Affiliate Marketing on YouTube Comments

by sputnik4024 Banned
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Hey guys. On YouTube, there seem to be a lot of comments like this these days:
@pvfputs yep i agree. i couldnt believe it when my friend told me about this site. Listen, really lucky that i registered and earning more than $40 daily from this web site . you can also get it from here -> bit.ly/T8Yoxp?=oealgy
Comments selling products online (usually affiliate). Have any of you guys made any money promoting products in YouTube comments? It seems like an interesting way to promote your products if it works, but I doubt many people actually click.
#affiliate #comments #marketing #youtube
  • Profile picture of the author contentwriting360
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    Are you referring to those irrelevant comments on some YT videos? I mean, even if the video is about Subject X, there's a comment that's about Subject Y.
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  • Profile picture of the author GobBluthJD
    Spamming youtube comments with affiliate links is a serious waste of time.
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    • Profile picture of the author impro42
      Originally Posted by GobBluthJD View Post

      Spamming youtube comments with affiliate links is a serious waste of time.
      I'd have to agree with this especially if it has absolutely no relation to the video
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    • Profile picture of the author Blackman75
      Originally Posted by GobBluthJD View Post

      Spamming youtube comments with affiliate links is a serious waste of time.

      Couldn't it also get you banned from Adsense and such?
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      • YouTube is third most popular website on the internet (Google and Facebook being first and second). If you think that there's no money to be made there in the video comments, you're mistaken.

        Personally I do not condone that type of marketing but I have known people that made more than you might think on here.
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  • Profile picture of the author betterwtveter
    I hate those comments and they will never work. Actually people will dislike you more if you do that. The needs to be real honest genuine comments instead of garbage.
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  • Profile picture of the author barnesphilip32
    yeah thats true..but now a days theirs a lot of spammers in youtube now
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  • Profile picture of the author getdong
    i was wondering what those types of comments were
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  • Profile picture of the author the1morph
    Chris ...use a CPA network that accept incentive offers... most of them don't ban you for spaming youtube...and if you have a "smart" tool you can comment on targeted videos
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  • Profile picture of the author cooler1
    Links aren't even clickable in comments are they? So the visitor number will likely be poor unless you have a large amount of comments.
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  • Profile picture of the author Devin X
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    Spam never works. Ever. Remember that.
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    • Profile picture of the author adamj2
      I notice those sort of comments left my others on some of my own videos.

      I highy doubt those comments make any sales for them, but I leave them on there as the social interaction helps with SEO!
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    • Profile picture of the author Daniel Evans
      Originally Posted by TheRealDudeman View Post

      Spam never works. Ever. Remember that.
      You'd probably find that the very existance of spam would suggest to the contrary.

      Those people who spam aren't just doing it for the first time to test the water. They have done it before, they have proffitted from it and they are doing it again...
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      • Profile picture of the author Devin X
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        Originally Posted by Daniel Evans View Post

        You'd probably find that the very existance of spam would suggest to the contrary.

        Those people who spam aren't just doing it for the first time to test the water. They have done it before, they have proffitted from it and they are doing it again...
        Is that personal experience speaking, or just conjecture? I disagree with your statement, as well as your implied premise.
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        • Profile picture of the author Daniel Evans
          Originally Posted by TheRealDudeman View Post

          Is that personal experience speaking, or just conjecture? I disagree with your statement, as well as your implied premise.
          My premise related to the existance of something being proof of it's effectiveness, so clearly it doesn't relate to personal experience which would have very little bearing regardless since it relates to a collective of users and the Internet as a whole.

          Your claim is that the Internet is riddled with ongoing spam, because spam doesn't work?
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          • Profile picture of the author Devin X
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            Originally Posted by Daniel Evans View Post

            My premise related to the existance of something being proof of it's effectiveness, so clearly it doesn't relate to personal experience which would have very little bearing regardless since it relates to a collective of users and the Internet as a whole.
            Well, that's why I asked. You appear to be drawing causality between the perceived amount of spam on the web, and falsely correlating it to profit. "There's a lot of this stuff going on, so it must be working." Well, if that's what you're saying, then I'd have to say that's incorrect.

