Monthly Archives: May 2005

There are some really short sighted affiliates out there who shouldn’t be allowed near a ppc search engine in my opinion. Case in point, there is currently a very popular merchant online who allows brand name bidding with no restrictions. Now lets say their top bid on Overture is 20p, I always bid 20p or 19p so that I can get in position 2 and don’t knock the merchant off the number 1 spot. However, each day this certain affiliate … Continue reading →

No, the 3 are not related, just the title of my inane ramblings today. MSN Messenger I logged onto MSN Messenger today for the first time in a couple of days and noticed that I had 3 new contacts asking me to accept them into my MSN list. 1 of them I knew, the other 2 were strangers. Not that I mind this at all as I’m mostly a friendly type of guy. But it got me to thinking how … Continue reading →

Hmm, bit of a dilemma today. I had a phone call from Overture asking if I would be interested in displaying their search results in one of my sites on a revenue share basis. Problem is that I signed a contract with eSpotting late last year, which was for 2 years, although there is a 90 day termination clause. Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy with eSpotting and they are nice people. However, Overture attracts a *lot* more advertisers and … Continue reading →

After the recent networking events in London it was very refreshing that one of the major affiliate networks based in London made the 300 mile or so trip to Sunderland for a meeting with me today. Of course I appreciate that London is the capital and where it is all going on, but I sometimes get tired of making the trip down there as it inevitably means I have to stay overnight to make the most of the trip and … Continue reading →

I had one of my long running Google AdWords campaigns suspended yesterday, the email alerting me to the fact went something like this…. Ad Issue(s): Violation of Affiliate guidelines – Bridge page POLICY DEFINITIONS:Violation of Affiliate Guidelines: The domains of your Display URL and Destination URL must agree, you may not simply frame content from another site and your landing page may not be a bridge page with the sole purpose of driving traffic to another site.. The key part … Continue reading →