Use of Affiliate Links in Menus

jpdeanadams · 01-28-2012, 08:42 AM

Hi,

I have an affiliate website and considering a lot of people are clicking on the menus, I wanted to add an affiliate link in the menu.

Is it a good idea? Is Google gonna punish my site for that? If it's ok, why isn't everybody doing it?

Thanks!

MoreTricks · 01-28-2012, 08:50 AM

I don't think Google will punish you for the same

Rony Ronch · 01-28-2012, 04:36 PM

I don't think it's a good idea. google will not punish you but from my experience it doesn't work well, you will have a lot of clicks but no sales. text links and banners work much better.

jpdeanadams · 01-29-2012, 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bcoop

you will have a lot of clicks but no sales.

Yes I didn't think of that, you are right that if you "trick" visitors in the menu they won't buy the products...

Thanks for your help!

ChrisBa · 01-31-2012, 06:49 AM

You should certainly try it.. are you planning on it being a text link? image? etc?

jpdeanadams · 01-31-2012, 12:39 PM

I was thinking of putting it in the navigation menu as a text link. If I look at the clicks on my website, most of them are on the menus so I thought that this could help me send customers to an affiliate link.

01-28-2012, 08:42 AM	#1
jpdeanadams Warrior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Social Networking	Use of Affiliate Links in Menus Hi, I have an affiliate website and considering a lot of people are clicking on the menus, I wanted to add an affiliate link in the menu. Is it a good idea? Is Google gonna punish my site for that? If it's ok, why isn't everybody doing it? Thanks!

01-28-2012, 08:50 AM	#2
MoreTricks Active Warrior Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 57 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Use of Affiliate Links in Menus I don't think Google will punish you for the same
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Rony Ronch Banned War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: The Virtual World Posts: 110 Thanks: 14 Thanked 24 Times in 17 Posts Contact Info	Re: Use of Affiliate Links in Menus I don't think it's a good idea. google will not punish you but from my experience it doesn't work well, you will have a lot of clicks but no sales. text links and banners work much better.

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01-31-2012, 12:39 PM	#6
jpdeanadams Warrior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Social Networking	Re: Use of Affiliate Links in Menus I was thinking of putting it in the navigation menu as a text link. If I look at the clicks on my website, most of them are on the menus so I thought that this could help me send customers to an affiliate link.