I wasn’t sure if that would be kosher with google, so I emailed asking if it was legit to have a domain that was forwarded as my display url. They said that the final destination had to be listed as the display url, however, they also said that they had checked out my campaign and my ad was fine.

So, I’ve decided to leave it up since they’ve checked it…but I’m still confused.

PS: your =/ you’re

Derek over at the ClickConsultants blog wrote a good one this weekend regarding the pros and cons of direct linking vs landing pages vs landing sites. He includes some good info on why and when to use……

First let me start with Sean and answer his questions.

Actually Sean, a Landing Page normally has a better conversion rate than a Landing Site does for me, however, Google loves a good site so you normally pay less per click. Also, you start getting Organic traffic building up after a while which we all love free traffic.

I mostly do PPC yes, again if I find that an offer is doing well I’ll build a landing site and start to work on organic traffic. I’ll do a post up on the differences and why I like and dislike each one so subscribe!

You can set your monthly budget to whatever you can afford, its entirely up to you. Honestly, you may and probably will lose money your first couple campaigns, think of it as paying for education, cause you’ll learn so much that it is 100% worth it in my opinion.

Hock, direct linking is a little weird, sometimes Google allows you to do something and sometimes they don’t. I’ve never had much luck with direct linking the way your saying it. Google normally hits me with some high bids. Even with high CTR ads. However, it doesn’t mean it doesn’t work. As I always say there are thousands of ways to do affiliate marketing and all of them work!!! I just explain what works for me on this blog.

Again thanks for all the comments guys.