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Harvard Professor Claims Google Conversions Inflated

Benjamin Edelman,  assistant professor at Harvard Business School, claims Google and partners are inflating PPC conversion rates and increasing advertiser cost via four specific channels, including Google’s own Chrome browser. Google makes money by charging advertisers every time a user clicks on a Google advertisement, but in the instances described and documented by Edelman, he makes it appear Google and partners are colluding to intercept traffic to websites that would be navigated directly (and for free) rather than by searching.

Affiliate Marketing Suggestions And Advice

Search this, social media that - a certain group of people might have thought all of PubCon would pass without so much as a nod in their direction, eh?  Well, never fear, as one session did indeed focus on affiliate marketing and some of the advantages, drawbacks, and strategies associated with it.

Tax Case Shadows YouTube Affiliate Money Plan

If affiliate revenue will make video sharing site YouTube a money maker, we wonder how New York's recently passed law requiring tax collection on affiliate-initiated sales could impact the strategy.

PepperJam's New Affiliate /CPA Network

You’ve probably seen quite a bit of coverage for the newly launched Pepperjam Network (PJN for short) a new affiliate /CPA network launched by Pepperjam, a full service internet marketing agency. Will you bring your affiliate income to the next level by promoting PJN affiliate programs?

Calling it a Scam, Then Selling it

To be honest, I have used the "scam or not" angle before when trying to pull in traffic for something and have called stuff a "scam" when I did not like it, but I have never called something a scam right before trying to sell it.

Affiliate Marketing Has A Gaping Space

An entire segment of the economy would do well to take a look at performance marketing, according to E-consultancy.

Is Google Replacing Affiliates With Big Brand Spenders?

Google's search for utmost relevancy is hitting affiliate marketers hard, who are noticing their best converters diminishing as keyword prices raise. Relevancy has been the company's buzzword, but critics say it's more about the Almighty Coin (pr. Kwan).

Blogging, Affiliate Marketing & Social Traffic

Here’s an open solicitation for questions in the 3 areas I focus on:

Lazy Internet Marketers Fail

The biggest obstacle that will stand in your path as you start and travel along your Internet Marketing journey can be encapsulated in one word: Laziness. Conquering it is key to reaching your money goals. People keep asking me why I say that 90% of Internet Marketers drop out of the industry within 6 months.

Customer Engagement and the Big Bucks

There’s a constant debate about the “best” way to earn online income, and the simple answer is that there is no optimum path to achieving this goal. But one thing is certain, the deeper the engagement with your visitors, the more you’ll benefit. Here’s why: The whole system of Internet Marketing profits is based on effort and engagement. Witness- Web advertising (text links, banner ads, Adsense) has a back-of-napkin payout of about 1-10% against your time and resorces.