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Nofollow affiliate links

by matt5409
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hi all

do you add the nofollow link to outgoing affiliate links? looking at my blogs i have an average of 20 outgoing affiliate links on my homepage and a few of my sites have succumb to being hit by google. i'm thinking it might be because of this (if so would nofollow cure it?).

thanks
#affiliate #links #nofollow
  • Profile picture of the author webapex
    Google still examines nofollows and will probably judge it an affiliate site, the common alternative is to cloak the link, often they are made to look like an internal link.
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    • Profile picture of the author Mario Jacobs
      Originally Posted by webapex View Post

      Google still examines nofollows and will probably judge it an affiliate site, the common alternative is to cloak the link, often they are made to look like an internal link.
      Great you try that i think it a good idea.
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  • Profile picture of the author matt5409
    hmm, so i guess the best way to do this would be to cloak AND nofollow. any WP plugins that do this?
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  • Profile picture of the author marc999
    Using nofollow on affiliate links is good, but clocking the links is the best option.
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