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Any Web 2.0s left that accept affiliate links?

by seoed
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Hello,

most of the free blog sites dont allow affiliate links anymore.
guess wordpress only accepts amazon affiliate links.

Is there any free blog site left that allow a wider range of
affiliate links?

Best regards
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  • Profile picture of the author asepkomara
    I never know the they dont accept affiliate link. Well, thanks for the info.
    I think blogvic.com still accepting it.
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  • Profile picture of the author gundammeister
    Like which?
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    • Profile picture of the author PhillyGalJen
      Depends on the affiliate link. I do know that Infobarrel and Squidoo accept some affiliate links.

      There are maximum number of outbound links for both sites and I believe Squidoo has a few affiliates that they do not allow.
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by seoed View Post

    Any Web 2.0s left that accept affiliate links?
    It doesn't matter.

    They compare so unfavorably with having your own self-hosted blog, even a completely free one, on free hosting, which you own and control yourself, that it makes very little sense to use them anyway.

    Don't imagine that a Web 2.0 site is giving you something you can't get elsewhere, or that somehow, magically, being the recipient of its internal traffic will turn into sales for you, or that there are great SEO benefits to your pages there because the site itself happens to have a high-ranking home page of its own.

    This one thread contains a lot of valuable information and links on this widely misunderstood subject. But like a lot of other information, it's only helpful to people who are willing to read it and click on the links inside it: http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...en-locked.html

    Have you ever thought about why so many "Web 2.0 sites" don't accept so many affiliate links, these days, and whether there might be anything to learn from that?
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  • Profile picture of the author wuser12
    Blogger accepts affiliate links but not a wider range.
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  • Profile picture of the author seoed
    It makes little sense, in the long run, to put your affiliate links on properties you neither own nor control. Especially given the easy availability of free alternatives.
    ok, you talk about "free alternatives". I guess you mean that hosting is free. the
    domain still has to be bought. however, I ask myself, whats the catch of the hosting
    being free. why should they do this? is it just for the first year or do we have to
    display ads on out sites?
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Originally Posted by seoed View Post

      ok, you talk about "free alternatives". I guess you mean that hosting is free.
      There's certainly some good, professional, well-established, reliable free hosting around.

      Originally Posted by seoed View Post

      the domain still has to be bought.
      Yes, that's true. (I won't seriously suggest that free ".tk" domains are a sensible idea). But free hosts like 000WebHost, Byethost and Freehostia will give you a free subdomain just like "Web 2.0" sites will.

      Buying ".info" domains for $2.99 each is a better solution, of course, because that's a top-level international domain and treated exactly the same as any other TLD for SEO/ranking purposes. But I have to agree that's not "free".

      Originally Posted by seoed View Post

      however, I ask myself, whats the catch of the hosting
      being free. why should they do this? is it just for the first year or do we have to
      display ads on out sites?
      No.

      Some free hosts have the "catch" of putting their own ad on your pages, but none of the ones I've mentioned above does that. (And there are others who don't do that, too).

      They're not just free for the first year. They're just "free".

      Sometimes (e.g. at Byethost) their business model is to get people through the door with a few free-hosted sites, knowing that if they impress them enough with the service and reliability, many people will stay permanently and buy all sorts of expanded upgrades, and so on (there's a limit to what they'll give you free, in other words - if you have lots of big, resource-hogging wordpress sites, they'll eventually ask you to upgrade and pay something. But I know professional marketers - and I'm talking about people making a living from it - who've hosted successfully at Byethost for many years without ever paying a penny. I must admit I wouldn't do that, myself).

      I have a question for you, also: why do you ask what the "catch" is with free hosts, but not what the "catch" is with Web 2.0 sites? The reality is that the catch with "Web 2.0" sites is far, far worse: you don't own or control them!
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      • Profile picture of the author lotsofsnow
        Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post


        Yes, that's true. (I won't seriously suggest that free ".tk" domains are a sensible idea). But free hosts like 000WebHost, Byethost and Freehostia will give you a free subdomain just like "Web 2.0" sites will.

