Question on LP + Direct Linking

[zmxn73]

Hey guys,

Just a quick question. If I wanted to direct link to a product from Google adwords, would I be better off directly linking to the product or purchasing my own website and having a simple php redirect to the merchants offer, when somone clicks on my link from the SERP's?

Also will my quality score go down really low if I have a php redirect to the offer and/or will Google simply not allow it? I've got some free google adwords credit and I want to spend it without the need of a quality landing page and I'm confused on the best way to go about it.

Also would I be better off trying out these methods with Yahoo/MSN instead of Adwords?

Any help would be much appreciated. I am a noob, so excuse my dumb questions haha

Thanks.

 

[ratamiss]

Personally I think you will be better off using a landing page. You will get a better QS and cheaper clicks.

Beyond that, I think msn is best for newbies.

 

[zmxn73]

ok thanks for that.

 

[greatcontent]

This question is every new affiliates favorite question since it is alot of work to make a good landing page. It honestly depends on the offer. Look closely at the offer. Does it seem like something you would need to presell? If the answer is yes, then you do need a landing page

 

[AffAholic]

I almost always make a landing page.

If you want to test an offer by Direct Linking that's fine, as long as it's not a popular offer because Google only allows one ad to link to a site. So if you want to direct link to your offer's landing page and anyone else is running ads to that domain (including the merchant) you're gonna be out of luck.

 

[HustlinHard]

I almost always make a landing page.

If you want to test an offer by Direct Linking that's fine, as long as it's not a popular offer because Google only allows one ad to link to a site. So if you want to direct link to your offer's landing page and anyone else is running ads to that domain (including the merchant) you're gonna be out of luck.

I don't believe this would be the case since you aren't actually linking to the affiliate offer in Googles eyes when doing a double meta refresh (which you should be).

What many people do is send Google to an authority site, or a site with lots relevant content by setting that up as the destination url, and then change each keyword URL to a site with a double meta refresh redirecting to your affiliate offer. This works well giving you a high initial QS, resulting from the content site, until you get a manual review, which is common with popular offers/keywords. After the review your QS would probably turn to shit unless you have decided which KW's/Offers/Campaigns are profitable and since then designed an LP for them.

I'm not sure which URL Google looks at to determine if they are being replicated, or previously bid on (dest. url, kw url, etc..) but from what I can tell, they wouldn't be able to see the offer link either way (unless manual review).

 

[xmcp123]

I don't believe this would be the case since you aren't actually linking to the affiliate offer in Googles eyes when doing a double meta refresh (which you should be).

What many people do is send Google to an authority site, or a site with lots relevant content by setting that up as the destination url, and then change each keyword URL to a site with a double meta refresh redirecting to your affiliate offer. This works well giving you a high initial QS, resulting from the content site, until you get a manual review, which is common with popular offers/keywords. After the review your QS would probably turn to shit unless you have decided which KW's/Offers/Campaigns are profitable and since then designed an LP for them.

I'm not sure which URL Google looks at to determine if they are being replicated, or previously bid on (dest. url, kw url, etc..) but from what I can tell, they wouldn't be able to see the offer link either way (unless manual review).

erm. This is a great way to get your account perma-fucked. Do it only if you've got adwords accounts coming out your ass(which some people pretty much do)