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Brian

I think the title of this post says it all. I permanently ban affiliates for his obscene drivel.

If you want to go on YouTube and create a real video explaining how you used the product and the results you obtained, that is one thing and highly encouraged.

Alas, lazy crap marketers, and there are a lot of them, don't do that.

What they do is take a screen shot of a sales page, post it as a fake video, and include their affiliate link in the video description....

First of all, put away your credit card because this is free. I have seen a rash of "products" promoting how to make money by Christmas and they can all be summarized in a word: SCAM or GARBAGE. A few recent IM products I have seen are some of the worst I can remember being published in the last ten years.

Second, you do not need to create your own product. Almost invariably the "create your own product fast" offers relate to Internet Marketing. Mainly, this...

Let me start by stating a general rule: Google does not like affiliate sites.

This is a fact and not open for discussion.

If this is something you want to argue about go elsewhere and have fun ranking your Amazon affiliate sites in Google by copying Amazon product listings on your site with links back to Amazon.

Better yet - go advertise ClickBank products with your affiliate link on AdWords and let us know how many minutes it takes to get banned.
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I have made several forum posts over the years recommending the eBay affiliate program, and have suggested it in more than one product.

I take it all back.

On October 1st eBay slashed its affiliate referral cookie down to 1 day and the result has been as expected - catastrophic for affiliates.

We are not talking about a minor dip in earnings, but what appears to be about a 70% loss to the typical affiliate.

Affiliates are understandably in revolt....