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Have Google AdWords Banned Direct Linking of Amazon Products?

by ScottishWarrior
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Hello all.

I found out this morning when fooling around with adwords, that when i went to sumbit an ad promoting an Amazon product (direct linking), the Ad could not be submitted to the AdWords review team because Google have prohibited the ad due to 'unacceptable business practices'?

I have looked at various places to find this information, I wonder have Google changed the policy regarding Affiliates and could anyone give me any information on this?

Thank you all for your time.

ScottishWarrior
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  • Profile picture of the author tryinhere
    ? i do not deal with amazon but I think they have a no direct link policy ? and might be where its at ? I may be wrong
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    • Profile picture of the author jbsmith
      Could be, but you don't want to do it anyway since Amazon will not pay commissions based on traffic from PPC - they made this change nearly a year ago.

      If you use PPC, you must send traffic to an intermediate landing page that then has links off to Amazon.

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      • Profile picture of the author ScottishWarrior
        Originally Posted by jbsmith View Post

        Could be, but you don't want to do it anyway since Amazon will not pay commissions based on traffic from PPC - they made this change nearly a year ago.

        If you use PPC, you must send traffic to an intermediate landing page that then has links off to Amazon.

        Jeff
        Thank you. It has been a while since i have used this method, didn't think it was more than a year ago

        Thank you
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  • Profile picture of the author cashcow
    Yes, Amazon made a rule that you cannot direct link to their products about a year (or so) ago.

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