Google修改欧洲代理政策
October 13th, 2005 by inway
在Adtech London期间,Google放出了修改欧洲代理政策的声音,为此,Shak特意回到英国协调相关的伙伴公司。(Shak是当年Google在欧洲开放代理政策并且提供代理折扣的主要推手)
据说,本来是要彻底取消欧洲的折扣,这样的想法让欧洲的代理商们有了一丝的寒意,同样的情况如果发生在中国,发生在国内厂商和代理商之间,我想不亚于刀子架到了脖子上。
原来Google的欧洲代理折扣是5%>15%,同样的折扣也在澳大利亚出现。据欧洲当地的搜索引擎营销(SEM)公司说,这个代理权的发放很不透明,我相信,这也是为什么需要象我的朋友Shak那样的推手,全球都一样,关系(guanxi,现在也是一个新的英文单词了)在任何不透明的交易中都显得异常重要。
<新的政策终于在欧洲出现了,有几点要点:
- The new program opens across Europe from January 2006 to any qualified third party agency (at least five clients, two Google certified professionals on staff).
- Google does NOT consider the new program to be paying commission but rather having a “best practice funding element.”
- Payments will be tied to business brought in or grown and tiered to a maximum of 12 percent
- Yes, search marketing firms are eligible.
生效日期是2006年1月,最低条件是至少有5个直客、两个Google专家,不再提供广告的代理折扣,而用一个新的支持方式。业绩的考试仍然是重点,通过新的支持方式得到的回报最高不超过12%。
当然还有很多的基本条件,但是这其实短期来说,对欧洲来说是一个喜讯,因为申请开放了,条款透明了,不再是insider的游戏。表面上看,Google象所有的第三方都开放了,并且再三强调:All advertisers will be on a level playing field。但是长期来说,我不觉得那种刀锋的感觉会消失,刀子落下来只是时间的问题。
倒是英国有一个SEM说得好:
他认为对那些纯粹依靠折扣收入,而没有其他服务手段的公司来说,应该要好好思量思量。
这个启示,对中国国内的代理商来说,也是个很好的提醒。
以下是Google正式新闻发布的部分内容:
“Google’s new program empowers third parties to more efficiently and effectively serve their clients. Third parties are critical to the success of advertisers and to Google and we have designed an approach that favours both,” says Nikesh Arora, Vice President of European Operations at Google. “We firmly believe that it is important to preserve the integrity of the channel in terms of marketing effectiveness and advertiser perception. By fostering greater equality across Google’s auction model, advertisers of all sizes can more effectively compete against each other,” he concludes.