How to Get Around the Affiliate Google Slap
Here’s a sneaky little trick I discovered. After getting slapped for promoting an affiliate product (despite having a GREAT track record with Google AdWords), having tightly knit relevant keywords in specific ad groups, ads that have the keywords in it, and spending good chunk of change with Google every day… I was forced to scramble and think of something else. Something that’ll get us on the good side of Google.
Well, at first we tried what most marketers will tell you to do, which is just go to GoDaddy (or in our case, Namecheap) and purchase a domain name, then merely have it do a redirect via a Frame to your affiliate site. For some this might work, for others, this wouldn’t (depending on the level of your Google Slap I reckon). And for those that it does work for, I imagine it’s only a matter of time before Google comes around and slaps you again!
What I suggest you do instead is to indeed buy a domain name, but rather then doing a direct redirect/frame, have it point to your server. Within your server, setup your files such that you have an IFRAME that captures the webpage you are interested in. This then allows you not only still have the opt-in box enabled via your affiliate link (as long as you iframe that box at the very least) but also to capture all the other information on the capture page if you wish.
That is… assuming you’d even want to do that. Better yet, I suggest you iframe ONLY the opt-in box (unless there’s a video) while replicating the rest of the capture page so you can custom tailor your message. You can “replicate the rest of the webpage” via merely saving the webpage through our browser. Now you can add in any other content that you want (specifically relevant content) to help improve your AdWords (or “AdWords Overture“) quality score.