Tagged: Affiliate marketing

Antivirus vendor AVG blocks Linkshare affiliate clicks
Widely used antivirus vendor AVG has started to block clicks on the large Linkshare affiliate network.

Affiliate Window bought by partnership that owns Zanox
Affiliate network Zanox owners Axel Springer and PubliGroupe have bought a 50.1% stake in Affiliate Window owner Digital Window Ltd, further expanding their reach in the affiliate world.

Affiliate Window launches URL shortener for affiliates
Affiliate Window has developed a URL shortener called tidd.ly to remove the hassle of creating affiliate deeplinks and transforming them into short and tidy URLs in one easy process.

EU proposal may threaten affiliate marketing, bid management and web analytics
Proposed amendments to EU directives governing privacy and electronic communications could pose a risk to the future of certain aspects of digital marketing.

UK Affiliate Marketing generates £3.82bn in 2008
Econsultancy have just released their annual report on affiliate marketing which estimates that the UK affiliate market was worth £3.82bn in 2008, an increase of 22% compared to figures reported in 2007.

Transact within the Google search results
A bigmouth reporter investigates the fact that Google could introduce websites to transact within the Google search results.

Former Friends Reunited CEO enters affiliate marketing via Quidco
The former CEO of Friends Reunited, Michael Murphy, has announced plans to join forces with UK cashback website Quidco.com to ensure millions of people save money every day online.

The end of paid search for Amazon.com affiliates?
Amazon.com has recently changed its affiliate programme terms and will no longer pay out commission on any sales made via direct to merchant paid search activity.

Google “pages from the” Affiliate Opportunity
A bigmouthmedia reporter investigates whether Google's choice to display pages from only one region in search results could sometimes be less than ideal and how affiliates could take advantage of this.

Microformats in Affiliate Marketing
A bigmouthmedia newshound discovers ways that Google Base could use microformats to populate itself.