Godaddy Coupons and Promo Codes says 17th July @ 18:31

As internet users get smarter we will need to try harder to impress them

Jason says 17th July @ 23:11

I know exactly what you mean jon. But (Godaddy) I don’t think it has anything to do with users getting smarter- it is Google changing the playing field. They want to create a better search. How do they do that?- By bringing value to the market place in the form of highly relevant and valuable search results.

From an affiliate perspective it is another challenge to exceed Google’s req. But from a searcher’s/user’s perspective it is a good thing.

Mark Olsen says 18th July @ 9:29

I got my start in this business on sites that were not as valuable as I would have liked. The result was that over time each merchant would call me tell me to up the quality or else.
Like it or not merchants are always watching quality. This is especially visible when doing PPL programs. If the paid for leads don’t convert – its just money down the drain. On the PPC side – same thing – the merchants total up the numbers and if the clicks don’t add up to a good cpl – not good. CPM buys – one of two things here. If the buy is for branding value only – the merchant wants to brand in the right places (audience). If it is just another method of getting a click, lead and sale – same process as above.

To really add value in this world of online marketing you have to create a valuable - content based site. It shouldn’t take a Google Slap to tell us that. In the end there is not a written law on what valuable means – that’s up to the customers, and the numbers to decide.

I believe there’s some value in everything – a pass through landing page does serve its purpose but my belief is that the more value you provide the better for many reasons.

Am I off my rocker here?
(I am currently both an affiliate on a small scale and a Manager - in the past I was a lead generator/affiliate working on a very large scale)

wisdom says 19th July @ 22:55

Thanks for pointing this out, I was not aware this was the direction things are going in.

m.dinesh says 21st July @ 8:54

Thank you for the great tips jonathn,
I dint know what affiliate marketing is till I visited your website.
I know that people are making good money out of affiliate marketing, but I was a big zero in the affiliate marketing concepts.

You are really giving great tips.

I have a question for you, If we advertise our product in google adwords or any advertising network.

What percentage of chance is there, that they buy our products.

Thank you.– Just learning the basics.