The Week’s Top Affiliate Marketing News Stories (January 23, 2009)
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Lag Effect: Paid Search Surges Despite Economy, Cost Continues To Fall
It may be a lagging indicator, but the paid search advertising market actually surged during the fourth quarter of 2008, rising 43% over the same quarter in 2007.
Rental Sites Cash in on Inauguration With Search Ads
An affiliate marketer reaped the benefits of renters looking for vacancies during the Inauguration and credits AdWords as “the core component”.
Google Makes More Cuts; Keyword Prices Decline
Google implements some cost-cutting measures as keyword prices continue to decline and the search giant releases its earnings.
Advanced Forum Link Building
As part of your affiliate link building strategy, forums should not be overlooked. They are endless sources of linky goodness waiting to be tapped into.
Microsoft Expected to Cut Jobs as Profit Weakens
Microsoft Corp is expected to post a quarterly profit that misses its own target and announce thousands of job cuts this week as the global economic slump hurts even the technology industry’s biggest players.
Next Up for ‘The Pool’: Standards for UGC Advertising
Two Publicis entities are likely to tackle the wild world of user-generated content.
eBay Reports 12% drop in Q4 Gross Merchandise Sales
Gross merchandise volume, the total value of goods other than motor vehicles sold through eBay Inc.’s e-commerce sites, fell more than $1 billion.
New Programs Available Through Google Affiliate Network
New programs such as BabyAge, Splendid and Ella Moss join Google’s Affiliate Network.
Here’s more Affiliate Marketing News for January 2009. It might just be a fair statement to say that this new home based business company called ShopWurld is the “next generation” in affiliate marketing. This company has taken affiliate marketing, social networking, and online shopping and created a MLM or network marketing home based business. They have harnessed affiliate marketing relationships with over 1,000 online stores to create a giant online shopping mall or portal. Members join the company in an MLM format and use the company portal (mall) to shop at their favorite online stores. ShopWurld pays the network members a percentage of the affiliate marketing revenues that it receives that are generated by the individuals personal network. The larger the network, the larger the payout. Their business model also allows non-profit organizations to join as a fundraising program that is going to totally revolutionize the way charities and no-profits raise much needed funds by providing unlimited “residual donations” potential. Charitable organizations and non-profits that have already joined the ShopWurld fundraising program include National Kidney Foundation, American Cancer Society, Ronald McDonald House, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Arthritis Foundation, Bais Chana High School, Kutztown Cheerleaders, Faith Development Ministers Center and many more. The company believes that it’s affiliate marketing member network will grow at a viral rate comparable to that of MySpace and FaceBook. In 2006, more than 6 billion dollars was paid out in affiliate marketing revenues. That number could easily surpass 10 billion in 2009. The ShopWurld Affiliate Marketing home business has made it possible for ordinary people (not just internet guru’s) the opportunity to participate in these billion dollar pay outs.