Ask me anything about AdWords policy and affiliate sites...

wolfmmiii · 12-17-2011, 09:48 PM

Hello all...

I have lots of experience with affiliate sites (primarily Amazon) and PPC. If you are having problems with AdWords when trying to promote your affiliate site, post your issue here and I'll try to make some suggestions.

PS. A link to the URL you are trying to promote would be immensely helpful if you are looking for concrete feedback.

Fire away!

yusri86 · 12-18-2011, 12:36 AM

I got question for you. If I had good review site and landing page about iphone which is an affiliate with amazon. Do you think adwords accept this ads becoz of the trademark iphone?

I read alot about your thread and your ebooks its simply amazing.

wolfmmiii · 12-18-2011, 05:06 AM

There was a time when a trademarked term was out of bounds. However, as long as the domain does not infringe on the trademark, you should be OK as long as the ad / keyword selections are along the lines of "iphone review" and such.

Keep in mind that anything with a trademarked term (URL, ad, keyword) will probably take longer to get approved.

steven Clayden · 12-18-2011, 06:55 AM

i thought you couldn`t use adwords as an amazon affiliate???

wolfmmiii · 12-18-2011, 07:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by steven Clayden

i thought you couldn`t use adwords as an amazon affiliate???

Many folks, for whatever reason, believe this.

However, it is not true.

Amazon does not want you direct-linking from AdWords ads and Google will only approve QUALITY landing pages.

yusri86 · 12-18-2011, 12:04 PM

Thanks bro for answering my question.. I already got google slap twice. Now I have new account ready to lunch my new campaign as I type this. It seems weird they banned my adwords account just becoz I have quality score 4/10 even though my ads approved.. My landing page method right now same as before just like squeeze page but alot of content when I got banned but this time I added silo site to please google. I learnt it from ppcformula. Hopefully it works...

I've seen some of advertiser that have simple landing page with little content and surprisingly on top 3 ads ranking... This make me thinking how the hell they did that..

wolfmmiii · 12-18-2011, 12:18 PM

Your QS Was low because, in all likelihood, your site/landing page was disallowed. Once that happens, the site must be submitted for manual review before any other campaigns are run for it. Failure to do so usually results in a ban.

n14charlie · 12-18-2011, 12:26 PM

Hey I have a newbie question if you can help me:

When in the process of creating my site should I put ads/affiliate links - should I do it from the get go or only when I get to a good serp?

wolfmmiii · 12-18-2011, 12:34 PM

All of my sites get the affiliate stuff right out of the gate.

hop2dieter · 12-18-2011, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by n14charlie

Hey I have a newbie question if you can help me:

When in the process of creating my site should I put ads/affiliate links - should I do it from the get go or only when I get to a good serp?

wouldn't you want to do it after you got traffic only since you won't have any traffic to click on them assuming that traffic was driven via serp's.

wolfmmiii · 12-18-2011, 01:23 PM

Why wait? What does that buy you?

n14charlie · 12-18-2011, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolfmmiii

Why wait? What does that buy you?

I thought maybe ads hurt/delay your way to #1 serp that's why I asked

wolfmmiii · 12-18-2011, 01:38 PM

Nope. I've never seen any ill effects whatsoever. Of course, adding too many links and ads can cause problems though.

n14charlie · 12-18-2011, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolfmmiii

Nope. I've never seen any ill effects whatsoever. Of course, adding too many links and ads can cause problems though.

I have 2 more questions:

1. If I use CPA/Affiliate links.. does my article always have to be aimed to sell/review that specific product or can my article can just be on the subject and link to the affiliate product/ have cpa ads ?

2. Can you recommend on a decent ppc replacement for adsense

thanks

rvrabel2002 · 12-18-2011, 04:21 PM

Can you provide an example of a landing page that would be suitable for Adwords?

wolfmmiii · 12-18-2011, 04:48 PM

I'm out and about at the moment. When I return, I'll provide an example.

yusri86 · 12-18-2011, 08:10 PM

When I created my campaign, it still give me quality score 4/10. I think my site already good. Got disclaimer,privacy policy etc on footer, keyword in H1,tags, etc. I deleted my campaign when I saw 4/10 becoz i'm afraid I will get another google slap again..

Or is it becoz of my design landing page? Do you think that disclaimer,privacy policy, etc works on footer only or it needs to be on top menu?

wolfmmiii · 12-18-2011, 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yusri86

Got disclaimer,privacy policy etc on footer, keyword in H1,tags, etc.