            Originally Posted by Daniel Evans View Post

            Your claim is that the Internet is riddled with ongoing spam, because spam doesn't work?
            No, that's not my claim. My position is that spamming, as defined by the illustration the OP gave us, is ineffective in producing profit. Sure, you might make a little money off of idiots, but you won't carve a living out of it. Scamming, that's a different monster in itself, but spamming, no.

            My position would also be that the amount of poor information out there (common misconception) gives people the impression that spamming works, when it doesn't, and so the web is filled with shit content that doesn't sell, and only takes up space, and detracts from the quality content that is on the web. It would also contribute to the misconception that spammy content can make money, when it's simply not true.

            Which in so many words: leads to many people filling up the web with garbage, not making any money, claiming they've been scammed, and then talking trash about this industry. I realize I'm jumping around now, but I'm tired and I'm doing my best to have a somewhat intelligent conversation.
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            • Profile picture of the author Daniel Evans
              Originally Posted by TheRealDudeman View Post

              Well, that's why I asked. You appear to be drawing causality between the perceived amount of spam on the web, and falsely correlating it to profit. "There's a lot of this stuff going on, so it must be working." Well, if that's what you're saying, then I'd have to say that's incorrect.
              The suggestion isn't that every instance of spam has profit coming out the other end of it. The suggestion is; because the practice is so widespread there most definately are people profitting from the activity (and a lot of them in a big way), which isn't mere assumption, but factual knowledge.

              Your post read "Spam never works. Ever. Remember that". A definate, prominent statement. Saying that spam "never" works "ever" is taking the claim and having it apply to everything and thus rendering it void.

              Unsolicited mail has been the very basis of medicinal companies (particularly in undeveloped contries) since the birth of the Internet. There are boat loads of pills shipped daily (viagra, OTC, UTC drugs) through a web presence which was amplified and establsihed by means of spam email bombarding millions of inboxes daily.

              That is to name but one and to bring it back down into the context that I'm assuming now that your comment was maybe intended for, it does include the selling of information / software products.

              I don't like like spammy comments and emails as much as the next person but I wouldn't play blind to the facts out of some assumed moral value.

              If you drop an email to someone you're not invited to email (amongst many others) you can indeed score a sale. No two ways about it. Same applies to the person who spams YT, blogs and forums. No diferent from the annoying little chap who dumps pizza leaflets through my door much to me dismay of having to scoop them up and bin them every day, but if I feel I'm in need of that pizza it doesn't matter if the leaflet was a welcome addition to my home or not, it shall be ordered....

              Marketing in any way shape or form is about getting in where it's wanted. If it's wanted, it's sold. Some immoral people just have different takes on what's acceptable to "get in there"....
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    • Profile picture of the author bradstern
      Originally Posted by TheRealDudeman View Post

      Spam never works. Ever. Remember that.
      It does work. But, it's short term, dirty and creates a negative user experience. So, it is highly NOT recommended.

      And, with Google Webspam Team's effort to eliminate them, spamming will eventually turn its back on you. The more you do it, the more you are planning to fail.
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      • Profile picture of the author Devin X
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        Originally Posted by bradstern View Post

        It does work. But, it's short term, dirty and creates a negative user experience. So, it is highly NOT recommended.

        And, with Google Webspam Team's effort to eliminate them, spamming will eventually turn its back on you. The more you do it, the more you are planning to fail.

        So, it doesn't work? Like I said, earlier? Wow.:rolleyes:
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        • Profile picture of the author bradstern
          Originally Posted by TheRealDudeman View Post

          So, it doesn't work? Like I said, earlier? Wow.:rolleyes:
          My point there is that it does work BUT it will not last.

