Comments on: Experimenting with Adwords and affilliates http://www.therandomforest.com/2008/04/04/experimenting-with-adwords-and-affilliates/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:59:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: OML Webmaster http://www.therandomforest.com/2008/04/04/experimenting-with-adwords-and-affilliates/#comment-2202 OML Webmaster Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:49:47 +0000 http://www.therandomforest.com/2008/04/04/experimenting-with-adwords-and-affilliates/#comment-2202 informative. i dont think i am going to give adwords a try, even though i have a $20 bonus from godaddy. informative. i dont think i am going to give adwords a try, even though i have a $20 bonus from godaddy.

]]> By: Rampa http://www.therandomforest.com/2008/04/04/experimenting-with-adwords-and-affilliates/#comment-1765 Rampa Mon, 12 May 2008 06:21:05 +0000 http://www.therandomforest.com/2008/04/04/experimenting-with-adwords-and-affilliates/#comment-1765 Hi there That's an interesting and informative blog you have running Hi there That’s an interesting and informative blog you have running

]]> By: Do we make money using Pay Per Click Affiliate Marketing? — WebDiggin.com: An Adventure to Make Money Online http://www.therandomforest.com/2008/04/04/experimenting-with-adwords-and-affilliates/#comment-1159 Do we make money using Pay Per Click Affiliate Marketing? — WebDiggin.com: An Adventure to Make Money Online Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:27:51 +0000 http://www.therandomforest.com/2008/04/04/experimenting-with-adwords-and-affilliates/#comment-1159 [...] week ago, the Random Forest asked us if we successful making money using Affiliate links straight into PPC campaigns. We had to [...] [...] week ago, the Random Forest asked us if we successful making money using Affiliate links straight into PPC campaigns. We had to [...]

]]> By: Marc http://www.therandomforest.com/2008/04/04/experimenting-with-adwords-and-affilliates/#comment-1097 Marc Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:19:28 +0000 http://www.therandomforest.com/2008/04/04/experimenting-with-adwords-and-affilliates/#comment-1097 I haven't tried AdWords yet, still doing my research, based on the idea that I would prefer not to throw my money away without at least first trying to understand how to throw it away most effectively, heh.. But in the next week or two, I will be trying out my first campaign. Perhaps we could compare notes? I haven’t tried AdWords yet, still doing my research, based on the idea that I would prefer not to throw my money away without at least first trying to understand how to throw it away most effectively, heh.. But in the next week or two, I will be trying out my first campaign. Perhaps we could compare notes?

]]> By: admin http://www.therandomforest.com/2008/04/04/experimenting-with-adwords-and-affilliates/#comment-1093 admin Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:07:27 +0000 http://www.therandomforest.com/2008/04/04/experimenting-with-adwords-and-affilliates/#comment-1093 I have been trying to do that a little recently with keywords and it is working out ok. As for Adwords.... it seems to have frozen on any new campaigns I start so maybe I need to make a payment or something! Anyway I will start looking at all this again this week and try and get it going again. I have been trying to do that a little recently with keywords and it is working out ok.

As for Adwords…. it seems to have frozen on any new campaigns I start so maybe I need to make a payment or something! Anyway I will start looking at all this again this week and try and get it going again.

]]> By: The Random Forest http://www.therandomforest.com/2008/04/04/experimenting-with-adwords-and-affilliates/#comment-1092 The Random Forest Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:56:00 +0000 http://www.therandomforest.com/2008/04/04/experimenting-with-adwords-and-affilliates/#comment-1092 [...] me as well written, and worth reading and/or keeping an eye on. A especially like his report on his AdWords experiment, it’s honest and detailed, always a good thing for those wishing to learn from other’s [...] [...] me as well written, and worth reading and/or keeping an eye on. A especially like his report on his AdWords experiment, it’s honest and detailed, always a good thing for those wishing to learn from other’s [...]

]]> By: Marc http://www.therandomforest.com/2008/04/04/experimenting-with-adwords-and-affilliates/#comment-1091 Marc Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:16:40 +0000 http://www.therandomforest.com/2008/04/04/experimenting-with-adwords-and-affilliates/#comment-1091 One tip that I picked up recently is to use your keyword/phrase in your ad copy, so if you are targeting "design a t shirt free" you would incorporate that text into the ad copy. Don't quote me on the next bit, but I believe that G has a mechanism in place that will automagically drop the relevant keyphrase into you ad based on the search terms the user typed in. As for the sudden hike in prices, if Google thinks that your landing page doesn't match up with the ad well, they will up the click price. Think an ad for oranges leading to a page about apples... I'm not suggesting that this is what happened to you (I haven't seen you page, etc.) but it is something that was pointed out to me recently. One tip that I picked up recently is to use your keyword/phrase in your ad copy, so if you are targeting “design a t shirt free” you would incorporate that text into the ad copy. Don’t quote me on the next bit, but I believe that G has a mechanism in place that will automagically drop the relevant keyphrase into you ad based on the search terms the user typed in.

