{"id":410,"date":"2011-07-22T10:58:33","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T17:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themanwhosoldtheweb.com\/blog\/?p=410"},"modified":"2011-07-22T11:03:24","modified_gmt":"2011-07-22T18:03:24","slug":"affiliate-site-optimized-for-google-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/themanwhosoldtheweb.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/affiliate-site-optimized-for-google-local\/","title":{"rendered":"This is an interesting concept. An affiliate site optimized for Google Local."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>About an hour ago, my friend told me something interesting.\u00a0 She said there were shopping outlets in Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p>I thought this was counter-intuitive, because shopping outlets are typically massive structures and never located inside a crowded city (where they can cannibalize their non-outlet storefronts).\u00a0 So, I asked my friend for more info and came across this interesting concept for an autopilot retailer affiliate site.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s walk through this together.<\/p>\n<p>First, do a search for &#8220;new york city outlets&#8221; &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=new+york+city+outlets&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t\">http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=new+york+city+outlets&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Notice that in the Google Local results, the second one actually (see below), there&#8217;s a listing called Soho Mill Outlet. (It even has a physical address.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/themanwhosoldtheweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/afflocal1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-411\" title=\"afflocal1\" src=\"http:\/\/themanwhosoldtheweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/afflocal1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"http:\/\/themanwhosoldtheweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/afflocal1.gif 653w, http:\/\/themanwhosoldtheweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/afflocal1-300x277.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click that.\u00a0 It will bring you to a site that&#8217;s clearly an affiliate site.\u00a0 See these screenshots.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Homepage<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/themanwhosoldtheweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/afflocal2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-412\" title=\"afflocal2\" src=\"http:\/\/themanwhosoldtheweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/afflocal2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"441\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"http:\/\/themanwhosoldtheweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/afflocal2.gif 980w, http:\/\/themanwhosoldtheweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/afflocal2-300x235.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Representative inner page<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/themanwhosoldtheweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/afflocal3.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-413\" title=\"afflocal3\" src=\"http:\/\/themanwhosoldtheweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/afflocal3.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"439\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"http:\/\/themanwhosoldtheweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/afflocal3.gif 979w, http:\/\/themanwhosoldtheweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/afflocal3-300x235.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I did some more digging around, because I was curious where all these affiliates programs were from, because the stores were all namebrands.\u00a0 Did the creator of this site need to sign up with hundreds of merchants individually?\u00a0 That&#8217;s doubtful.<\/p>\n<p>Turns, out all these various affiliate accounts with these top name merchants are offered through 5 key affiliate programs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Google Affiliate Network<\/li>\n<li>Commission Junction<\/li>\n<li>LinkShare<\/li>\n<li>ShareaSale<\/li>\n<li>Pepperjam Network<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.formetocoupon.com\/merchantsByCategory.php?cat=apparel-women\">comprehensive list of merchants and their affiliate networks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I thought this was a very interesting concept of an autopilot site that has potential to be very lucrative.\u00a0 You just need to get listed under Google Local for a few major metropolitan areas.\u00a0 It should also be fairly easy to replicate.\u00a0 If I find the time, I may give it a go myself to replicate this concept.<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to add your thoughts and dig deeper into this site concept by replying with your comments.\u00a0 Thanks.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>dave<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About an hour ago, my friend told me something interesting.\u00a0 She said there were shopping outlets in Manhattan. 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