None of this has anything to do with quality score.

yusri86 · 12-18-2011, 11:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolfmmiii

None of this has anything to do with quality score.

May I know most quality score depend on what factor? Is it the ads that contain the keyword? My ads got keyword on title,body and display URL still got 4/10..

wolfmmiii · 12-19-2011, 05:07 AM

If your site has been disapproved (and you haven't asked for a re-evaluation), your QS will be awful regardless of how good your ads/landing page are.

How much content are you providing? Is it unique? What are you bidding? What is your CTR for the landing page?

There are TONS of factors that make up the QS.

yusri86 · 12-19-2011, 05:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolfmmiii

If your site has been disapproved (and you haven't asked for a re-evaluation), your QS will be awful regardless of how good your ads/landing page are.

How much content are you providing? Is it unique? What are you bidding? What is your CTR for the landing page?

There are TONS of factors that make up the QS.

I don't have any CTR yet becoz I create new adwords account. Yes the content quite good I think. I'm bidding a local keyword here in Malaysia which has low competition. Right now I take down my website which is html page and create new landing page using wordpress. Can you take a look on my website once I get it upload if you don't mind?

rvrabel2002 · 12-19-2011, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolfmmiii

I'm out and about at the moment. When I return, I'll provide an example.

Can I see an example?

yusri86 · 01-01-2012, 08:27 AM

This thread is dead.. No one able to help with adwords.

mihaiherman · 01-20-2012, 06:34 PM

Hi,

I would really appreciate some help from anyone. I just launched a new website about selling video testimonials, bought an adwords coupon and started the advertising there to see how it works. I got 43 impressions, 8 clicks and after that my account was suspended because "Landing Page Policy" and "Billing Information". It's true that i haven't submitted any credit card, but i don't really understand why i got suspended about the Landing Page.

Here is my website: get-video-testimonials.com if someone can take a look at it and tell me what can i do, what to change in order to get accepted at a second review. Can this be because i am processing payments through paypal and i link directly there? Should i change and put a submission form first and then the Paypal payment? Should i add more content, change the title, the images are not alright? Please i need help because i am desperate about this thing.

I also have a second website where i sell facebook likes, twitter followers, google+ and so on and after 5 days i got suspended for the same reason as above. Am i not aloud to use Facebook, Twitter in the name of the ad? Am i not aloud to target keywords like "buy facebook likes"? Then why do they suggest me those keywords? I process payments through Paypal again and as far as i heard this does comply with Google's Policy.

Here's my other website if someone wants to take a look at it and give me some suggestions: get-social-fans.com

This is not a promotion of my websites!!! I really need some help and i know i have only a few posts on WF, but i am not a spammer.

Thanks,
Mihai

12-17-2011, 09:48 PM	#1
wolfmmiii Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,343 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 107 Thanked 237 Times in 164 Posts	Ask me anything about AdWords policy and affiliate sites... Hello all... I have lots of experience with affiliate sites (primarily Amazon) and PPC. If you are having problems with AdWords when trying to promote your affiliate site, post your issue here and I'll try to make some suggestions. PS. A link to the URL you are trying to promote would be immensely helpful if you are looking for concrete feedback. Fire away!
	NEW UTILITY POSTED (5/25/12): Pay-per-Click Calculator for Affiliates NEW TUTORIAL POSTED (5/21/12): My Personal Amazon Review Site Blueprint (pre-WSO special) RECENTLY POSTED (5/17/12): Building a Product Review Site One Long-Tail at a Time I now offer my own DIY HOW-TO tutorials for everything IM-related. You can now take advantage of my 15+ years of IM experience. NOW ACCEPTING PAYPAL!

12-18-2011, 12:36 AM	#2
yusri86 Warrior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 10 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Ask me anything about AdWords policy and affiliate sites... I got question for you. If I had good review site and landing page about iphone which is an affiliate with amazon. Do you think adwords accept this ads becoz of the trademark iphone? I read alot about your thread and your ebooks its simply amazing.

