Google Shadow Review-Brutal Info!
By Review Boss on Feb 12, 2009 with Comments 9
Google Shadow: Shadow of Google Cash Method
Back in 2003-04 Chris Carpenter’s (Not Chris McNeeny, the promoter of Google Shadow!) Google cash method worked like a miracle. 1000’s of people made money through that method. It was a simple concept.
Find an affiliate offer-> Drive Adwords traffic to merchant through you affiliate link-> Cash in commission.
Very simple isn’t it?
Yes, but it worked until Google changed rules of the game. Google said only one display URL would be shown at a time. Meaning if there are 25 affiliates promoting Amazon.com’s book through direct affiliate link, only one affiliate’s link would be shown at a time. This would be depending on the bidding (CPC) and Google’s ad-score.
That’s when Google cash method stopped working. This was followed by another Google hit called “Google Slap”.
Anyway, let me come back to the point. I want to review Chris McNeeny’s latest gadget (?!) Google Shadow (DJKShadow.com)
As I said in the first paragraph it’s a shadow of Google cash method. This product is not created by Chris X, the famous IM criminal! It’s a product created by a person called Tim Houston, but marketed by Chris McNeeny.
Most of the internet marketers are aware that Chris X sells same products in different names; he also sells same gadget (which is slightly modified) in different author names!
Anyway…
Does Google Shadow Works? Is it Scam?
That’s not the point. The point is, can you really afford Google Shadow method now? (I’m not questioning if you can afford monthly subscription fee) My question is, can you really afford spending $1000-2000 just to find a winning Adwords campaign?
CONFUSED?
Let me explain it briefly.
Google Shadow Method- In Action.
- Find 10 good products to promote.
- Create adwords campaign for each of them.
- Bid at least $1-2 for your keywords.
- Directly link to merchant page with your affiliate id.
- Get around 100-200 clicks for each of your campaigns.
- Once you have spent $200 on each campaign you’ll come to know which campaigns are making you money and which is not.
- Delete all suckers and keep the winners.
If you are an unfortunate guy, sometimes all those 10 campaigns might become flop. That’s why the author says that you’ll find 10 winners out of 100.
So next day create another 10 campaigns and spend another $1000!
Does that make sense? Are you ready for this?
Probably NOT!
Of course, this method is doable, but in my opinion highly impracticable.
About Google Shadow Software and Monthly Subscription:
This online tool helps you to create 100’s of ad campaigns quickly. You don’t have to spend whole day writing ads for your campaigns. You just create a campaign for Adwords which can be exported and then uploaded to your Adwords account. From the same data the tool generates campaigns for Yahoo Search marketing and MSN Ad center. So you can test your campaign with both Yahoo and MSN… and maybe double or triple your profit!?
Google Shadow Case Studies and Success:
You get 3 case studies of Google Shadow. One is most recent; 2nd one is one year old; and the 3rd one is 2 years old!
Does that mean this DJK Shadow method is out of date?
I don’t know!
It costs just $67… ohhh yea… there are some up-sells and ditch-sells as well for your pleasure!
Here is the direct link if you want to buy www.djkshadow.com (NOT affiliate link)
DJK Shadow Conclusion:
- Google Adwords and PPC marketing is not an easy game to play anymore. It’s getting tougher each day with more and more marketers entering. In my opinion before you start Adwords game learn about Adwords from Google Itself. Here is the link to Adwords Help Center. https://adwords.google.com/support/
- Then if you have $67 read this awesome adwords course Beating Adwords by the founders of Wealthy Affiliate, Kyle and Carson.
- Finally if you are a member of Wealthy Affiliate you can learn most of the Adwords technique for FREE at WA.
For the time being forget about Google Shadow! 
Cheers
RB
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Pretty decent review of GS (but) how sure are you of your figures? Seems one could minimize their downside (losing big $$) if they kill the loser campaigns and keep (and improve) the winners?
Yes Neil,
This method is doable, but as I said earlier not very practicable. I’ve few successful direct link campaigns and I know that it works. Problem is bidding $1-2 is not enough. You should be ready for $3-5. I’ve a campaign with bidding of $7 and average CPC is $3.5
Gonna stumble this.
This is the honest review that rarely found on internet nowadays. (I’m always biased if mine product is quality enough.) Yes, this method is viable & I always wonder if I can have a loan and try try my campaign, about $6000/day.
