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Recent Headlines from the 5 Star Affiliate Blogs

50 Kick-Ass Keyword Strategies from Aaron Wall and Wordtracker
It's not just the right keywords that guarantee your online success – but how you use them. Most marketers tend to blindly follow the same, tired research path that everybody else follows. As a result, they miss out on all of the traffic and profits that some clever keyword thinking could bring them

1st Screen Shots of New Adwords Quality Score
The changes are gradually rolling out - most people have not gotten the upgrade yet. I know super affiliate bloggers who can't wait to see the changes. So I thought I'd show you the 1st screen shots that have been shared.

a4uexpo Affiliate Marketing Conference Coming in October
How to Increase Conversions - A New Approach based on Psychological Methods, The Central role of Affiliate Marketing in the Digital EcoSystem, Strategies to Develop Profitable Websites with Mash-ups and APIs, How Video, APIs and Social will Shape Affiliate Marketing in 2009

Rewards and Relationships - What Affiliates Want
It delves into topics like: what affiliates want, affiliates and the economy, the 80/20 rule, tracking issues and the important role relationships play in the affiliate marketing game

eBay Sues High Profile Affiliate for Cookie Stuffing and Fraud
For the blackhatters out there that say cookie stuffing isn't illegal and all is fair in love and affiliate marketing - I say you better take a very close look at this case! Shawn Hogan the owner of Digital Point Forums and 2 others 6 charges including

Obsessive Compulsive ADHD Affiliate Strategy
I’m an impulsive obsessive compulsive with ADD. Get an idea in my head and jump on it. Then all of a sudden, I get bored or get another idea and jump on it. This is a very bad combination if you want to be an affiliate marketer.

Shareasale Affiliate Video Widget is Ready
The Affiliate piece of the Make-A-Video is complete and ready for use. As an Affiliate, you can now create and generate your own video creatives, and link them to multiple different Merchants throughout the video through the use of cue points.

Google Suggest - Long Tail Killer Or New Opportunity?
Google is going to make it easy for Joe Surfer to just pick from one of the suggestions instead of typing in that nice juicy long tail phrase you are so nicely optimized for. But there's a hidden opportunity before everyone starts capitalizing on it.

Will Microsoft IE8 Block Ads and Affiliate Cookies by Default?
Seems like about every 3 months something hits the media that threatens to kill the online advertising industry. It has the potential to undermine the economies of the Internet said a VP of the IAB. Sensationalist journalism by the Post I hope.

Affiliate Driven Market Share Increases Due to Economy
Retailers that attract a lot of discount and coupon code shoppers could see their affiliate programs drive a larger percentage of overall sales volume. At least that's what is happening at Petco. Stacey Georgoulis

CPA Watchdog - New Service to Fight Affiliate Fraud
CPA WatchDog is a newly launched service that claims to identify, track, and prosecute affiliate fraud, recovering an affiliate network or merchant's stolen assets whenever possible. Some of you may remember that I was a victim of affiliate fraud and identity theft. Heres how they stole money in my good name.

Clickthrough Credibility - No click - No cookie - No commish
I think it's a good reminder for affiliates and makes some important points. Just some Monday morning food for thought. Have a couple bigger stories that are taking some time to research and write, so thought I'd share this quick one with you in the meantime.