Adwords. If any of you use Google Adwords, have you ever had your ads DISAPPROVED bc your Display URL and Actual URL were not the same. This applies especially to Clickbank affiliate products where your Actual URL must be your Clickbank hoplink, but your Display URL is the name of the site or product you are promoting. Does anyone know a way around this? Purchasing your own related domain name and redirecting to your Clickbank hoplink is one way, however I've heard that Google lowers your quality score bc if you do this. Another method is "cloaking" however this generates code which means you need to own your own site. How to I get around this without my own site?

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markclimins Active Warrior Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 53 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: GoogleAdwords and ClickBank affiliate products - Solution to DISAPPROVED Ads? I had this same problem. Thats why I stopped using AdWords. It was working fine to begin with but I think it is because of their landing page content policy. Basically, if the site (in your case, the clickbank sales page) doesn't have LOTS of unique content, then the score will be low and the ad will not be ran. I think the only solution is to build a landing page with lots of relevant content, then direct them to the sales pages from there. It's a pain I know.

03-22-2009, 08:49 PM	#3
Ron Rajan HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: , , . Posts: 422 Thanks: 41 Thanked 112 Times in 40 Posts	Re: GoogleAdwords and ClickBank affiliate products - Solution to DISAPPROVED Ads? Hi Tim, In the example u gave with the clickbank product, the destination URL (your hoplink) will ultimately end up in the same domain as the display URL. So, that's not the reason that your ad is getting disapproved. In most cases, its because someone is already direct linking for that product and your bid is much lower. You can either bid very high, so you outbid the other direct - linker or the better option is to get your own domain and cloak the merchant page. Also, the low QS you might get has nothing to do with cloaking - its mostly because the merchant page has a low QS to begin with... But, my personal recommendation is to write your own pre-sell landing page (maybe a review site). You will have better conversions for a proven product.... Ron

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tim27487 Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 43 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Social Networking	Re: GoogleAdwords and ClickBank affiliate products - Solution to DISAPPROVED Ads? Appreciate your input jhollar. When you say you can get your own domain and cloak the merchant page, is this the same as redirecting? E.g person clicks on the actual URL which is my own domain, but is then redirected to the actual Clickbank hoplink.

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RebeccaL Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: NSW, Australia Posts: 2,981 Thanks: 166 Thanked 156 Times in 58 Posts Social Networking	Re: GoogleAdwords and ClickBank affiliate products - Solution to DISAPPROVED Ads? Its easy to say adwords is crap.. if you don't know how to use it properly. tim27487 - you are direct linking to the product. Google does not like this anymore, they want you to have your own landing page. Read their guidelines and you won't have a problem.
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