Google Adwords Affiliate

[bathnight.com]

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Hi,

As a new merchant this is my first posting on this forum and I am hoping my question is not to nieve.

As we run in a relatively niche market I have recently set up with Clixgalore as my affiliate network. I have had a number of requests to join but today I have received a request from Google Adwords www.adwords.google.com and I found this quite strange.

Is this google?
How does this work with Google?
How does it affect my current Google adwords ppc?

Anybody like to review my site for me?

Any information always welcome.

[marky]

Google have started a CPA network though only in the US as far as I know.

Re the sign up it does immediately sound dodgy, are there any contact details ? A name, telephone number ? An actual person you can verify this with ?

Is it Google ? I doubt it, check with them
How does this work with Google ? If it is them, publishers using adsense would be paid on a CPA basis not cpc for some of your adverts
How does it affect your current Google adwords ppc ? again assuming this is google and not a fraudelant sign up, It won't affect it, you will still be charged up to the max cpc you specify. If you do have a CPA deal with them you will have to sign up with different terms and will know about it

I guess rereading through all of this, it really is highly unlikely that Google will be signing up with a network. Best thing to be sure is to check the contact details and contact them. If you need a number for adwords support, pm me.

[drivetowin]

Marc

Can you lose the animated banner in your signature please - it's against the rules of the forum.

Thanks

[5starAffiliatePrograms]

Nope doubt it's Google. It's either an affiliate with no site - trying to tell you they will be advertising through Adwords or it's a fraud affiliate.

I've had TONS of Chinese fraud affiliates sign up with programs pretending to be me and using my site, whois info and my good reputation. Sometimes these stupid fraudsters sign up pretending to be the WallStreet Journal or other big famous sites. They know they will be declined if they are from China and hope a native affiliate manager will approve them thinking it's cool such a big company wants to promote their products.

In your case, I suspect it's the 1st scenario but then again Clixgalore gets lots of fraud, so I'm not sure which it is.