We are retiring the pay-per-action beta

As part of Google's integration of DoubleClick, the DoubleClick Performics Affiliate network is now part of Google. To consolidate our offerings, we will be phasing out the AdWords pay-per-action beta in the last week of August 2008. As an alternative to pay-per-action advertising, Google offers two products that allow you to manage your advertising on a CPA (cost-per-acquisition) basis: the Conversion Optimizer and the Google Affiliate Network.

The Conversion Optimizer is an AdWords bidding feature that lets you specify a maximum CPA goal for ads on the Google search and content networks. It uses historical information about your campaign to automatically adjust your CPC bid for each auction to help you meet your CPA goal. In addition, the Conversion Optimizer is now supported in both the AdWords Editor and the AdWords API. You can learn more on the Conversion Optimizer homepage.

The Google Affiliate Network, previously known as DoubleClick Performics Affiliate, has been in operation since 1998. Through the network, advertisers can open their ads to all publishers in the network, or select specific publishers that match their criteria. You can set a CPA for your entire campaign or establish custom payment schedules for specific publishers -- such as a higher CPA for a particularly optimal placement. The Google Affiliate Network is currently a separate product from AdWords and AdSense. As with AdSense, publishers must apply and be accepted into the network.

If you're interested in learning more about the Google Affiliate Network, please visit our website.

Update 7-1-2008:

After receiving questions from our readers, we wanted to clarify that the Google Affiliate Network is currently available only for advertisers in the US.

Posted by Trevor Claiborne, Inside AdWords crew

Recommended B2B Resource - Internet Marketing Videos

If you have been a visitor to this blog or a subscriber to
our Global B2B subscriber for any period of
time, you are know how I emphasize using the Internet to
promote your services and products to a worldwide audience
at very little cost.

It is also prudent in today's business world to diversify
into different areas for income generation and for the past
1 1/2 years I have contracted the services of an
English gentleman living in Estonia to build 80
mini-web sites for my wife to operate.

Suffice it to say, we would not have used his service to
build out 80 web sites if we did not find his work to be
anything less than outstanding.

This new Internet marketing package is near and
dear to my heart. I use the term near and dear because I
love watching videos to learn how to do new things rather
than just reading about them - call me visual oriented.

This new internet marketing service serves a dual purpose
for anyone intelligent enough to understand the value of
online marketing and an additional revenue stream that you
may create by being a member.

A large portion of the knowledge I have on building web pages
and web sites was developed from watching tiher online videos
or self-study videos on CD Rom. Granted, my web sites may not
be the most "designer" oriented but I never could seem to
overcome my deficit in artistic ability but I would say the
web sites I have built are somewhat successful since they
have helped me achieve 43,000 unique visitors to
our web site each month.

Andrew Wilson is the gentleman who has become
both a long distance friend and business associate and if you
have ever heard the term "over delivers", well all I can say
is that Andrew has more than "over delivered" with this new
Internet marketing video program.

I cannot adequately relate to you how valuable a package of
videos and an actual income revenue generation program Andrew
has established as well as he does, so I am recommending that
you go visit, read the entire web page and see for yourself
how many Internet marketing "how to" videos you will get
simply for trying his Internet marketing video training
membership for just one month and how low the subscription
rate is - unbelievable is all I can say.

You know, I personally think you would be crazy to quit after
one month, but if you would, you get to keep ALL the videos
you see listed on the web site which again, to me anyway,
is somewhat of an unbelievable deal, but that is the kind of
stand-up person Andrew is - literally you will get hundreds
of dollars worth of valuable Internet marketing HOW TO videos
just for trying a one month trial membership.

I personally began watching the videos, from the beginner
group and have taken notes on each one (even us old dogs can
learn new things). These videos will take you from the very
basics on to advanced techniques in a Step-by-Step manner
that makes it easy to learn, take notes, recall and apply.

