eBay Bans Affiliates from Using Paid-Search Campaigns
eBay Bans Affiliates from Using Paid-Search Campaigns
By Ina Steiner
AuctionBytes.com
May 17, 2007
"eBay is increasing the payout to members of its Affiliate Program effective June 1, 2007, but is disallowing paid-search traffic purchased from Google, Yahoo and MSN for its US members. eBay's Affiliate Program allows third-parties to earn revenue for driving bidders and buyers to eBay listings.
Some affiliates generate traffic to eBay through advertising, but as of June 1st, eBay will no longer compensate affiliates for "paid search traffic purchased from Google.com, Yahoo.com, MSN.com, nor from any of their content networks, such as Google AdSense, Yahoo! Publisher Network, and MSN ContentAds, if it is linked directly to the eBay.com, eBay Express, or eBay Store domains."
One affiliate said the change may have been prompted by Google's decision to limit the number of eBay affiliate ads per search result page to one."
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