          It's short term because Google will have a clever way of eliminating them later on.
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  • Profile picture of the author Martin Lee Jr
    It definitely works...but I wouldn't want anything to do with it.

    ...and I'm sure other legit ethical marketers wouldn't deal with it either
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  • Profile picture of the author Matt121
    Originally Posted by canhdongz View Post

    I don't think It work , It spam.
    I don't think all those comments are spam. If the comment and the link is related to the youtube video then people can actually gain something from it.
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  • Profile picture of the author growth22
    Have you checked the statistics of those bitly links? They have such a low amount of clicks that it is not even worth wasting your time on such tactics.
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  • Profile picture of the author denysapu
    And the poster didn't come back to replying the comments:rolleyes:
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  • Profile picture of the author samjaynz
    I read YouTube comments for the funny stuff people post. I don't click on spammy looking ads; I doubt any sane person would too!
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  • Profile picture of the author YasirYar
    I think there are those who actually click them, especially those who are online for purely leisure or just killing time and watching amusing YouTube or trending videos. And that's what these guys are targeting at.
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    Those have time to pass online instead of earning online, like those guys comment on YouTube..
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  • Profile picture of the author tjaysen70
    yeah if the comment is related to the video and the link is related to video then it is not really spam as it is something that can solve a problem.
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    • Profile picture of the author Devin X
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      Originally Posted by Chris Kent View Post

      This definitely does work, there's no argument there. I know one guy who does it, on this forum in fact, he leaves thousands of comments automatically.

      Technically speaking, it's not SPAM because it's not email. It's annoying sure, but there's nothing illegal in it.

      Sure, the conversion rate is low because people have to type in the url. However, it's highly targeted traffic so once they get to your site you can expect good conversion rates.

      Once again, and this is especially for TheRealDudeMan, it does work.
      No. It doesn't work. There is an argument here, and your friend is a prick for doing that. Also, seeing how your sig file has to do with "[YouTube Gold] "Under The Radar" Secrets I Use To Bank Hundreds Per Day From Unsuspecting Youtubers ", I wouldn't be surprised if it's a guide to spamming on Youtube. No? How coincidental.

      PS. You contradict yourself when you say that (1) "sure conversion rates are low", but then go on and say that (2) "it's highly targeted traffic once they get to your site, so it's good conversion rates." Dafuq you talkin' bout?

      Originally Posted by bradstern View Post

      My point there is that it does work BUT it will not last.

      It's short term because Google will have a clever way of eliminating them later on.
      So, it doesn't work? Like I said already? I hear you dude, so you're preaching to the choir.

      Originally Posted by Chris Kent View Post

      Show me something that will work forever?
      Really? That's your rationale? "Show me something that will work forever?" Quite the deflection.

      Originally Posted by tjaysen70 View Post

      yeah if the comment is related to the video and the link is related to video then it is not really spam as it is something that can solve a problem.
      Well, by defintion, spam is any unwanted/unsolicited message. So even if it's helpful, it is spam. Not saying I necessarily disagree with you, but we gotta call a spade a spade.
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    • Profile picture of the author aizaku
      Originally Posted by tjaysen70 View Post

      yeah if the comment is related to the video and the link is related to video then it is not really spam as it is something that can solve a problem.
      you said it! but how accurate are these comment software devices for targeting specific videos?
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      • Profile picture of the author RogueOne
        Frank Kern said in a recent interview that he started online by spamming, but "I wasn't any good at it."

        He said to him, spam was one step below rocket science.

        The guy that taught him was making a boatload online. When Frank asked how he was doing it, he said "I'm sending spam." Frank asked, "can you teach me how?"

        The point being that spam definitely works, for some people. You have to be a certain type.

        I've actually gotten YT comments "comment awaiting moderation = scam." This was for one of the spam comments being discussed.:rolleyes:
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    spam will only hurt yourself
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