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Open Ads - Open Source Ad Inventory Management
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Secret To Get On The First Page Of Google

Okay, so maybe Google isn’t the enemy but sometimes it sure feels like they’re trying to shut down even honest affiliate marketers. I just read Linda’s post on the new Google spam guidelines (for Google Quality Raters) and it looks like they are really trying to crack down on thin affiliates.

But the part that bothers me is the example of using a CJ link to show what a sneaky redirect looks like.

You can read the entire document here.

As Sun Tzu says -

“It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle.”

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