Amazon Changes That Effect Internet Marketing

Changes That Effect Internet Marketing such as Amazon.com  deciding to change its Associate’s Program Policies for Associates promoting products in the USA and Canada
can really effect your profits online. If you are running a direct linking campaign as a Amazon affiliate start setting up your landing page or website now!
As of May 1, 2009, Amazon is not allowing anymore DIRECT LINKING of
PPC traffic to their products. That means you will not get paid even if you make affiliate sales of their products using PPC.

Here is the notice current Amazon
Associates are now receiving.

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Dear Amazon Associate:

We’re writing to let you know about
a change to the Amazon Associates
Program. After careful review of
how we are investing our advertising
resources, we have made the decision
to no longer pay referral fees to
Associates who send users to www.amazon.com,
www.amazon.ca, or www.endless.com
through keyword bidding and other paid
search on Google, Yahoo, MSN, and other
search engines, and their extended search
networks. If you’re not sure if this
change affects you, please visit this
page for FAQs.

As of May 1, 2009, Associates will not
be paid referral fees for paid search
traffic. Also, in connection with this
change, as of May 1, 2009, Amazon will
no longer make data feeds available to
Associates for the purpose of sending
users to the Amazon websites in the
US or Canada via paid search.

This change applies only to the Associates
programs in North America. If you are
conducting paid search activities in
connection with one of Amazon’s Associates
Programs outside of the US and Canada,
please refer to the applicable country’s
Associates Program Operating Agreement
for relevant terms and conditions.

We appreciate your continued support and
participation in this advertising Program.

If you have questions or concerns, please
write to us by using the Contact Us form
available on Associates Central.

Sincerely,

The Amazon Associates Program