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I’ve been doing a bit of research into PPC marketing recently. I have promoted affiliate products for close to 10 years now but I have mostly did this through websites rather than just landing pages and PPC marketing.
So I tried to sign up to Azoogle Ads 2 weeks ago to see what offers were there I could promote. After completing the whole sign in form I was told that I had already signed up and my account was locked. I contacted them and more than 10 days later was told that it was locked because I hadn’t been active with them and I would have to resubmit again.
Since I had already went through the whole registration process only to be told I couldn’t sign up with the email address (which I use for all my affiliate accounts) I asked if they could just activate the account I already had. Another day or so later I was told:
As it has been a fairly long time since you have used your account we do need you to reapply.
Please use another email address than one that would link you to your old account and we can change it later.
This is complete bullshit in my opinion. Their support team just can’t be bothered unlocking my account so they want me to go through the whole registration process again, sign up with a different email address and then contact them to ask them to change my email address. Do I really want to go through all that only to be told that they can’t do it and I would just have to use the new account. Their support team didn’t even have the balls to reply with a name, they just ended each email with ‘Thank you, AZOOGLE HELP’.
I had heard good things about Azoogle but this experience has soured my opinion of them. If that’s the way they treat new affiliates they can stick their network as far as I’m concerned. I really have no time for companies who can’t be bothered to help their clients. I have no idea what their general support is like but this kind of thing is usually a good indication of the support you can expect so I’m going to save myself some hassle and work with an affiliate company who wants to work with me.
A few days later after I wrote this post an affiliate manager from Azoogle contacted me and apologised for the poor support I received. They also reactivated my account. Follow the link above to read more
Last night my main laptop, which runs on Vista Home Premium, did a funny thing which it seems to every month or two. Basically, after switching my laptop off and going to bed, I am awoken by the laptop switching on again about an hour or so later. It’s a complete pain in the ass as I then need to get up, login and then hibernate it again (I normally hibernate so I don’t have to load all programs again).
The laptop is completely switched off and isn’t updating or anything like that, so I’m completely baffled why this is doing this. Why is it just randomly switching itself back on. Anyone got any ideas?
It’s almost a week since I’ve been playing Modern Warfare 2. Up until I got the game I played it’s predecessor Call of Duty 4 (Modern Warfare 1) every week. I got that game 2 years ago but the follow up, Call of Duty 5: World at War, wasn’t as good. It was ok and I did play it but it was disappointing in many aspects.
Modern Warfare 2 is certainly not a disappointment. They have managed to fix all the little problems that the original had and make arguably the best first person shooter game ever made. I pre ordered the game from play so paid £45 but my friends waited til release day and managed to get it for £26, Though I’m not too bothered about it because of how good the game is.
Have a look at this game winning knife throw. The guy who did it said that he meant it but I’m not so sure. Nevertheless, it’s an unbelievable way to win a match. It’s like getting a hole in one in golf!
I defy anyone to watch this dubbed version of Postman Pat and not burst out laughing. I nearly wet myself at the start when he’s driving round the corner.
It still amazes me how stupid the drunken mind is. This morning I woke up trying to piece together what happened the night before. A common problem on the final day of a stag do.
We had been drinking for two days in Whitley Bay, the seaside town which lies 7 miles east of Newcastle. My phone appeared to have no power, which was strange as it was fully charged the night before, so I should have had juice for a few days.
I connected up the charger and plugged it in but it wasn’t charging. I checked the keycard was in the power switch at the door and checked electricity was on by turning on the lights and the tv. But still no power.
I then decided to open up the back of my phone. For some reason my drunken mind decided to take off the back cover, lose the battery and then replace the back cover. Which clearly makes no sense. I can understand if the back cover was also lost or the cover was hanging off or something; but how did I manage to lose the battery and put the cover back on.
I also did something which was out of character, even when being drunk. I went up to some guy who apparently looked like my friend Ricky from the back and did some strange kidney punch to his ribs. The guy was obviously pissed off and asked what I was doing and I just laughed. Thankfully my friend Joe was there to explain me out of any trouble.
It really is strange though. I assume it was just a playful punch as I’m not an aggressive person. I’m too chilled out to look for trouble or anything, won’t go as far as saying I’m a pacifist but I’m, generally speaking, a happy smiley drunk. Thank god I didn’t do it to the wrong guy haha.
This is the personal blog of internet web monkey Kevin Muldoon.
It provides a release for his tiny overworked little brain and stops him from getting an aneurysm!
I defy anyone to 