Search engine advertiser partner programs

[AccuraCast]

Could anyone please tell me which search engines have partner programs for marketing / SEO firms?

I'm looking for partner programs which lend an added degree of credibility to agencies that do search engine advertising on behalf of their customers (kinda like the partner programs that most electronics manufacturers have for resellers).

Thanks :)

[KeywordMonkey]

There are Overture Amabassadors (http://www.content.overture.com/d/USm/about/company/partner/oap.jhtml) and Google just introduced the Google Advertising Professionals Scheme (https://adwords.google.com/select/ProfessionalWelcome?hl=en_GB) for PPC.

[AccuraCast]

Thanks for your help, KeywordMonkey :)

[tomslick]

FindWhat (http://www.findwhat.com/content/partner/index.asp) also has a referral program.

[KeywordMonkey]

Looks to be more like an advertiser referal scheme - you send FW new cleints, they pay you a commission per client.

The Overture and Google schemes are about encouraging best practice and developing long term working relationships between SEMs and the engines for the benefit of all (including clients, who should be gettng a high standard of service).

That's the theory, anyway.

[pianee]

i will recommend you Overture or insute.lycos.com

Enjoy!

[KeywordMonkey]

http://insite.lycos.com/ is not a partner programs for a marketing / SEO firms - it's a PPC programme for Lycos' US properties built on FindWhat's technology.

Side point: since this thread started, Google have lanuched an advertiser and publisher referal scheme in the US.

[BlowsearchRep]

BlowSearch will be launching this soon. We're currently in prep for it. Anyone interested may contact me via PM or by calling me directly. See contact us on the BlowSearch site. We're looking for great suggestions on how to make it the best referral program out there. So if you have ideas please share them with us.

Joe Holcomb

[KeywordMonkey]

Here's the forum to ask for feedback / announce products - Beta Test (http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/forumdisplay.php?f=50) .

Please read the FAQ (http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/showthread.php?t=2484)first

[BlowsearchRep]

Thank you for that note. I was assumed I was on topic here. I will post to that forum when we are in formal beta with the program.

[KeywordMonkey]

No problem - you'll get more respones in there, that's all :)