Affiliate links and SEO ? - WickedFire - Affiliate Marketing Forum

Jonyk · 02-28-2009, 02:14 PM

Do affiliate links affect rankings or pr of your blog ? Should they be hidden or set to nofollow ? Thank you.

Dimaseo · 02-28-2009, 05:45 PM

90% of the time they will not effect your rankings. Personally I wouldn't even use an affiliate link on your blog. I would 301 (and mask) a domain you have to your affiliate link. That way you can also build up PR to your domain (from inbound links) instead of to the hoplink. This also shows users a real domain instead of a affiliate link.

my 2 cents.....

pickledegg · 02-28-2009, 05:50 PM

good tip +rep

Machine · 02-28-2009, 06:36 PM

use "go links"

ResidualIncome · 03-01-2009, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Jonyk

Do affiliate links affect rankings or pr of your blog ? Should they be hidden or set to nofollow ? Thank you.

I cloak them all and use nofollow attribute.

HarveyJ · 03-01-2009, 07:19 PM

*facepalm* Hoplinks are for Clickbank... Yes, you can 301/2 to Clickbank products and build your PR without having to do anywork, but if you're doing anything other than Shitbank, you can't exactly do that for an effective campaign.
Especially if you're attempting to drive traffic by Adwords...

If you're marketing real world items, via CJ or Share a Sale or some such, then just use the nofollow attribute in your anchor tags, and it won't pass the juice on.

metalhead · 03-03-2009, 01:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Machine

use "go links"

What are "go links"?

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarveyJ

*facepalm* Hoplinks are for Clickbank... Yes, you can 301/2 to Clickbank products and build your PR without having to do anywork, but if you're doing anything other than Shitbank, you can't exactly do that for an effective campaign.
Especially if you're attempting to drive traffic by Adwords...

I have Clickbank and CJ... why does redirecting work for Clickbank but not for others like CJ?

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If you're marketing real world items, via CJ or Share a Sale or some such, then just use the nofollow attribute in your anchor tags, and it won't pass the juice on.

How does one do this?

Thanks.

Jonyk · 03-04-2009, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by metalhead

How does one do this?

Example: <a href="link" rel="nofollow">Link

Fat Tom · 03-04-2009, 11:47 PM

lol "nofollow"

metalhead · 03-05-2009, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Fat Tom

lol "nofollow"

why is that lol? lol cuz it's old and ineffective or are you lol'ing at the word itself?

i'm such a noob it hurts sometimes.

Fat Tom · 03-05-2009, 04:59 AM

both

Rasta_Cook · 03-11-2009, 01:59 PM

I am trying to figure out the same thing... I was about to start another thread but found this one so ill continue here... I want to know the best way to use affiliate links...

I have a domain for which i created many pages, each page targeting specific keywords. Now, when i link to my sponsor with affiliate links I fear I might be helping THEM ranking for the keywords I target, so what i do is use nofollow tag on my url.

However, maybe this is just a coincidence, but i noticed that some of my pages for which i did not use nofollow were getting good traffic, so perhaps not using the nofollow has some advantages because google see that you are linking to relevant content ?

Also concerning the technique mentionned above ( redirecting to another domain you own )

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Quote:
Originally Posted by HarveyJ

*facepalm* Hoplinks are for Clickbank... Yes, you can 301/2 to Clickbank products and build your PR without having to do anywork, but if you're doing anything other than Shitbank, you can't exactly do that for an effective campaign.
Especially if you're attempting to drive traffic by Adwords...

I have Clickbank and CJ... why does redirecting work for Clickbank but not for others like CJ?

I would like to know the answer to this too, i dont see why clickbank is different from any other affiliate link...

There are also plugins for wordpress which will let you create fake url such as www.mydomain.com/keyword-product-name to which you can associate another redirect url with youre affiliate link...

kingofsp · 03-12-2009, 06:42 AM

I use subdirectory->php redirect to all my affiliate links as well as the nofollow attribute. And if I'm feeling extra paranoid, I'll restrict access to those subdirectories via htaccess. Then I wrap my site in tinfoil.

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Dimaseo Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 839 iTrader: 21 / 100%	90% of the time they will not effect your rankings. Personally I wouldn't even use an affiliate link on your blog. I would 301 (and mask) a domain you have to your affiliate link. That way you can also build up PR to your domain (from inbound links) instead of to the hoplink. This also shows users a real domain instead of a affiliate link. my 2 cents..... Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

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HarveyJ He is - THE CACTUS! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Melbourne - Not the one in Florida Posts: 3,906 iTrader: 0 / 0%	facepalm Hoplinks are for Clickbank... Yes, you can 301/2 to Clickbank products and build your PR without having to do anywork, but if you're doing anything other than Shitbank, you can't exactly do that for an effective campaign. Especially if you're attempting to drive traffic by Adwords... If you're marketing real world items, via CJ or Share a Sale or some such, then just use the nofollow attribute in your anchor tags, and it won't pass the juice on. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ After 10,000 years I'm free!

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kingofsp WF Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 4,269 iTrader: 37 / 100%	I use subdirectory->php redirect to all my affiliate links as well as the nofollow attribute. And if I'm feeling extra paranoid, I'll restrict access to those subdirectories via htaccess. Then I wrap my site in tinfoil. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ W4 - Like Hуdra, but like way better.

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