In this Issue:

1&1 NEWS
	1&1 Announcements
	Spotlight Article
	eMarketing News & Events
TIPS
	Ad Creatives
	Secrets to Success
	Tool Tips
	Affiliate Bonuses

1&1 20th Anniversary Contest Prizes

From March 1st to May 31st the 1&1 Affiliate program ran an unprecedented contest and the excitement it generated sure showed in the awesome response and participation that we got. Although not everyone received a prize, everyone was a winner by earning generous commissions through their affiliate links. Many dozens of 1&1 affiliates qualified, and 20 affiliates received prizes. Here is the list of prizes won.

• First Prize - 7 Day Trip to Jamaica for 2.
  
• Second Prize - Philips 42” Widescreen HDTV
  
• Third Prize - HP tx1305us Pavilion Notebook
  
• Fourth Prize - iPhone
  
• Fifth Prize - Canon PowerShot SD1000 7.1 MegaPixel Camera
  
• Sixth Prize - iPod
  
• Additional prizes include gift cards and software bundles from Digital River, and Avanquest.

June Special Offers – Multiple Hosting Plans for 3 Months FREE! Limited Time offer ends soon!

HOSTING: Our Home* and Developer* hosting special offer in May was so popular that 1&1 has decided to extend it until the end of June! This is your last chance to promote these popular plans with this special offer. Our Home plan is perfect for beginners, and our Developer plan is geared not only towards developers but anyone who needs extra web space for their business. This special offer will convert for you and make you more commissions. There is nothing easier than selling “Free” so promote both of these on your website to take advantage of the $20 Home package commissions and $80 Developer package commissions.

*Web Hosting Offers: 3 months free applies to first 3 months of a 12 month minimum contract term. After 3 months, regular prices apply.

VPS SERVERS: Our 3 free month VPS II** offer is RED HOT! This is the perfect time to get the flexibility of a dedicated server, at a fraction of the price (and an $80 commission in your pocket!).

**VPS II Offer: 12 month minimum contract term applies.

SERVERS: For those with bigger hosting requirements, we have a great dedicated server special offer. We are offering 3 months Free on all our Business Server II’s*** (Managed, Root, and Windows), and to sweeten the deal even more, there is only a $1 setup fee. The affiliate commission on these server products is a HUGE $120 bucks!

***Business Server II: 24 month minimum contract term applies.

For a full list of our commissions please review our affiliate commission table.

All you need to know about duplicate content
By: Axandra.com

Although there is no such thing as a general duplicate content penalty it is difficult to get high rankings for a web page whose content can also be found on other web pages. If you want to avoid problems with duplicate content, the following tips and illustrations will help you.

What is duplicate content and what do search engines do about it?

• Duplicate content is if two or more different web pages contain the same or nearly the same content.
  
• Duplicate content can occur within a single website and across many different websites.
  
• Web pages can be considered duplicate even if they are not 100% identical.
  
• Search engines want to list only one version of duplicate content on their search result pages.

Search engines want to return as many different options as possible in their result lists. That's why they filter all duplicates in the search results and display only one version.

How do search engines determine which web page will be used for the search results?

• When search engines find a web page, they compare it to previously found web pages to determine whether it is a duplicate or not:
  
• Web pages that are hosted by known spam sites will be removed from the list:
  
• The remaining web pages will be sorted based on the number and the quality of their inbound links:
  
• The web page with the best inbound links will be chosen for the search results

How to avoid duplicate content on your own websites

• Hide duplicate content from search engines
  If you offer different versions of your website content (regular view, mobile view, print view, etc.) then search engines might pick the wrong variation for the search results. Add a noindex meta tag to your duplicate content versions so that search engines don't index the duplicate content (you can use IBP's website optimization editor to do it).
  
  
• Require backlinks if you syndicate your web page content
  If you syndicate your content to third parties, search engines might favor the version published by one of your partners. Require a back link from your partners to the original document on your own website so that search engines can find out from which web page the content comes. Duplicate content can cause problems with your search engine rankings. If you follow the tips above, search engine spiders should index your web pages correctly. Also make sure that the web page content that search engine spiders index on your website has been optimized so that search engines can give your web pages the best possible rankings in the search results.
  
  Source: Axandra.com

What’s new in the world of affiliate marketing? Read up on all the latest news about affiliate marketing, search engines, e-mail and other issues which can affect your online marketing success.

News:

Wicked Fire - SEO & Affiliate Talk
www.wickedfire.com

aBestWeb.com - Trusted Affiliate Forum
www.aBestWeb.com

WebmasterWorld.com - Developer Topics
www.WebmasterWorld.com

AffiliateTip.com - From affiliate marketer Shawn Collins
www.affiliatetip.com/affiliate_newsletter.php

ReveNews - Affiliate portal and newsletter
www.revenews.com/newsletter.html

MarketingSherpa.com - Premium Internet Marketing studies and research
www.marketingsherpa.com/newsletters.html

SEO news - Weekly search engine optimization news
www.free-seo-news.com/index.php

Marketingnewz - Assorted marketing headlines
www.marketingnewz.com

Searchenginewatch - Top search engine news
www.searchenginewatch.com

MediaPost - Professional online marketers news and resources
www.mediapost.com

Events:

June 10-12, 2008
DM Days New York Conference & Expo
New York City

June 16, 2008
OMMA Video Conference and Expo
New York City

June 16-18, 2008
Search Engine Strategies
Toronto Canada

June 17-20, 2008
Online Marketing Boot Camp
Burlington, Vermont

July 9-10, 2008
eComXpo The Virtual Tradeshow for eCommerce Marketers
Online

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In this section we explore questions and ideas from 1&1 affiliates like you.

Since the last Affiliate eNews, a few questions have come up:

Q: Do I have to use a banner on my website to promote 1&1?
A: Absolutely not. You can use text links on your website, or you can send your affiliate tracking link in your email to all of your friends. The "Tell-A-Friend" feature in the 1&1 Control Panel is great for this as well. Just go to our special affiliate ‘Tell a Friend page’ in your 1&1 Control Panel. Fill in the email address of the person(s) you would like to refer to 1&1. If you want, make any optional edits you’d like to the message we have provided and then click OK. It’s that simple. Your affiliate link is automatically embedded at the end of the email, so any hosting purchase made though that link earns YOU a commission!

Q: Can I contact you directly for advice on promoting my affiliate link or banner?
A: YES! Affiliates can call us at (610) 560-1541 or email us at emarketing@1and1.com with your phone number and we would be happy to give you a call back.

When you do online marketing for your website, good tools and information can help make the job easier. While there are many commercial (fee based) tools that work well, it is also great to find ones that are 100% no-cost. The tools and newsletters below are completely FREE. Hint: Add these goodies to your web favorites grab and use them today.

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Web Master Tools
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Search Engine Marketing Tools
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Free web site templates
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Free PDFmaker (great for making newsletters or eBooks that you can imbed your affiliate link into)
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We hope you enjoyed our June Affiliate eNews.

Our dedicated 1&1 affiliate team is here to help you succeed in you affiliate endeavors, no matter how big or small. Our affiliate managers have a wealth of experience and are happy to share it with you so feel free to contact us at emarketing@1and1.com or call us directly at (610) 560-1541.

Sincerely,