12-18-2011, 05:06 AM	#3
wolfmmiii Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,343 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 107 Thanked 237 Times in 164 Posts	Re: Ask me anything about AdWords policy and affiliate sites... There was a time when a trademarked term was out of bounds. However, as long as the domain does not infringe on the trademark, you should be OK as long as the ad / keyword selections are along the lines of "iphone review" and such. Keep in mind that anything with a trademarked term (URL, ad, keyword) will probably take longer to get approved.
	NEW UTILITY POSTED (5/25/12): Pay-per-Click Calculator for Affiliates NEW TUTORIAL POSTED (5/21/12): My Personal Amazon Review Site Blueprint (pre-WSO special) RECENTLY POSTED (5/17/12): Building a Product Review Site One Long-Tail at a Time I now offer my own DIY HOW-TO tutorials for everything IM-related. You can now take advantage of my 15+ years of IM experience. NOW ACCEPTING PAYPAL!

12-18-2011, 06:55 AM	#4
steven Clayden HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 181 Thanks: 13 Thanked 57 Times in 34 Posts	Re: Ask me anything about AdWords policy and affiliate sites... i thought you couldn`t use adwords as an amazon affiliate???

12-18-2011, 12:04 PM	#6
yusri86 Warrior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 10 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Ask me anything about AdWords policy and affiliate sites... Thanks bro for answering my question.. I already got google slap twice. Now I have new account ready to lunch my new campaign as I type this. It seems weird they banned my adwords account just becoz I have quality score 4/10 even though my ads approved.. My landing page method right now same as before just like squeeze page but alot of content when I got banned but this time I added silo site to please google. I learnt it from ppcformula. Hopefully it works... I've seen some of advertiser that have simple landing page with little content and surprisingly on top 3 ads ranking... This make me thinking how the hell they did that..

12-18-2011, 12:18 PM	#7
wolfmmiii Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,343 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 107 Thanked 237 Times in 164 Posts	Re: Ask me anything about AdWords policy and affiliate sites... Your QS Was low because, in all likelihood, your site/landing page was disallowed. Once that happens, the site must be submitted for manual review before any other campaigns are run for it. Failure to do so usually results in a ban.
	NEW UTILITY POSTED (5/25/12): Pay-per-Click Calculator for Affiliates NEW TUTORIAL POSTED (5/21/12): My Personal Amazon Review Site Blueprint (pre-WSO special) RECENTLY POSTED (5/17/12): Building a Product Review Site One Long-Tail at a Time I now offer my own DIY HOW-TO tutorials for everything IM-related. You can now take advantage of my 15+ years of IM experience. NOW ACCEPTING PAYPAL!

12-18-2011, 12:26 PM	#8
n14charlie Warrior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 27 Thanks: 12 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Ask me anything about AdWords policy and affiliate sites... Hey I have a newbie question if you can help me: When in the process of creating my site should I put ads/affiliate links - should I do it from the get go or only when I get to a good serp?

12-18-2011, 12:34 PM	#9
wolfmmiii Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,343 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 107 Thanked 237 Times in 164 Posts	Re: Ask me anything about AdWords policy and affiliate sites... All of my sites get the affiliate stuff right out of the gate.
	NEW UTILITY POSTED (5/25/12): Pay-per-Click Calculator for Affiliates NEW TUTORIAL POSTED (5/21/12): My Personal Amazon Review Site Blueprint (pre-WSO special) RECENTLY POSTED (5/17/12): Building a Product Review Site One Long-Tail at a Time I now offer my own DIY HOW-TO tutorials for everything IM-related. You can now take advantage of my 15+ years of IM experience. NOW ACCEPTING PAYPAL!

12-18-2011, 01:23 PM	#11
wolfmmiii Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,343 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 107 Thanked 237 Times in 164 Posts	Re: Ask me anything about AdWords policy and affiliate sites... Why wait? What does that buy you?
	NEW UTILITY POSTED (5/25/12): Pay-per-Click Calculator for Affiliates NEW TUTORIAL POSTED (5/21/12): My Personal Amazon Review Site Blueprint (pre-WSO special) RECENTLY POSTED (5/17/12): Building a Product Review Site One Long-Tail at a Time I now offer my own DIY HOW-TO tutorials for everything IM-related. You can now take advantage of my 15+ years of IM experience. NOW ACCEPTING PAYPAL!

