will i be considered a thin affiliate if all my links are on one page? - WickedFire - Affiliate Marketing Forum

metalhead · 03-01-2009, 01:28 PM

say you have a site with some affiliate links but they're all on a homepage rather than on individual pages. As long as the page has content on it besides the links (such as product pictures and descriptions), are you in any danger of being labeled a "thin affiliate"?

edit - if it matters, all my affiliate links are .htaccess redirected

Firelead · 03-02-2009, 04:18 AM

who cares if you're labeled as a "thin affiliate"?

metalhead · 03-02-2009, 11:23 AM

google. i heard they derank "thin affiliate" pages.

Firelead · 03-02-2009, 12:47 PM

yes, if you are trying to get organic traffic to the site, and its a 1 pager...it's really tough to rank high - so you should probably not make it "thin".

if on the other hand you are buying traffic to the site - and it's just 1 page, then it's not going to matter for everyone else except Google. Even with Google you can sneak a 1 pager by and get some good traffic to it with content network, but if you get manually reviewed you're likely to get slapped.

most "thin affiliate" sites are looked down upon by other high brow people in our industry...and I think that opinion sucks. there is plenty of money to be made with a 1 page site and PPC traffic, and you would be doing exactly what you are paid to do - which is pre-sell the end user and make the sale.

metalhead · 03-05-2009, 05:15 PM

well i made my site... and i added some other pages to it as well to try and keep it from being so "thin" (articles, sitemap, index, contact) . They're links at the bottom. Search engines will see them I guess.

This is my experimental site so we'll see what happens.

ldsmedia · 03-05-2009, 06:20 PM

I don't know much about the technical part of redirects but I can tell you that I have heard redirects are bad for SEO.

monkeyman · 03-06-2009, 07:43 AM

^ Those redirects seems to be for cloaking affiliate links. So that does not matter...

03-01-2009, 01:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
metalhead Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 346 iTrader: 73 / 100%	will i be considered a thin affiliate if all my links are on one page? say you have a site with some affiliate links but they're all on a homepage rather than on individual pages. As long as the page has content on it besides the links (such as product pictures and descriptions), are you in any danger of being labeled a "thin affiliate"? edit - if it matters, all my affiliate links are .htaccess redirected Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

03-02-2009, 04:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
Firelead Affiliate Network Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: PA Posts: 584 iTrader: 2 / 100%	who cares if you're labeled as a "thin affiliate"? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ Firelead Affiliate Network Follow me on Twitter

03-02-2009, 11:23 AM	#3 (permalink)
metalhead Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 346 iTrader: 73 / 100%	google. i heard they derank "thin affiliate" pages. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

03-02-2009, 12:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
Firelead Affiliate Network Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: PA Posts: 584 iTrader: 2 / 100%	yes, if you are trying to get organic traffic to the site, and its a 1 pager...it's really tough to rank high - so you should probably not make it "thin". if on the other hand you are buying traffic to the site - and it's just 1 page, then it's not going to matter for everyone else except Google. Even with Google you can sneak a 1 pager by and get some good traffic to it with content network, but if you get manually reviewed you're likely to get slapped. most "thin affiliate" sites are looked down upon by other high brow people in our industry...and I think that opinion sucks. there is plenty of money to be made with a 1 page site and PPC traffic, and you would be doing exactly what you are paid to do - which is pre-sell the end user and make the sale. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ Firelead Affiliate Network Follow me on Twitter

03-05-2009, 05:15 PM	#5 (permalink)
metalhead Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 346 iTrader: 73 / 100%	well i made my site... and i added some other pages to it as well to try and keep it from being so "thin" (articles, sitemap, index, contact) . They're links at the bottom. Search engines will see them I guess. This is my experimental site so we'll see what happens. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

03-05-2009, 06:20 PM	#6 (permalink)
ldsmedia Banned Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 154 iTrader: 2 / 100%	I don't know much about the technical part of redirects but I can tell you that I have heard redirects are bad for SEO. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

03-06-2009, 07:43 AM	#7 (permalink)
monkeyman Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Europe Posts: 156 iTrader: 3 / 100%	^ Those redirects seems to be for cloaking affiliate links. So that does not matter... Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

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