As for the sudden hike in prices, if Google thinks that your landing page doesn’t match up with the ad well, they will up the click price. Think an ad for oranges leading to a page about apples… I’m not suggesting that this is what happened to you (I haven’t seen you page, etc.) but it is something that was pointed out to me recently.

]]> By: admin http://www.therandomforest.com/2008/04/04/experimenting-with-adwords-and-affilliates/#comment-829 admin Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:28:19 +0000 http://www.therandomforest.com/2008/04/04/experimenting-with-adwords-and-affilliates/#comment-829 @ Comedy Plus, REALLY!! Considering the amount of readers you get I had always assumed you were making money with your blog. @Webdiggin, Thanks for the comment. For some reason my Adwords account has stopped making impressions but there is no warning saying that it should have stopped working. Everything is active! I am starting to really dislike it. I had a campaign that I was testing where I promoted a cookbook straight through Adwords. It went well selling 2 books in 106 clicks at only $0.12 average a hit. Then I logged in and for some reason ALL the keywords had hiked up to a minimum of $5.00! No explanation had been given. Now almost any campaign I try has that kind of price tag on it and like I said my T-shirt campaign just stopped working! So I think I have some learning to do.... I am definitely going to look into some of the Adwords alternatives but probably won't be switching my Godaddy account right now. I may however be buying some new hosting for other projects in the coming months and will definitely be checking out your recommendation. One last thing, are you successfully making money using Affiliate links straight into PPC campaigns? @ Comedy Plus, REALLY!! Considering the amount of readers you get I had always assumed you were making money with your blog.

@Webdiggin, Thanks for the comment. For some reason my Adwords account has stopped making impressions but there is no warning saying that it should have stopped working. Everything is active! I am starting to really dislike it.

I had a campaign that I was testing where I promoted a cookbook straight through Adwords. It went well selling 2 books in 106 clicks at only $0.12 average a hit. Then I logged in and for some reason ALL the keywords had hiked up to a minimum of $5.00! No explanation had been given. Now almost any campaign I try has that kind of price tag on it and like I said my T-shirt campaign just stopped working!

So I think I have some learning to do….

I am definitely going to look into some of the Adwords alternatives but probably won’t be switching my Godaddy account right now. I may however be buying some new hosting for other projects in the coming months and will definitely be checking out your recommendation.

One last thing, are you successfully making money using Affiliate links straight into PPC campaigns?

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]]> By: WebDiggin http://www.therandomforest.com/2008/04/04/experimenting-with-adwords-and-affilliates/#comment-813 WebDiggin Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:18:49 +0000 http://www.therandomforest.com/2008/04/04/experimenting-with-adwords-and-affilliates/#comment-813 Also, check out the other PPC advertisers. We started with Google, and had one semi-successful campaign, but the one that's going for us now is on Yahoo. We still have an account with Google, but <a href="http://webdiggin.com/48/3-reasons-to-try-yahoo-search-marketing/" rel="nofollow">Yahoo Search Marketing</a> has been working much better for us. (Even though we thought it would crash when <a href="http://webdiggin.com/92/why-my-search-marketing-campaign-will-likely-not-work-on-yahoo-anymore/" rel="nofollow">Yahoo changed their keyword bidding policies</a>.) FYI - our yahoo campaign works on a bid of $0.40 per click. We tried the same campaign, same keywords, same ads on Google and was told by their system to raise our bid to $12.00 per click. Obviously, we're promoting <a href="http://domainnames.webdiggin.com/bluehost-review/" rel="nofollow">BlueHost</a> but look around. You should be getting a better offer than just $25 from your registrar. You should be able to get at least <a href="http://domainnames.webdiggin.com/bluehost-review/" rel="nofollow">$100 in coupons</a>. (Heck, here's a coupon code for <a href="http://webdiggin.com/48/3-reasons-to-try-yahoo-search-marketing/" rel="nofollow">$25 at yahoo search marketing</a>) The <a href="http://webdiggin.com/166/how-to-improve-the-quality-index-score-of-your-yahoo-ad/" rel="nofollow">wording of your ad</a> is important and can make a huge difference. Ok. I'll stop commenting now. Let us know how things go... Also, check out the other PPC advertisers. We started with Google, and had one semi-successful campaign, but the one that’s going for us now is on Yahoo. We still have an account with Google, but Yahoo Search Marketing has been working much better for us. (Even though we thought it would crash when Yahoo changed their keyword bidding policies.)

FYI - our yahoo campaign works on a bid of $0.40 per click. We tried the same campaign, same keywords, same ads on Google and was told by their system to raise our bid to $12.00 per click.

Obviously, we’re promoting BlueHost but look around. You should be getting a better offer than just $25 from your registrar. You should be able to get at least $100 in coupons. (Heck, here’s a coupon code for $25 at yahoo search marketing)

The wording of your ad is important and can make a huge difference.

Ok. I’ll stop commenting now. Let us know how things go…

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