12-18-2011, 01:38 PM	#13
wolfmmiii Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,343 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 107 Thanked 237 Times in 164 Posts	Re: Ask me anything about AdWords policy and affiliate sites... Nope. I've never seen any ill effects whatsoever. Of course, adding too many links and ads can cause problems though.
	NEW UTILITY POSTED (5/25/12): Pay-per-Click Calculator for Affiliates NEW TUTORIAL POSTED (5/21/12): My Personal Amazon Review Site Blueprint (pre-WSO special) RECENTLY POSTED (5/17/12): Building a Product Review Site One Long-Tail at a Time I now offer my own DIY HOW-TO tutorials for everything IM-related. You can now take advantage of my 15+ years of IM experience. NOW ACCEPTING PAYPAL!

12-18-2011, 04:21 PM	#15
rvrabel2002 Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 516 Thanks: 60 Thanked 17 Times in 17 Posts	Re: Ask me anything about AdWords policy and affiliate sites... Can you provide an example of a landing page that would be suitable for Adwords?

12-18-2011, 04:48 PM	#16
wolfmmiii Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,343 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 107 Thanked 237 Times in 164 Posts	Re: Ask me anything about AdWords policy and affiliate sites... I'm out and about at the moment. When I return, I'll provide an example.
	NEW UTILITY POSTED (5/25/12): Pay-per-Click Calculator for Affiliates NEW TUTORIAL POSTED (5/21/12): My Personal Amazon Review Site Blueprint (pre-WSO special) RECENTLY POSTED (5/17/12): Building a Product Review Site One Long-Tail at a Time I now offer my own DIY HOW-TO tutorials for everything IM-related. You can now take advantage of my 15+ years of IM experience. NOW ACCEPTING PAYPAL!

12-18-2011, 08:10 PM	#17
yusri86 Warrior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 10 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Ask me anything about AdWords policy and affiliate sites... When I created my campaign, it still give me quality score 4/10. I think my site already good. Got disclaimer,privacy policy etc on footer, keyword in H1,tags, etc. I deleted my campaign when I saw 4/10 becoz i'm afraid I will get another google slap again.. Or is it becoz of my design landing page? Do you think that disclaimer,privacy policy, etc works on footer only or it needs to be on top menu?

12-19-2011, 05:07 AM	#20
wolfmmiii Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,343 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 107 Thanked 237 Times in 164 Posts	Re: Ask me anything about AdWords policy and affiliate sites... If your site has been disapproved (and you haven't asked for a re-evaluation), your QS will be awful regardless of how good your ads/landing page are. How much content are you providing? Is it unique? What are you bidding? What is your CTR for the landing page? There are TONS of factors that make up the QS.
	NEW UTILITY POSTED (5/25/12): Pay-per-Click Calculator for Affiliates NEW TUTORIAL POSTED (5/21/12): My Personal Amazon Review Site Blueprint (pre-WSO special) RECENTLY POSTED (5/17/12): Building a Product Review Site One Long-Tail at a Time I now offer my own DIY HOW-TO tutorials for everything IM-related. You can now take advantage of my 15+ years of IM experience. NOW ACCEPTING PAYPAL!

01-01-2012, 08:27 AM	#23
yusri86 Warrior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 10 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Ask me anything about AdWords policy and affiliate sites... This thread is dead.. No one able to help with adwords.

01-20-2012, 06:34 PM	#24
mihaiherman Warrior Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Timisoara, Romania Posts: 21 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Social Networking	Re: Ask me anything about AdWords policy and affiliate sites... Hi, I would really appreciate some help from anyone. I just launched a new website about selling video testimonials, bought an adwords coupon and started the advertising there to see how it works. I got 43 impressions, 8 clicks and after that my account was suspended because "Landing Page Policy" and "Billing Information". It's true that i haven't submitted any credit card, but i don't really understand why i got suspended about the Landing Page. Here is my website: get-video-testimonials.com if someone can take a look at it and tell me what can i do, what to change in order to get accepted at a second review. Can this be because i am processing payments through paypal and i link directly there? Should i change and put a submission form first and then the Paypal payment? Should i add more content, change the title, the images are not alright? Please i need help because i am desperate about this thing. I also have a second website where i sell facebook likes, twitter followers, google+ and so on and after 5 days i got suspended for the same reason as above. Am i not aloud to use Facebook, Twitter in the name of the ad? Am i not aloud to target keywords like "buy facebook likes"? Then why do they suggest me those keywords? I process payments through Paypal again and as far as i heard this does comply with Google's Policy. Here's my other website if someone wants to take a look at it and give me some suggestions: get-social-fans.com This is not a promotion of my websites!!! I really need some help and i know i have only a few posts on WF, but i am not a spammer. Thanks, Mihai