Comments on: Apple vs. Google? What Affiliate Marketers Need to Know

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 01:35:35 +0000

You guys are all confused, no ad networks are being blocked, only things being blocked are your personal use habits. Google, Bing, and Yahoo do not share your personal use habbits with any other vendors, it is there proverbial secret sauce to decide how much they should charge you for ads, clicks, etc….

So why is Apple wrong keeping there secret sauce to themselves? When Google and all the other search/ad networks open up the information gates, I will be right there with you 110% fighting for Apple to open theirs as well.

Nowhere was it ever stated that Admob had to stop serving ads, they are just as free now as they were before IOS4 to do ads, just now they won’t have your purchase info, sites visited, personal info like name, age, etc…….

By: Harry

Harry — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:34:56 +0000

Thats what anybody would do… nourish the competition… your having a laugh!!

They do run the risk of alienating themselves, but as both an andriod and iPhone owner, fewer ads actually might persuade me to take the iPhone.

Google, Dudes… there are other ways too make money other than advertising… Youtubes got to be the most expencive billboard ever!

Specialising in their own (advert-infested or otherwise) brand of phone is a great idea.

Im a die hard Google Lover… id hate to see apple piss em off… they nearly went head on with china what do you think they’l do to a company selling fashion accessories (ipod) to know-no betters?

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 10:00:00 +0000

Its a shame when companies act in this anti-competitive fashion, it shows they are scared of the competition.

I believe in open markets and competition, I hope Google or MS challenge Apple via the legal system …if there is such legislation tucked away somewhere!

By: meir

meir — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:11:46 +0000

Hopefully this will help lead to Apple’s downfall. iPhone app developers will move to Android where they will be able to make money from advertising without hassle.

By: Rick Antle

Rick Antle — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:46:37 +0000

I can see each operating system beginning to place advertising limitations. However the big thing with android devices is the open source, anything goes type atmosphere. This alone could separate android and make it an even stronger competitor against apple’s devices should they choose to not limit advertising.