{"id":500,"date":"2014-02-12T07:32:24","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T20:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.above.com\/blog\/?p=500"},"modified":"2014-02-12T07:36:58","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T20:36:58","slug":"is-there-value-in-affiliate-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.above.com\/blog\/is-there-value-in-affiliate-marketing","title":{"rendered":"Is There Value in Affiliate Marketing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Is There Value in Affiliate Marketing?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I agree with most who would say yes, when the affiliate is able to get the attention of a market and direct that market to the best suited products.\u00a0 Affiliate marketers who understand how traffic is targeted and directed to websites from within the search engines and external to them, will know how to fully capitalize on the system to the benefit of themselves, their subscribers, and the upstream affiliate programs.<\/p>\n<p>When tooled with a strong keyword loaded domain name that ties in with the products and services you are selling, the affiliate marketer&#8217;s job gets a little easier.\u00a0 Keyword rich domains help search engines to know what the website is about, and this is a prominent factor of Google&#8217;s published search ranking algorithm.\u00a0 Affiliate would be wise to review the inventory listed in the &#8220;Affiliate Domains&#8221; auction hosted at Above.com (http:\/\/www.above.com\/marketplace\/affiliate.html) for match against current or new affiliate campaigns and opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Affiliate marketing continues to rapidly grow, drive demand for global brands, and evolve in step with a changing world. Affiliates are getting better at segmenting traffic based upon geographic access points, and whether the access is via mobile or not. The industry is Forrester, which conducted the study, forecasts U.S. affiliate marketing spending will increase by a compounded annual growth rate of nearly 17 percent between 2011 and 2016, growing to $4.5 billion.<\/p>\n<p>No doubt that the Affiliate Marketers have contributed to the success of may online retailers and services because of their market and technology reach and knowhow. the All signs continue to point to a health future as the industry&#8217;s bellwether tradeshow &#8220;Affiliate Summit&#8221; continues to sell out show after show, year after year. The biggest affiliate forum is http:\/\/www.abestweb.com continues to add new members and topics to discuss.\u00a0 Large affiliate networks such as LinkShare, Commission Junction, Amazon, and ShareASale keep adding new programs and affiliate members. It is a competitive environment where the affiliate marketer needs to use everything available to them for a competitive edge, in a lucrative and thriving market.\u00a0 Solid keyword domain names give some of that edge.\u00a0 Do visit the &#8220;Affiliate Domains&#8221; auction.\u00a0 You will be glad that you did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is There Value in Affiliate Marketing? 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