Linus Gregoriadis, Head of Research of E-consultancy, delivered the keynote at this year’s Affiliate Summit London on the topic of affiliate marketing in the UK (PDF file).
Very interesting data and stats in there!
Affiliate pro Adam Viener has launched a new blog entitled “Wiseaff | Affiliate Marketing Wisdom From the Trenches.”
Make sure to follow his work there as Adam has been in the affiliate industry for a while and knows his stuff!
Google raises the bar for access to its AdSense API.
What does this mean for other "small time" publishers (developers) on other platforms?
"Google has raised the required minimum traffic limit for publishers who wish to use its AdSense API to 100,000 page views per day. The AdSense API was introduced in March as a way for sites with user generated content to share advertising revenue with their members.
Vlad has taken (what I think is the correct) step in removing PayPerPost from his blog due to its inability to convert unless you have a large subscriberbase and Alexa ranking (even though we all know how worthless Alexa rankings are becoming).
Should you follow Vlad’s lead? I think so…
From the affiliate point of view my merchant simply cant convert. I do not pretend to have send them and army of bloggers, according to the statistics in my account I have referred them only 8 bloggers since April. However all of them are still listed as pending.
Feeds and subscriber stats are now included in Google’s always handy Webmaster Tools.
Google’s Webmaster tools keeps getting better and better as more features are rolled out. Aside from the new look of the webmaster tools interface which was recently introduced, the webmaster tools now tracks subscriber statistics of every blog that users listed in their respectective accounts. The subscriber statistics tracks down all subscription made to blog feeds of enrolled sites, using the different Google services such as iGoogle, Reader and Orkut.
More stats (from comScore this time) showing the meteoric rise of online video’s popularity in the United States.
If you need a reason to buy a .tv domain, Flip camera and start utilizing YouTube in your campaigns… here you go:
People in the U.S. have steadily increased the amount of time they spend watching videos online, as Google’s YouTube remains by far their preferred video site, according to a study.
In July, almost 75 percent of U.S. Internet users watched videos online, up from 71.4 percent in March, according to comScore Networks.
The monthly time spent watching videos went up to an average of 181 minutes per viewer in July from 145 minutes per viewer in March, according to comScore.
Google’s Adsense referral program has been hit or miss for publishers and affiliates since it’s launch. Digital Inspiration gives a few pointers that might help you to make it a viable part of your monthly income…
Unlike the regular Adsense ads (CPC or CPM)where Google automatically picks relevant ads based on the content, Adsense Referrals (CPA) require some effort on the part of Adsense publishers because they have to manually select products from the vast Adsense inventory that is changing almost everyday. How do you find the Adsense Referral Ads that are likely to become popular among your visitors ?
For those of you who run affiliate blogs using the awesome Wordpress solution, here’s a nifty new service from the innovators at PopShops…
If you’re not familiar with PopShops, it’s an easy to use affiliate showcase tool, where you can quickly generate code to feature products for affiliate sites.
The PopShops plugin for WordPress enables affiliates to add PopShops shops as widgets, as well as popping in products within blog posts.
PopShops WordPress Widget Euphoria at Affiliate Marketing Blog by Shawn Collins
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