Do yourself, your employer, your relative or your friends a
BIG favor and tell them about these Internet marketing
videos and give them the link below so they too can take
advantage of this outstanding training membership web site
at such a low cost that I think Andrew is crazy for offering,
but then Andrew is an incredible kind of guy.

Go take a look now, I promise you will not be disappointed:

Internet Marketing Videos

Aishwarya and Abhishek show us a visible dent in their wedded life!

A few days ago i heard the most talked and admired couple Aishwariya and Abhishek get into a loud argument, screaming at the top of their voices at an Awards show.. As i always said i admire Aish's looks but i am not convinced by her over-artificial and over-expressive ways. Her hubby seems to dislike that too! yes that's true, at an awards show when Aish was behaving too stupid and trying to grab attention on the stage along with kunal kumar, Abhi called her a side and tried to explain his mind. Aish reacted negatively and began blasting her hubby who got more and more annoyed, he had to ask his personal security to escort Ash to their hotel room!

Now despite being known as a true wedded bollywood couple who walk hand in hand wherever they go, but their rating as one of the best couples has fallen since the time of Aish's unacceptable behaviour.. infact, i now have much more regards for Abhishek and rate than 7/10. Yet hope is all with the couple and we get to hear good news soon :)

Btw why dont you visit http://celebrity-gossipandwallpaper.blogspot.com for some more hot topics and latest news:)

My new blogger template/layout

I am here, yet again with my new template which i feel looks lovely/simple and cool, at the same time soo professional! don't you think so? I've cracked up my brains to get my blog setup on this template, as this was not easy at all.. its also suggested by the designer himself, Cris from eblogtemplates.com(the original designer being eches of blog.eches.net).. he said that this should be attempted only by the professional bloggers or those who know lots of html but am nothing compared to a pro blogger and neither am an html expert;).. The difficult task was changing the designers codes to my own! as he has some alternatives on the template.. and that's a bit confusing since i don't like tampering with codes much, but as i saw this template i was so reluctant to use this and nothing else. Now am done, but not completely done, as you can the header is so plain.. looks simple and clean though but i like headers that match a blog. I Think this really has cool features like the recent articles though i would prefer a most viewed posts and will try that too..

One more thing i would like to suggest those who want to use this template as i've read comments to the designer regarding problems while loading this template.. The side bar is not 200PX but 120PX and 180PX bars so before adding your elements, change your widgets to the needed size:) This is where i was trapped for hours!! as the second side bar slid right down and nothing doing unless i figured it out some hours later.. hehehe

Friends and visitors, you can always provide honest feedback about this template and ill see i can do my best to take into consideration your suggestions, if any:)

TrafficSwarm Review

By Luis Galarza - Internet Marketing And Make Money Online Tips.

It's TrafficSwarm The Best Free Manual Traffic Exchange or It's All B.S.? Here Is My Review!

Can Trafficswarm work for your web site or blog? Well, it depends... first you need to know that free traffic exchange services does work to bring or increase your web traffic, not all of them are good, but there a lot of manual or automatic marketing services that really send some good traffic your way. I can say this because I had try and test almost every single web site or blog traffic exchange available to find those that really can help an Internet marketing beginner generate a good amount of unique targeted visitors.


TIP: After testing many free and paid marketing exchange services I found out that there are three rules that can help you spot the good ones right away and there are:

First, make sure the service and the company it's a popular one and have a good amount of users, this amount need to be above 10,000 at least... because the success of this type of services depends on the exchange of users web site viewing, and if a company don't have enough users you are going to get the same people viewing you ad or site over and over again, making it almost useless. Now if the service have 100,000 users you have a better opportunity to generate leads and sales even if only 1 percent of those users sign up or buy your product, that's 1,000 new prospects or customers... not bad eh!

Second, for the service to become successful needs to have some kind of revenue sharing program or affiliate program build in, and more important has to have a viral marketing system that can help it's users to market the service successfully. Without this the service is simply not worth the try.

