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I was looking at the affiliate pages of a ClickBank product I fancied promoting. They recommended to stay clear of advertising on Google, if I wanted to do PPC ads as they don't like the product.

(Funnily enough I may have been close to having my AdWords account banned for creating an ad to one of my sites that recommends a different Clickbank product. They kept disapproving the ads.)

They did however list a few places where I can place PPC ads to my site (that recommends or promotes their product), without much hustle.

Bing was one of them.

Does anyone here recommend Bing or have any views on this?

Cheers

William.
#advertising #bing #ppc
  • Profile picture of the author rastergraphix
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    • Profile picture of the author got2know
      Originally Posted by rastergraphix View Post

      I don't know about Bing...but i think Google PPC is the best because mostly people uses Google for search.
      Thanks, but that was completely unhelpful and unnecessary. I just stated that I could not use Google to advertise with, and was asking for any useful information on Bing. If you you don't know about Bing why did you even reply? - Don't answer that!
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      • Profile picture of the author JSProjects
        Originally Posted by got2know View Post

        Thanks, but that was completely unhelpful and unnecessary. I just stated that I could not use Google to advertise with, and was asking for any useful information on Bing. If you you don't know about Bing why did you even reply? - Don't answer that!
        Because, more than likely, they're just trying to spam their sig links or boost their post count.

        In my experience with Bing I can say that they ARE a little bit more lenient than Google. However, they still have standards. You'll need to create a pretty decent landing page with some real content. Direct linking, or linking to a low quality landing page, is going to eventually get your account put on-hold. And you'll have to go through a lot of hoops to get it back up and running again.

        Again, they're not against affiliate marketing as long as your landing pages are solid.
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  • Profile picture of the author semaximizer
    its good if you are targeting US market (but not as effective as adwords though). Not sure about other markets.
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    • Profile picture of the author got2know
      Originally Posted by semaximizer View Post

      its good if you are targeting US market (but not as effective as adwords though). Not sure about other markets.
      Thanks for that. I'll give it a go an see how I get on.
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  • Profile picture of the author Lucid
    There really are few types of products that Google doesn't like. It's more likely the landing page that is violating one or more of their rules. As Bing also has rules, and similar ones I might add, you may not be any better there. Best to work with the affiliate, make them understand that they need to change their page. If they can't/don't want to, don't use PPC to promote them.
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    • Profile picture of the author got2know
      Originally Posted by Lucid View Post

      There really are few types of products that Google doesn't like. It's more likely the landing page that is violating one or more of their rules. As Bing also has rules, and similar ones I might add, you may not be any better there. Best to work with the affiliate, make them understand that they need to change their page. If they can't/don't want to, don't use PPC to promote them.
      Hmmm. I have tried to promote one of my WP sites on Google - they didn't like it as it breached their policy. I'm now advertising it on Bing and Yahoo and the quality score is 7 out of 10.

      Thanks for the reply.
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  • Profile picture of the author Lucid
    Fix the breach then.

    I find it so strange that people are willing to give up Google traffic when very often the fix is so easy. You have to know of course the rules and how to avoid breaching them and few seem willing to do that. They are more willing to tell Google where to put their rules and they'll use Bing instead. Well, guess what, Bing has pretty much the same rules.

    QS has nothing to do with it. If you breach policy, doesn't matter how good you were or how much money you were making them. Let's take an example. A man -let's call him Pete Rose - is considered one of the best in his profession, a QS of 10/10. Unfortunately, Pete breaches one of his company's rules, let's say it was gambling. Pete, although well on his way to receive the highest accolade in his profession, is disciplined which includes not being able to ever receive this accolade.

    The same can happen to anybody, no matter their QS. So my suggestion is to read Bing's rules and fix any problems there might exist. This can in turn get you back into Google's good books. Otherwise, you might find that Bing will suspend you too one day.
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  • Profile picture of the author JSProjects
    Originally Posted by eglassman88 View Post

    If I were you I'd stick with Google. There's just so much more traffic to be had. Make sure that you're not linking directly to the ClickBank product's sales page. Create a unique landing page, and ensure that it adhere's to Google's guidelines.
    It's still pretty difficult to promote affiliate products via Adwords. Even with a quality landing page. It's much easier with Bing, and the traffic is still solid.
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    • Profile picture of the author JSProjects
      Originally Posted by eglassman88 View Post

      I'm not bashing Bing, they're definitely much more lenient than Google and the traffic / quality is there. However, I wouldn't pass on Google simply because it's harder to get my landing page approved.
      Fair enough.

      I've just found that Adwords is a MUCH larger hassle when it comes to anything affiliate marketing related.
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