Dave Zatz Explains Amazon Ad Network - Dave Zatz runs a very popular gadget blog on Zatznotfunny.com. First off this does not look like its going to be an Adsense competitor, the ads are going to be CPM impression based and not pay per click, so I don’t see this being a parking alternative. Of course Amazon could change their mind down the road. The program is invite only currently to a select group of Associates.
Tech Crunch wrote:
According to Amazon’s description of the new CPM ads, the ads are tailored to the user using Amazon’s ... read more ...
Tag Archives: affilate marketing
Sat 23rd August 2014
Mon 9th June 2014
Ad Impersonation Is The New Click Fraud - Lori Weiman wrote an interesting piece on Search Engine Land a few hours ago, the article focused on a different type of click fraud. PPC Ad impersonation occurs when an impostor advertiser takes a well known website address, and uses it as the display URL of their own advertisement.
From the article:
When you first hear about PPC fraud rings, you tend to think of click fraud where an automated system, not a real person, is generating fake clicks on an advertiser’s ad. However, PPC impersonation ... read more ...
Sun 4th May 2014
Ebay’s Top Affiliate Gets Busted -
In what is really an odd case, Shawn Hogan who was the top Ebay affiliate marketer, along with being a top Google Adsense earner got nailed for defrauding Ebay.
Business Insider the story,
Shawn Hogan, the CEO of a successful online marketing company called Digital Point Solutions, was sentenced to five months in federal prison for his role in defrauding eBay of an alleged $28 million in online marketing fees.
eBay had secretly cooperated with the FBI since June 2006 to root out affiliate marketers ... read more ...