My introduction to Affiliate Marketing was through the Google Cash system that was selling through Clickbank. You could actually make money using only Google Adwords back then. You could easily purchase good keywords for what was then Google’s minimum bid of .05 (five cents). I remember paying $1,000.00 a day for clicks at .05 a piece and doubling my money. Others did much better, I’m sure.
Man have times changed, and not for the better. Perhaps it would take a smarter person than me to understand, but the Google Adwords bidding system has become convoluted, illogical and just plain selfish.
Why is it that I can find a word with NO competitive ads and for which I use the keywords I’m bidding on in the ads title and Google won’t even start displaying the ads until I’ve hit $1.00, $5.00 or more? This makes no sense to me what-so-ever.
Google talks about the bid price being determined by competition, relavency and other factors, but they are so vaguely explained that one can only guess at what Google is doing.
I just don’t see how I can continue using Adwords and making money at the same time. At .05 or .10 per...