Proof Google Hates Affiliates

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Name one good way to filter all the spam and I will switch from Google in a blink.
 


Lord B said:
Name one good way to filter all the spam and I will switch from Google in a blink.
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Thunderbird.

- Has an adapting, learning filter. Optionally checks against either SpamAssassin or SpamPal. In one year, maybe 10 spam mails slip through for me.
- its spam filter never catches legitimate email like gmail does. I don't know how often I have to log into gmail via web just to check if they flagged an important email again (you can get gmail in TB too).
- Scam recognition and warning by analyzing anchor text and destination of links.

Try the new beta of version 3, it's stable and it ROCKS: Mozilla Messaging :: Thunderbird 3 Beta 1 Preview Release
 
@bobsoap -- downloading and testing now. Last I had tried thunderbird, it was in 0.xx or something. Time to take a new look. =)
 
Another Tbird user here. Still running the 2.0 that came with my Ubuntu install. Takes a while to train it, but my gmail is really a spam trap account after a similar amount of time even though I still check it every week to see if anything important got eaten. The good thing is new stuff goes to tbird automagically.
Another thing about Gmail I hate is that my (personal) email page has a higher pagerank thaen some of my blogs
 
jenzkc said:
if google hated affiliates they wouldn't have their own affiliate network...
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Google has its own affiliate network to cut out the whole affiliate world as middlemen and it seems that Google is currently changing their mentality regarding affiliate marketing, they seem to kick out more and more affiliates (also really big ones) to keep their network "cleaner" and make it more attractive to merchants in order to get the direct deals.
 
This is an old debate. I've checked with Google staff personally and they denied that they don't consider affiliate or mlm as legitimate businesses.
The policy for adwords STILL permits affiliates as can be seen in
AdWords Help


Is it getting harder to run affiliate ads without building out landing pages and websites? Umm…yeah!
But this just means you have to become what Perry calls a "Value Added" affiliate, instead of just a traffic broker.
 
It's not just affiliates - a friend of mine works for a large ad agency who does PPC, and confirms that G are trying to squeeze them out as well. Their long term plan is a totally efficient channel with no middlemen.
 
amateursurgeon said:
It's not just affiliates - a friend of mine works for a large ad agency who does PPC, and confirms that G are trying to squeeze them out as well. Their long term plan is a totally efficient channel with no middlemen.
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They're going to discover they're living in a fantasy land if they think they'll eliminate all middlemen. What do they expect? That the ad agency's clients will just up and start managing their own shit? Not fucking likely.
 
" What's the next best network after Google?" That's the $64 million dollar question. Digg, Spinn, and Stumble aren't it. Yahoo and MSM aren't it either. "

Facebook actually just reviewed their policies to make them more fair to advertisers/affiliates. They are now allowing work from home offers and quite a few other offers - they seem to be moving in the right (and fair) direction.
 
so I dont get it, I get slapped with 10 dollar per bid and I still see many ads that are like mine on the keyword, how come they dont get slapped? or they paid google extra shares of money to slap competitors?
 
The bottom line is everyone loves to make money, but when you have a company like google that clearly cares about the user experience, you have a give and take.
 
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