I like your analytical review on Google Shadow and PPC. I dont have any intention to make this post to your blog as promotional by any means, but I’d like you to honestly let me know what you think about http://www.ppckahuna.com/invite/magicweb/
I take the liberty to claim that this is the best opportunity in affiliate marketing by seo and also ppc.
I find it more than simple coincidental that the guys running PPC Classroom (full disclosure says I need to mention I am a Member) but the point is, Anik and Amit are VERY aggressively promoting The Google Cash Detective 2 System because it flat out works and Anik uses it (addictively he claims) DAILY!
I was lucky enough to send Chris an email (and get his reply back) so that I could use his tool and compare it to PPC Kahuna.
Since PC Bully and Speed PPC are included in the stout bonus package for being a PPC Classroom member, I have been able to compare each of these PPC Spy tools and by all accounts, The Detective Wins by a landslide.
Just my personal opinion and I’ve not banked 10 million from my PPC campaigns (yet) but the early signals are looking promising!
Neil, thanks for posting a short but meaningful comment here.
PPC Kahuna sounds like “Landing page generator” (LPGen) which I bought back in 2007 for $500. LPGen worked well for couple of weeks until Google caught it. I think the same would happen to PPC Kahuna. Google simply doesn’t like dynamically created landing pages. One more point I should highlight here…all these dynamic landing pages doesn’t convert well… maybe it’ll never convert.
So I just want to say that “don’t buy PPC Kahuna”
Nevertheless, I would love to see a landing page created by PPCKahuna… anyone dare (care) to share with me?
Dear Neil & Boss,
No PPC Kahuna is not a landing page generator. But it consists a set off software tools to find out the best keywords all over and also from your competitors and make 100s PPC campaigns in a fly. It has everything…it will also help to create landing page with proper SEO to increase the Google quality score. I think its fair to justify a product once you use it recently.
I’ve seen and understood ‘Cash detective’ but what is there in cash detective is already there in PPC Kahuna. I’m just 3 days now with PPC Kahuna…..
I try to provide the 14 days plan inside the member’s area, all these includes detailed video training and pdf flow charts for actions points:
Day 1: Finding a Product on ClickBank & Digging for Keywords (There are cool techniques I never heard of earlier).
Day 2: Keyword Filtering & Focusing
Day 3: For PPC Challenge – Getting Your Domain & Blog Set Up Right! }
Day 3: For SEO Challenge – Creating Your initial Content }
Day 4: For PPC Challenge – Structure Your Blog For a High Quality Score
Day 4: For SEO Challenge – Creating Your Mini Net
Day 5: For PPC Challenge – Promote Your Site to Get Indexed (Quality Score Booster)
Day 5: For SEO Challenge – Expanding Your Mini Net
Day 6: For PPC Challenge – Landing Page Investigating
Day 6 through 8: For SEO Challenge – Rinse & Repeat
Day 7: For PPC Challenge – Create Your First Draft Landing Page
Day 8 For PPC Challenge – Install Prosper202, BlitzLP & AdWords Editor (super softwares)
Day 9 For PPC Challenge – Finding the “Golden” Keywords and Ad Copy
Day 9 For SEO Challenge – Finding the “Golden” Keywords and Call To Action
Day 10 For PPC Challenge – Going Live with Your Campaign
Day 11 For PPC Challenge – Optimizing Your Campaign
Day 12 For PPC Challenge – Optimizing Your Campaign Part 2
Day 13 For PPC Challenge – Set Up Permanent Landing Page with Google’s Website Optimizer & Continue Optimizing Your Campaign
Day 14 For PPC Challenge – Maintenance, Growth and Continued Optimization
There are 5 softwares included:
a) PPC Kahuna
b) Keyword Corral
c) Adwords Digger
d) Blitz LP
e) Blitz PPC
f) Tons of online tools
If any of you like please download one of the software from here…its freely given by PPCKahuna team, so not a copyright violation for me:
http://www.adwordsdigger.com/113357/
Enjoy! and all the best.
By the way Matt Callen’s PPC Web Spy is an utter nonsense and a crap. If someone wants more information do let me know…..
Great review!
What do you think about AdWords Intelligence (http://www.adwordsintelligence.com)?