EU: no cookies without consent. Will EU affiliate programs be killed?

… : those who operate and participate in affiliate programs. A lay interpretation of the " … he proceeds to buy something, and the affiliate cookie certainly isn't necessary to "[ … this interpretation is correct, the entire affiliate market in the EU had better …

Acceptable affiliate program application response time

… this year Econsultancy released its 2009 Affiliate Census Reports for UK and US markets. Among numerous other questions affiliates had a chance to respond to … believe to be the maximum acceptable affiliate program application response time, I have …

Amazon makes it easy for its affiliates to tweet

… While there was previously nothing stopping affiliates from tweeting links with their affiliate … is what produces ROI for most affiliate programs. The larger question in … your motives). From that perspective, affiliate marketing on Twitter should probably …

How do you define "active affiliate"?

… " ShareASale merchants see an "Active Affiliates" column. ShareASale clarifies: The Active … column represents the number of affiliate partners who generated at least one … up on his/her website. Multiple affiliate program managers and merchants adhere …

Toolbars, pop-ups and parasites in Affiliate Marketing

… are partnering with the above-mentioned affiliate/publisher, FreeCause, ShopAtHome, OneCause, or … shopping engines). As another fellow affiliate marketer has brilliantly summarized it, … scales its reach." Check your affiliate program today. You may be …

Tesco opens up its DB, offers affiliates lifetime commissions

… that affiliate marketing is less successful for affiliate program operators than we'd like … 't always breed the type of affiliate and customer relationships that deliver results … up a robust API to developer affiliates, Tesco is almost certainly hoping to …

Amazon terminates North Carolina affiliates

… one of the internet's most popular affiliate programs. And they may soon find that … will have no choice but to terminate affiliates in that state too. Proponents of the … harm than good. Amazon's North Carolina affiliates have already learned that the hard …

6 sure ways to get your affiliate application declined

… to promote the merchant into whose affiliate program you are applying, keeping the … . I recently blogged about how affiliates confuse coupons for incentives when in … profile In A Practical Guide to Affiliate Marketing I mentioned automatic rejections of …

5 ways affiliate traffic can leak

… the phone means lost commissions for affiliates. Here are two examples: and Both … of the above merchants run their affiliate program on ShareASale, the network that … will get their commision, while the affiliate will get nothing. Another variation …

Ineffective Affiliate Recruitment by E-mail

… stand out. Imagine how many recruitment e-mails an affiliate receives every day. Make yours special. Yes, it … , nor any additional attractiveness that would make an affiliate click that "details of our affiliate program" link, join it, and start sending the …

10 differences between UK and US affiliate marketing

… with merchants who use an in-house affiliate program  - 30% of US affiliates … a fairer allocation of commissions. 3) Affiliates want more communication from merchants The … transparency from networks and merchants Affiliates around the world are united …

Why affiliate management is so important

… and associates who have considered creating affiliate programs for their businesses. In … implement stringent policies for screening affiliates? What measures can be taken … the first place. From verifying affiliates manually to restricting the domains …

Nielsen: Display ads send more traffic to retail sites than search

… bar. Comparison shopping sites, like NetTag or Shopzilla, accounted for 1% of traffic. Other referrals — like affiliate programs or advertising — accounted for the rest of traffic. And the 9.5% of search traffic is …

Ben Edelman on affiliate marketing fraud

… a targeted merchant, the program pops open an affiliate link to that … . I emphatically disagree. Rule-breaking affiliates can cheat merchants – claiming commissions they … disproportionately. But otherwise, these fraudster affiliates are happy to take any …

Is Google really capable of detecting paid links and webspam?

… legitimate. The retailer in question does run an affiliate program, but interestingly few of the backlinks have affiliate IDs, making it clear that payment for links, not affiliate popularity, is what's driving the linking. By …