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Are affiliate links on landing pages allowed?
suehil
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24 Jun 10 2:48 pm

Are affiliate links on landing pages allowed?

is it true that google doesn't allow affiliate links on the landing page reached from the ad run on adwords? i was watching the affiliate marketing examples video and it mentioned on the jiffyspanish example that the link for "visit site" shows at the bottom his url but actually goes to the merchant page. how is that done? and does that mean that you can have affiliate links on your landing page?
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faradina
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24 Jun 10 4:22 pm

 Affiliate links are allowed :) That's why affiliate marketers can do PPC.
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suehil
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24 Jun 10 6:01 pm

 thank you. good to know. i was told by a different affiliate info website that you couldn't have those links on the landing page hit from the ad, that you needed to link to a second page where they could be.
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jcdean
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26 Jun 10 1:29 am

 I think what Google has come down hard on is the phoney review sites with the 1 through 5 star rating systems, with no real content. Some have iterpreted this to be anti affiliate marketer. Affiliate link are allowed.

Sorry, i know my spelling leave alot to be desired.
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Respect,
JC Dean
 
suehil
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28 Jun 10 11:04 am

 no problem, thanks for the reply. i was never real excited over the review style page for that reason, it seems as though it's created for the sell making me feel the information isn't necessarily dependable.
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lisa72711
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08 Sep 10 5:50 pm

 thanks good to know.
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robinjackman
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17 Sep 10 11:06 am

 that's right affiliate links are allowed so don't be worry.
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daveyace
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29 Apr 11 8:07 pm

 my adwords has been suspended because my ad was going to a review page on my site with affiliate links. they said it was a bridge page with no value! i hate google
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mark schaaf
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17 May 11 3:22 pm

 I agree with daveyace google is total crap, most of the time if i do a search on google I don't get sites with articles I get sites that might as well be a billboard sure the site is the real site that makes and sells the product but has no articles what so ever, nothing telling you about the product, how to use it or anything they are just great at seo and even though google says they want quality user experience they don't really care or even look at the sites in the top position because if they did most of them wouldn't be there. However if we want to make a living at this we just have to keep trying.
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Mark
 

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