1.1. Google Report Analyzed

June 25, 2008 by Andy · 3 Comments 

Some have called it a hoax, others have seen it as the end of affiliate marketing, but if you actually read this report, you will hopefully see what I see:
(a) Affiliate sites are here to stay
(b) If you do things right, you will end up with less competition from other affiliate marketers (since so many [...]

1. Avoid Being a Thin Affiliate

June 25, 2008 by Andy · Leave a Comment 

OK, so what’s all this about thin affiliates?
In a “leaked” document reportedly coming from Google, the big G gave guidelines to human spam-busters on how to classify affiliate sites as thin or not.
A “thin affiliate” is basically one that creates pages with the sole intention of ranking well and directing traffic to an affiliated merchant [...]