@Daniel – Thank you. I’m glad it was of some use to you.

@Tony – Thanks. I hope you and Daniel stop by again!

No need to apologize, looking at the quote you just put up I realized I need to apologize. That quote is correct and it was my mistake on the “re-direct” part of that comment. I mistakenly said re-direct and that a consumer can be unaware because of the display URL, not an actual URL that re-directs, which I didn’t mention.

However I wasn’t referring to the violation in Google AdWords policy in the comment nor the post.

I sincerely apologize for the confusion caused by my poorly thought out comment Jeff.

Kind Regards, Luis Gross

I guess I thought your post was about buying PPC ads from AdWords that go directly to affiliate links. I thought this from the original comment you left on my blog that inspired this post. You said:

“Running your affiliate links through PPC campaigns with networks like Google AdWords and BidVertiser works best in my opinion…unaware consumers think they clicked directly to the site. They have no knowledge of an “affiliate re-direct”.

The way I interpret Google’s policy, this is a direct violation.

Again, if this is not what your post is about, I apologize for the misunderstanding.

Actually “Bridge Pages” and landing pages are not the same thing. A landing page is simply where the ad takes you. Your website BuzzMyBlog is a landing page. When you click on a URL and it takes you to a website, the page you “land” on is a landing page. A “Bridge Page” is created for the sole purpose of redirecting traffic to the actual site you want consumers to purchase from.

Where in my post do I state this Jeff?

http://www.buzzmyblog.com

Click on that link above, and where you land is a landing page.

Jeff, in my post it clearly states that you want to look for programs whose landing pages are already optimized. I never ever stated anything about CREATING landing pages WHATSOEVER, which is what the affiliate policy in Google AdWords is saying.

You also said that my comment about “Bridge Pages” is exactly what my post describes. This is incorrect, if you read correctly it states “Bridge” or “mirror” pages play a middle man to the actual site with your affiliate link, which is what the Google policy actually says. And this is described no where in my post.

Ad—>”Bridge page”–> actual site with affiliate link.

I simply state to look for affiliate programs whose landing pages are already optimized.

Ad—>actual site with affiliate link.

Never did I say to create one or anything that violates the AdWords policy. I even gave you a website analyzer to check landing pages to see how well optimized they are. How does this have anything to do with CREATING a landing page for sponsored list ranking? – Which is what “Bridge Pages” actually are.

Are you sure you’re reading the policy correctly?

I never state anything about creating “Bridge Pages”, and I ask you to please read carefully or consult an expert for a second opinion. I can assure you that what’s in my post is completely acceptable by Google AdWords.

You also state…”Bridge pages and landing pages are the same thing. Google doesn’t allow you to buy AdWords for them.”

How can the part of “landing pages” and them not being allowed by Google make any sense when there is a Landing Page and Site Quality Guidelines support page? Which you can find here…

https://adwords.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=46675&ctx=sibling

Bridge pages and landing pages are the same thing. Google doesn’t allow you to buy AdWords for them.

This is what I found

“Redirect URLs: Ads that contain URLs that automatically redirect to the parent company.

Bridge Pages: Ads for web pages that act as an intermediary, whose sole purpose is to link or redirect traffic to the parent company.

Framing: Ads for web pages that replicate the look and feel of a parent site. Your site should not mirror (be similar or nearly identical in appearance to) your parent company’s or any other advertiser’s site.”

Redirect URL – is simply getting a domain, going to the forwarder in your cpanel, entering you affiliate link, and then promoting the forwarded domain in the ad and not the actual affiliate link.

Bridge pages – Also known as “mirror” sites, are sites with an obvious link for you to click on and be taken to the real site. If a site is badly optimized, people will make a landing page that is optimized. They then enter the optimized site as the URL in the ad, and when people click-through to the site, they stumble upon a link or banner, something that will make them click and be taken to the real site that wasn’t optimized enough to be used in the ad, because it would rank low in the sponsored listings. This is “cheating” for ranks in the sponsored listings.

Frame or “mirror” sites are when you build a site that mimics the look of the real site you are trying to promote, almost identical if you will, then enter it’s URL into the ad as opposed to the affiliate link.

I don’t describe any of this in this post.

So I must ask…

Are you simply pointing out these issues* because they are useful, or because you believe it was described in the post?

https://adwords.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=47166&ctx=sibling

Looks like Google does not allow you to use this technique!