Comments on: Google CPA - Evil or Diabolical http://www.diorex.com/google-cpa-evil-or-diabolical/ Random Musings about Internet Marketing Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:22:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Affiliate Marketing Blog - RealTimeAffiliateMarketing.com » Blog Archive » Google CPA Program Goes Into Beta http://www.diorex.com/google-cpa-evil-or-diabolical/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Affiliate Marketing Blog - RealTimeAffiliateMarketing.com » Blog Archive » Google CPA Program Goes Into Beta Sun, 25 Mar 2007 12:06:32 +0000 http://diorex.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/google-cpa-evil-or-diabolical/#comment-102 [...] Pilgrim Random Musings TechCrunch Web Publishing [...] [...] Pilgrim Random Musings TechCrunch Web Publishing [...]

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]]> By: WebbyOnline - Internet Business, Web Publishing » Google Pay-Per-Action Launches http://www.diorex.com/google-cpa-evil-or-diabolical/comment-page-1/#comment-96 WebbyOnline - Internet Business, Web Publishing » Google Pay-Per-Action Launches Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:07:23 +0000 http://diorex.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/google-cpa-evil-or-diabolical/#comment-96 [...] are other issues at play here, though, as Diorex so aptly points out. As he puts it, “would you want to share any of this data with your [...] [...] are other issues at play here, though, as Diorex so aptly points out. As he puts it, “would you want to share any of this data with your [...]

]]> By: diorex http://www.diorex.com/google-cpa-evil-or-diabolical/comment-page-1/#comment-95 diorex Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:44:59 +0000 http://diorex.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/google-cpa-evil-or-diabolical/#comment-95 I agree that Google is not yet a competitor, I am merely drawing some conclusions about what might happen in the future. Every inefficient business model gradually becomes more efficient. Google has the ability to collect the data in order to approach the ultimate merchant and remove the middle man from the equation, thus earning more money for Google on the same body of searches. In all likelihood if you have stumbled across this blog you are in some way a middleman capitalizing on an inefficient market. As the market becomes gradually more efficient, you are likely to be squeezed if not removed from the equation entirely. I do not think this is going to happen this year or even next, but I do believe this will happen to some degree over time. I agree that Google is not yet a competitor, I am merely drawing some conclusions about what might happen in the future.

Every inefficient business model gradually becomes more efficient. Google has the ability to collect the data in order to approach the ultimate merchant and remove the middle man from the equation, thus earning more money for Google on the same body of searches.

In all likelihood if you have stumbled across this blog you are in some way a middleman capitalizing on an inefficient market. As the market becomes gradually more efficient, you are likely to be squeezed if not removed from the equation entirely.

I do not think this is going to happen this year or even next, but I do believe this will happen to some degree over time.

]]> By: gaman http://www.diorex.com/google-cpa-evil-or-diabolical/comment-page-1/#comment-97 gaman Wed, 21 Mar 2007 04:36:57 +0000 http://diorex.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/google-cpa-evil-or-diabolical/#comment-97 Google is not a competitor as far as I can see. The world would be a totally different place, poorer and boring without it. If Google is seen as a competitor, our own credit card processor, affiliate marketing network etc could be seen as such too. Google is not a competitor as far as I can see. The world would be a totally different place, poorer and boring without it. If Google is seen as a competitor, our own credit card processor, affiliate marketing network etc could be seen as such too.

]]> By: nicholas kamau http://www.diorex.com/google-cpa-evil-or-diabolical/comment-page-1/#comment-99 nicholas kamau Wed, 21 Mar 2007 03:36:29 +0000 http://diorex.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/google-cpa-evil-or-diabolical/#comment-99 You are years ahead of other "super affiliates" who are so happy that they are making 20,000 more than what they were taught in school they would make. God i wish you would do some research on things like Directmail. That would make your business complete. It is always refreshing reading your blog and talking to you on Aim. Thanks You are years ahead of other “super affiliates” who are so happy that they are making 20,000 more than what they were taught in school they would make. God i wish you would do some research on things like Directmail. That would make your business complete.
It is always refreshing reading your blog and talking to you on Aim. Thanks

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]]> By: » Google Pay-Per-Action — the new super affiliate network - Web Publishing Blog http://www.diorex.com/google-cpa-evil-or-diabolical/comment-page-1/#comment-100 » Google Pay-Per-Action — the new super affiliate network - Web Publishing Blog Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:01:07 +0000 http://diorex.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/google-cpa-evil-or-diabolical/#comment-100 [...] Diorex has some very strong words to say about the new Google CPA program, tieing it together with Google’s other data collection programs such as Google Checkout and Webmaster Central — “…would you want to share any of this data with your competitors, suppliers, partners, or anyone other than an accountant? Profit per sale, sales volume, average transaction size, conversion rate, or average lifetime value of a customer? I would consider all of these pretty darn proprietary, yet tens of thousands of publishers have handed this very data over to what could very well become your biggest competitor.” [...] [...] Diorex has some very strong words to say about the new Google CPA program, tieing it together with Google’s other data collection programs such as Google Checkout and Webmaster Central — “…would you want to share any of this data with your competitors, suppliers, partners, or anyone other than an accountant? Profit per sale, sales volume, average transaction size, conversion rate, or average lifetime value of a customer? I would consider all of these pretty darn proprietary, yet tens of thousands of publishers have handed this very data over to what could very well become your biggest competitor.” [...]

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