        Buying ".info" domains for $2.99 each is a better solution, of course, because that's a top-level international domain and treated exactly the same as any other TLD for SEO/ranking purposes. But I have to agree that's not "free".
        No, that is not true. I just registered a free domain name.

        It was not .tk and it was not a sub domain.
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        • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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          Originally Posted by hpgoodboy View Post

          It was not .tk and it was not a sub domain.
          Well discovered! A "special offer", maybe? Or a free ".info" given away with its ".com"?

          You can't mean a ".co.cc" one, because those are only subdomains ...
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    Just get a site and lead your traffic there, then generate the lead or pre-sell for your affiliate product. An "ok" free hosting site is "freehostia". You should check them out.
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  • Profile picture of the author seoed
    First of all, thanks for your detailed reply, Alexa. So, basically you could host a lot of
    domains on those free hosters, right? Interesting, however, if a lot of people do this, then the life duration of those companies cannot be for long. And if they are gone, our sites are gone with them or at least we will face some troubles. Or what do you know about this point?


    I have a question for you, also: why do you ask what the "catch" is with free hosts, but not what the "catch" is with Web 2.0 sites? The reality is that the catch with "Web 2.0" sites is far, far worse: you don't own or control them!
    Yes, this is the catch with them:

    It's not yours!

    And:

    They earn money from your unique content because new content bring them more traffic
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Originally Posted by seoed View Post

      So, basically you could host a lot of
      domains on those free hosters, right?
      Certainly.

      Originally Posted by seoed View Post

      Interesting, however, if a lot of people do this, then the life duration of those companies cannot be for long.
      I don't think so: the ones I mentioned have been there for many, many years. Byethost, in particular, is a very big, solid, company. You seem to be suggesting that the more customers they have, the less likely they are to survive? I think it's exactly the opposite: the more customers they have, the more paid upgrades they gradually sell, the better monetized they are, and the more secure they are? That's their business model and income source. The ones that fail are the ones that never quite get off the ground, surely? :confused:

      I suspect it's true that, overall, paid hosting is more secure than free hosting (and obviously far more secure - from the customer's perspective - than the "Web 2.0" sites where your sites can and do take a long walk off a short pier any time they feel like it). But - like so much else in business - that's all about researching carefully and choosing wisely, isn't it?

      I can tell you I'll give long odds that Byethost (among others), with their very longstanding successful free-hosting business model, will outlive many of the newly formed paid hosts advertised in this forum: they always have done in the past. Obviously nobody can be certain, but that's clearly the way all the evidence points.
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  • Profile picture of the author seoed
    I think it's exactly the opposite: the more customers they have, the more paid upgrades they gradually sell, the better monetized they are, and the more secure they are?
    , ok, a customer is someone who already pays, all the others are only leads or potential customers. the reason why I said that they could go down if a lot of leads jump in is that they will consume a lot of their assets without paying them. this would finally lead the company to have higher expenses than sales. it all depends on how many of those leads turn into customers, so the conversion rate is important for them.

    I just can think about the situation that a lot fo internet marketers will use them just for the sake of building a second income stream or building a network without ever thinking of turning into a customer. of course, this is all assumption I dont know the facts.

    another point:

    what about getting different IP hosting, for free of course, lol
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Originally Posted by seoed View Post

      a customer is someone who already pays
      The management of Byethost would certainly disagree with you about that. Their business model rests on treating non-paying customers as "customers" as you mean it, i.e. impressing them with the service so that they'll stay for paid upgrades.

      Originally Posted by seoed View Post

      it all depends on how many of those leads turn into customers, so the conversion rate is important for them.
      It is for all of us.

      They've been doing it for a very long time and are clearly pretty successful with it.

      Originally Posted by seoed View Post

      what about getting different IP hosting, for free of course, lol
      How many different free hosts do you want? :p

      These points are for small footnotes. The important thing is that self-hosting (whether free or paid) is far safer and more secure than Web 2.0 sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author seoed
    interesting to hear that there are non-paying customers

    How many different free hosts do you want?
    hm, I think 10 would be a good number.
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