From the monthly archives:

March 2009

Flowers – Google Products Doesn’t Quite Get Affiliates

March 31, 2009

Dear Google Shopping Staff Members,   You have wisely excluded affiliates and drop-shippers from eligibility for product displays in Google Products/Shopping. The program policies include:   “Note: Google Base doesn’t permit posting to promote affiliate sites or products sold through an affiliate marketing relationship”   and    “Posting is not permitted for the promotion of [...]

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Google adds ‘Local Ten Packs’ to One Word Searches

March 30, 2009

I know it seems like I’m often annoyed with the ‘faux florist’ spamming issues in Google Local/Maps (‘cuz I am), but this time G deserves a ’thank you’ from us local types. One word searches for ‘flowers’ and ‘florist’ have primarily returned results for national affiliate marketer brands like FTD and 1-800-Flowers, but this last weekend Google added [...]

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