And third, the manual service better have a anti-cheat system to avoid members to use robot-softwares to do the clicks for them, you want real people behind each click not a computer software.


OK, back to the my Traffic Swarm review.

Let see if TrafficSwarm have what it takes to be a quality free and paid manual traffic exchange service provider that can really help you increase your visitor base and your overall marketing efforts. First, let see if they are approve by my three traffic exchange qualification rules:

1.- Size Of Actual Active Members:
This is important to make the service a successful Internet marketing tool.... and this company has done an excellent job promoting their service to a bass amount of online entrepreneurs, because they provide an inventory of more than 400,000 active members, which make it the largest manual traffic exchange service available on the web. So, we can put i check mark on this one.

2.- Income And Viral Marketing System:
Is not just about making money promoting this type of marketing service. But, having a good income program behind it can increase the amount of members they get everyday, which mean more different people viewing your marketing message that will increase your results, but don't forget to test and track your ads to know how and when to tun your campaign to increase your web conversions. And the viral marketing part of the system need to help you increase your site view credits. Well, Traffic Swarm does a very good job in this two areas... As a free member you are part of the site view referral program that goes five levels deep, that mean for every new member you refer you get 100 view credits for your sites, plus you get credit for every member refer by your referrals up to the fifth level. Also the more you use the program the more credit you get, and don't forget those surprise credit you get when you visit a selected site, I had bonuses of up to 1500 view credits. Now if you are a TS pro member (paid member) you can also get a monthly residual commission for every member you refer that upgrades to pro, which require a monthly payment.

Another thing you can do is put a little code to any of your sites promoting a text link version of their members to gain even more credits every time some visit or click on the links. I don't really recommend you using this feature, because you will be sending some traffic away from your site to gain a few extra credits, I don't think is a good idea.

3.- Good Anti-Cheat Technology:
This is a really important one, because like I said before you want to make sure that your ads are being watch by real people not automatic clicking robots or software. And this is another reason why TS has become the leader and it's market, TS have a top notch cheat-proof technology that makes it almost impossible to crack.


As you can see TrafficSwarm have good reliable marketing system that can be use to increase your daily visitors. But, there is more:

- You get Free lifetime membership that you can put to use right away. You get 10 ad spots to promote your site, and unlimited if you upgrade to pro.

- You get 100 free credits just for signing up. I don't know how long this offer will be up, but is available to all new sign-ups right now.

- Targeted traffic with about 10 categories to choose from, with real active members clicking on your ads.

- You get to decide which ads you want to view and click on, they don't use force page load technologies.


Other cool benefits you get by using TS service are:

- You get to test and track the quality of your ads before using any type of paid advertising service.

- TrafficSwarm help you increase your web site and blog exposure which help you improve your Alexa ranking.

- If used right, TS can help you generate leads for your business or products, build an opt-in email list, and increase sales.


Most free or paid traffic exchange services work better when you are promoting business or marketing related products, But TS can do a wonderful job on other niches because of the 400,000 members they support. Hope this review help you see if this service fits in your Internet marketing plan. Try it now the lifetime membership is free.


Recommended Resources.

- Search Marketing Lab.
- Insider Secrets To Marketing Your Business Online. 2008 Version!
- Web 2.0 Stampede.
- Michael Cheney's Traffic Videos.


In Conclusion: If you are planning to start an Internet business or already have one you will missing out on the quality of traffic you can get from TrafficSwarm free and paid service.

To learn how you can be part of a small business association full with Internet marketing experts visit the Internet Entrepreneurs Club.

To your success,

Luis Galarza, Internet Marketing Consultant Massachusetts.

About Author: Luis Galarza is a respectable Internet Marketing and Small Business Consultant in the area of Leominster and Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Also, he had teach 100's of entrepreneurs how to make money online and offline without their own product.

A proud member of
- The International Association of Home Business Entrepreneurs
.