Google Affiliate Network Retired on July 31, 2013

Effective July 31, 2013, we’ve retired Google Affiliate Network, and are no longer tracking any activity including conversions.  Our interface will be available through October 31, 2013 for accessing reports and exporting data.  

Thanks to all of our customers for your support of our affiliate product!  We look forward to helping you grow your business in the future through other products that are driving great results for clients.

Resolved: Error in Links Tab

Update: This issue has been resolved as of approximately 1:00pm CDT.

We are currently experiencing an issue with the Links Tab where users are not able to find active or historical links. Tracking is not affected by this issue, as you should continue to see data in your reports for today. We will provide an update when the issue has been resolved.

No Longer Accepting New Publishers to the Network After June 7th

As part of the process of retiring the Google Affiliate Network product, we will no longer be accepting new publishers into the network after June 7, 2013.  

If you have a link to our co-branded application page on your website, we recommend you remove or update it as soon as possible.  The co-branded application link will look similar to the following:

http://www.google.com/affiliatenetwork/ntn.html?advid=XXXXXX

Updating Your Contact Information for Approved Publishers

If you would like your approved publishers to be able to contact you directly, you can update the publisher display contact information with your email address (or one managed by your business.)  To do so, follow these steps:

Navigate to the "Settings" tab > Click on "Profile" in the left-hand navigation bar > Scroll down to "Publisher Display Information" > Replace the current email address with your email address (or one managed by your business) > Hit "Save."  

This will allow your approved publishers to contact you directly.

An update on Google Affiliate Network

We're retiring Google Affiliate Network effective July 31, 2013. We’ll continue to support customers over the next few months. Read the announcement here.

New Help Videos on Link Creation and Publisher Recruitment

Have you checked out our YouTube channel lately? We recently released two new advertiser education training videos that are available at the Inside Google Affiliate Network YouTube channel.

• How to recruit publishers
• How to create a text link

We'd encourage new Google Affiliate Network advertisers to check out these brief videos.

Closed publishers report

We've added a new Account-related report to help you see closed publishers. 
Learn more: http://support.google.com/affiliatenetwork/advertiser/answer/3007891

Thank you for your feedback!

We appreciate your time and valuable feedback in helping us make Google Affiliate Network better!

Announcing the Notifications Tab

Use the new Notifications tab to stay up to date with important network updates. Learn more: http://goo.gl/Dn1VS

RESOLVED: Reporting Errors in Google Affiliate Network User Interface

The reporting errors announced earlier have been fixed, and reports should now load normally.

Reporting Errors in Google Affiliate Network User Interface

We are currently experiencing an issue that may result in errors for reporting on both the Google Affiliate Network homepage and reports under the “Reports” tab. At this time, you may receive errors indicating that reports cannot be loaded. Tracking is not affected by this issue. We will provide an update when the issue has been resolved.

Read our latest Newsletter

Read the February advertiser newsletter to learn about the latest Product updates, our new G+ Profile, Optimization tips, and more: http://goo.gl/ZrHtk

Important FTP update announcement

We are making updates to our FTP upload server at uploads.google.com. On March 1st, we will be migrating our FTP servers and their IP addresses. As part of this migration, active users of our FTP upload server may need to update their FTP settings by February 28th.

What does this change mean for you?

• If you submit feeds to uploads.google.com without adjusting your firewall settings, you can disregard this notification.
• If your network firewall rules require you to permit connections to specific IP addresses, you’ll need to update your network settings.
• If you submit your batch or automated reconciliation files via FTP and you're connecting from a network protected by a firewall, make sure the firewall rules allow you to connect to the following IP addresses:

New IP addresses for uploads.google.com:

108.170.217.160
108.170.217.161
108.170.217.162
108.170.217.163
108.170.217.164
108.170.217.165
108.170.217.166
108.170.217.167
108.170.217.168
108.170.217.169
108.170.217.170
108.170.217.171

Keep in mind, these IP addresses should only be used to configure your firewall and not to establish direct connection to the server. To connect to the FTP server, please always use the hostname uploads.google.com, as none of the specific IP addresses are guaranteed to be available at a given time.

If necessary, please make sure to implement any changes to your firewall by February 28th to avoid any interruptions.

The below list of IP addresses will be deprecated. Be sure to keep these IP addresses in your firewall settings until we’ve completed this migration on March 31st.

IP addresses to be retired:

70.32.156.101
70.32.156.102
70.32.156.103
70.32.156.104
70.32.156.105
70.32.156.105
70.32.156.106
70.32.156.107
70.32.156.108
70.32.156.109
70.32.156.110

If you have any questions, please contact us.

Thanks,
The Google Affiliate Network Team

External Image URLs

As of February 20th, Google Affiliate Network will no longer support the use of external image URLs for links.  After February 20th, all advertisers will need to upload creatives through the interface before they can associate them with links.  

Here are instructions for how you can upload a creative: http://support.google.com/affiliatenetwork/advertiser/answer/1272987

After February 20th, any images currently referenced by external URLs will be hosted by Google Affiliate Network.

Go Mobile with Google Affiliate Network: Advertiser best practices

Learn mobile optimization tips for your affiliate program in our blog: http://goo.gl/Su600

Follow us on Google+

We have launched our Google Affiliate Network G+ profile. 
Follow us today: http://goo.gl/gmkAL

Go mobile with your affiliate program

Learn how to "Go Mobile with Google Affiliate Network" with our blog series that kicked off today. http://goo.gl/sOZvw

Reminder: Tag your links for seasonal promotions

Tag your links for upcoming seasonal promotions, including Valentine's Day. 
Learn more: http://goo.gl/FsoFu

Launched: Google Trusted Stores badging

We've added Google Trusted Stores badging, helping publishers easily discover advertisers that deliver a great shopping experience. Learn more: http://goo.gl/VOEih

Launched: New Platform reports

See performance by OS and browser. Understand the impact of desktop and mobile platforms in your affiliate program. Learn more: http://goo.gl/Sdznx

Exclusive 20% discount for Affiliate Management Days

Planning to attend Affiliate Management Days in San Francisco on April 16-17? Please feel free to use the following coupon code to save 20% on all 2-day passes when registering: GAN13. Be sure to register before the Early Bird Rate period expires on Feb 22 for maximum savings.

Launched: Dynamic Links

Serve the right ad to the right user at the right time with our new Dynamic link features. Learn more: http://goo.gl/M4TzK

Valentine's Day promotions due 1/23

Submit your Valentine's Day promotions for our Seasonal communication by January 23rd. Details: http://goo.gl/jXPez