Adwords and using “aff”

The other day I noticed an Adwords ad with "aff" in it. This used to be the requirement if you created an Adwords ad that linked to a product via an affiliate link. But it has been over two years since this was needed. Now only one ad per url is shown, theoretically allowing only one affiliate to directly link via an affiliate per search per user.

Why would someone still be using this? I can only think of two possibilities. The one is not much help. It could be a new affiliate with old information. All of the classic Adwords ebooks were written when you had to use "aff" with these type of Ads. So it could be a person who just does not know what he is doing quite yet.

But there could be another reason. Like I said before, I have run Adwords campaigns that were profitable for over a year without much intervention. Could this be an affiliate whose campaigns have been profitable for this long, for over two years. Now that is a pretty exciting possibility. That means if you could imitate the person’s ad, you know you have a profitable campaign.

But how do you tell if the affiliate is a newbie or not. By using sites such as Spyfu, or if they are a Clickbank affiliate, you can get their affiliate ID and find their homepage buy putting their affiliate link in the following url: http://xxxxx.[affiliateid].hop.clickbank.net and checking out thier site and once you get there, use whois to discover how long the site has been around. You see, an affiliate account with Clickbank is basically the same as a vendor’s account. As an affiliate, your homepage is required in your account details. Of course, an affiliate can put anything they want in there, but you might catch a break. If the site is pretty old, chances are that the affiliate knows what he is doing.

Another way would be to check a place like CBtrends and see how long the product being promoted has been around. If the product is new, chances are that the affiliate is a newbie also, but who knows. The affiliate himself could be making so much profit that he hasn’t learned any news about Adwords. He thinks he doesn’t need to.

This all was based on an ad I saw yesterday. I couldn’t find one yet today, but I will let you, the reader run with it and see what you come up with. It is this type of thinking, question asking and research that puts you ahead of other affiliates, whether or not this is a valid way to find profitable niches. Eventually, a few of your new ideas will stick. And then you’re off.

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