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In the Web 2.0 world there now exist social networking and blogging sites that can be used to generate extra attention for your website. The most wellknow examples of such sites are Squidoo and Hubpages.

The Affstat Report is an annual research, analysis, and benchmarking report for the affiliate marketing industry. If you participate in the survey you’ll get the report for free. The results of this survey will also be published in Feedfront magazine.

In another attempt to monetize YouTube, Google has decided to start showing so called Sponsored Videos on the YouTube video search result pages. This ‘Video AdWords’ scheme is ideal if you have video content you want people to see, but what are the real possibilities for affiliate advertisers ?

We compiled some more ways for generating a steady or at least a more relevant flow of traffic. These methods aren’t free, but will continue to deliver quality traffic long after your investment has repaid itself.

Periodically  the broad topic you’re affiliate marketing for knows spikes in terms of search volume. Keeping track of what people are looking for allows you to use this naturally existing search volume to get your advertisements shown to people who are looking for what you’re selling. The tool to do this is Google Hot Trends.