Affiliate marketing, affiliate data feeds, and search engine marketing tips from Affiliate Insight.
A recent change in PayPal’s terms of service means they will no longer permit sending or receiving payments involving tiered programs of any kind. While some multi-tier programs are trying to convince themselves the rules don’t apply to them, others are scrambling to come up with alternative ways of paying their affiliates. If you get paid by a tiered program via PayPal, it’s not just their account at risk — it’s yours, too.
While most of the discussion about the major November update of the Google index — popularly referred to as the ‘Jagger’ update — has focused on changes to the Google algorithms and resulting alterations to SERPs, we’ve noticed a change in something that matters a great deal more. Namely, we’re seeing that Jagger is apparently beginning to impact real world traffic, and we’re ecstatic to see the traffic figures plummeting at a selection of spam-supported sites across the web. Meanwhile, our sites that focus on adding real value with real content continue to enjoy growing visitor numbers and page views.
Is the job of a search engine to find content that is ‘optimized’ for a given key phrase? No! The job of a search engine is to find content that is semantically relevant to that key phrase. Assume that the two are the same thing, and you’ll find yourself chasing all kinds of irrelevancies when trying to decide how many key phrases you should include when ‘optimizing’ a page.
Roche has temporarily halted shipments of the anti-influenza drug Tamiflu in the United States, saying it wants to prevent hoarding and ensure adequate supplies to treat conventional flu cases this winter. The Swiss corporation said companies had been creating their own stockpiles for use by their employees in the event of a pandemic caused by avian flu. That activity threatened to deplete supplies needed for the regular flu.
RXL has added Gzip compression to its XML templates, cutting loading times by up to 85%. If you’re using one of the free XML templates, you can update now to cut the waiting time your visitors experience before they can make a purchase.
One of our favorite programs has added nearly two dozen new affiliate templates to make the job of getting your new site up and running easier than ever before. If you haven’t joined yet — or if you haven’t yet taken advantage of the free templates — be sure to have a look!
Google has confirmed that its new policy of accepting only SquareTrade pharmacies for listing in Froogle will apply even outside the US and Canada — where SquareTrade seals are unavailable. It will now be impossible for any international pharmacies to advertise anywhere via Froogle. This will push even more pharmacy search traffic back to the main Google search interface.
Most online pharmacy listings included in Froogle will finally disappear. While Google eliminated most online pharmacy advertising from AdWords many months ago, the company had continued to play (and lose) whack-a-mole with spammy affiliate site listings on Froogle. As of 10 October, however, any online pharmacy targeting the US or Canada will be required to have a SquareTrade seal or face immediate delisting from Froogle. Unless you’re one of those who succeeded in scamming an affiliate site onto Froogle, this move comes as great news.
We don’t often link out to authors known to engage in automated content scraping, re-blogging, or other content manipulations, but having already done it once today, we couldn’t pass up a mention of Kathy’s long article entitled “Too Many Ways to Make Money Online”.
A well known affiliate marketing veteran has discovered the wild world of blogging and is now offering thoughts on blogging specifically to target AdSense. Regular AffiliateInsight.com readers will probably already be aware of the power of well-targeted content for leveraging the power of AdSense, but nonetheless his new blog could be worth a visit.