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Affiliate marketers were buzzing back in June about Google's plans to launch a<strong> CPA network</strong>. Well it's official - it's launching and <strong>Google Adwords is starting the CPA Beta test phase</strong>.
Will this rock our world and change affiliate marketing as we know it?
I don't think so, but you will see an abundance of
doom & gloom posts saying the end is neigh.
<a target="_new" href="http://adwords.blogspot.com/2007/03/pay-per-action-beta-test.html">Inside AdWords - The official source for information about AdWords</a> has is the full story.
<blockquote><strong>Google Pay-per-action Beta Test</strong> "Is there a specific action on your site that you want visitors to complete? Do you know how much that action is worth to your business? If so, you may be interested in our pay-per-action beta test...
Pay-per-action advertising is a new pricing model that allows you to pay only for completed actions that you define, such as a lead, a sale, or a pageview, after a user has clicked on your ad on a publisher's site. You'll define an action, set up conversion tracking, and create ads that publishers in the Google content network can then choose to place in new ad units on their site. Let's run through the details.. <a target="_new" href="http://adwords.blogspot.com/2007/03/pay-per-action-beta-test.html">More</a>...</blockquote>
Marketing Pilgrim has one of the 1st stories about the news.
<strong><a target="_new" href="http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/03/google-adwords-pay-per-action-launches.html">Google’s Launches Pay-Per-Action; a Threat to Affiliate Networks?</a></strong> Andy writes:
<strong>"To me, it sounds like a clear threat to the likes of Commission Junction or LinkShare – or any other affiliate marketing network. Google, for all intents and purposes, has just entered the affiliate marketing arena, with the battle cry that they can do affiliate marketing better than the affiliate networks can."</strong> <a target="_new" href="http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/03/google-adwords-pay-per-action-launches.html">More</a>...
WHAT DO YOU THINK???
Affiliate marketers were buzzing back in June about Google's plans to launch a<strong> CPA network</strong>. Well it's official - it's launching and <strong>Google Adwords is starting the CPA Beta test phase</strong>.
Will this rock our world and change affiliate marketing as we know it?
I don't think so, but you will see an abundance of
doom & gloom posts saying the end is neigh.
<a target="_new" href="http://adwords.blogspot.com/2007/03/pay-per-action-beta-test.html">Inside AdWords - The official source for information about AdWords</a> has is the full story.
<blockquote><strong>Google Pay-per-action Beta Test</strong> "Is there a specific action on your site that you want visitors to complete? Do you know how much that action is worth to your business? If so, you may be interested in our pay-per-action beta test...
Pay-per-action advertising is a new pricing model that allows you to pay only for completed actions that you define, such as a lead, a sale, or a pageview, after a user has clicked on your ad on a publisher's site. You'll define an action, set up conversion tracking, and create ads that publishers in the Google content network can then choose to place in new ad units on their site. Let's run through the details.. <a target="_new" href="http://adwords.blogspot.com/2007/03/pay-per-action-beta-test.html">More</a>...</blockquote>
Marketing Pilgrim has one of the 1st stories about the news.
<strong><a target="_new" href="http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/03/google-adwords-pay-per-action-launches.html">Google’s Launches Pay-Per-Action; a Threat to Affiliate Networks?</a></strong> Andy writes:
<strong>"To me, it sounds like a clear threat to the likes of Commission Junction or LinkShare – or any other affiliate marketing network. Google, for all intents and purposes, has just entered the affiliate marketing arena, with the battle cry that they can do affiliate marketing better than the affiliate networks can."</strong> <a target="_new" href="http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/03/google-adwords-pay-per-action-launches.html">More</a>...
WHAT DO YOU THINK???