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Why do authority sites hate affiliates

by Anoopchawla
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I don't understand why big sites like google and ezine etc are trying to make things difficult for affiliates. I recently noticed that google has banned adwords account of many affiliates and ezine is creating a lot of mess about accepting articles.
I mean we affiliates provide content about about everything that is why big google can show results about almost every keyword and feel superior. Imagine if affiliate were not there who would write articles and blogs about even all those weird topics. And if we affiliate provide quality content and in return we want to make some money what we are doing wrong? why everybody is making it more and more complicated by banning affiliate sites etc
#affiliates #authority #hate #sites
  • Profile picture of the author 12-o'Clock
    I don't think this is true.
    What they are doing is clamping down on spam.
    Google is one giant affiliate network so if this was true they would be banning themselves.
    Quality rules. Crap is for the monkeys to fling.

    In the end what these places are doing is good for the Internet and quality marketer's.
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  • Profile picture of the author CryoCrispy
    You could also look at it from another angle, if you drive target to your landing pages without using their Adsense/Adword system then they are losing the click value.

    What do you see plastered all over ezine and other article sites? Tons of Adsense Ads. What better way to eliminate your competition and boost your sales than to remove the channel used by others to cut your profit margins?

    Sure some marketers use/used the Adwords system to drive traffic to their landing pages for affiliate products, but who knows how the numbers stack up unless you have inside information.

    Every time a potential click through leaves through an anchored keyword, you don't get that commission. Remove that competition, you're more likely to get the click through and get paid the commission vs. the person who is trying to drive traffic to their site(s).

    The big dogs pretty much scratching each other's backs. =)
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  • Profile picture of the author RGallowitz
    I agree with 12-o'Clock

    The problem is spam. Not all affiliates produce quality content and that is the problem. I prefer these authority sites banning spammy affiliates because they make it harder for "ethical" affiliates to make a living.
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  • Profile picture of the author Derek Allen
    I wouldn't say that authority sites hate affiliates, you just have to know what your doing and do it right.
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  • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
    Not taking any personal shots at anyone, but if you combine these two videos and apply them to most article marketing today, you can see why authority sites might not regard affiliates as a group too highly...

    Idiocracy | Opening Scenes on Flickbites.com

    Video Embed Code &bull; VideoSift: Online Video *Quality Control
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  • Profile picture of the author butternyk
    Originally Posted by NY1 View Post

    I'd agree that authority sites do not hate affiliates. The problem is that most people that try to be an affiliate will produce content on subjects they know nothing about just to try and make sales.

    Take a subject that you have a lot of REAL knowledge in and see what most affiliates are producing as far as content for that subject.

    A lot of it is either fluff, erroneous, or just plain old plagiarized.

    Remember that the internet is supposed to be geared towards your average , everyday person. Marketers seem to have the idea that the internet should be geared towards them, but in the end, the overwhelming majority of people that go online are not looking to buy ebooks, videos, and such.

    They are looking for information, interesting things to read and entertainment.

    When you are a regular person and you search for information on a serious subject and the first 10 results that appear are all affiliate sites, 1 page sales letters, etc., it's a turnoff. (everyone in my extended family uses the internet pretty regularly, none of them would ever buy an e-book unless it's on kindle.)

    Communicate with people that do not buy ebooks and such. See what their opinions are an you will see why authority sites want to cater to them. Remember that they make up the majority and its in any business interest to cater to the majority of their market.

    perfectly said --- they are going after quality and making it difficult for spammers ..
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