Sitewide clickbank ads. Massive drop in ranking

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I have taken off adsense on all my ads and replaced 2 of my ad blocks with Clickbank banners. I did this 3 days ago and today my daily organic traffic literally halved. Ive not done any blackhat or spammy stuff so could it be the clickbank ads causing the problem?
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  • Profile picture of the author Mogly
    If you haven't made any changes then obviously that's the difference.

    Are you using plain CB links? Personally I would never do that.

    Make manual 302 redirects in your htaccess file to your aff links, and use pretty URL names on your domain.
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    • Profile picture of the author oliverjones
      I am so useless with the coding stuff

      I used something called prettly links on one of my blogs and made this page Capture His Heart and Make Him Love You Forever

      This them redirects to the offer. Is that the right way to do it or can google see through this link?
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      • Profile picture of the author Simon Farmer
        It could well be because of the CB links.

        I tend to just focus on getting them to opt in, then as soon as they opt in send them to the CB offer.

        That way Google doesn't see where you're sending the traffic.
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        • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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          Originally Posted by Simon Farmer View Post

          I tend to just focus on getting them to opt in
          This.

          Banners on sites typically sell very, very few ClickBank products, Oliver. http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post7110523

          I have ClickBank banners (often on concealed pages of my sites), and people do click on them, but the people who click on them and buy are people who have got to that page by clicking a link in an email I've sent them. Emails sell ClickBank products (even when they do so via a website!).

          Originally Posted by Simon Farmer View Post

          then as soon as they opt in send them to the CB offer.
          This is something I never do (I used to, a long time ago, until I split-tested it in a few niches ). Now, it's something I wouldn't dream of doing. It would be a disaster for me, and blow my credibility completely. It's true I could perhaps make a few quick sales from doing that, but overall it would cost me a fortune to do it, because (a) the people who buy that way are going to buy a few days or a week later anyway (and much more confidently), after they've seen my free report and my first three emails, so there's no real gain, and more importantly (b) it would alienate half (maybe three quarters) of my subscribers by looking "just like any other marketer in going for the quick sale rather than in establishing a relationship with them". "Disaster City": it would actually undermine all the work I've done attracting them to my site in the first place.
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  • Profile picture of the author linkbuildr
    ALL affiliate ads have to be nofollowed. I suggest trying that.
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  • Profile picture of the author DPM70
    Nothing you did 2 or 3 days ago necessarily has halved your traffic. It could be a multitude of things or something that is completely out of your control. Hold up. Wait a minute. Give it a week at least and check out places where other webmasters might be reporting similar things. You know what you changed so you don't need to panic there. Of course, "the usuals" are coming in to tell you to nofollow things and make redirects in your ht "whatever" file. Calm down. Take stock. Look around.

    Don't make any massive changes, at this point. Come back and tell us in a few days how things are going.
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  • Profile picture of the author Hansons
    Main thing is..

    If any site has Adsense, the site performs good in Google search engine, traffic would also increase , gets visitors from Google.

    As you removed Adsense, so you are not getting these benefits, thats why you are thinking that your ClickBank banner is causing.
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    • Profile picture of the author satrap
      Originally Posted by Hansons View Post

      Main thing is..

      If any site has Adsense, the site performs good in Google search engine, traffic would also increase , gets visitors from Google.

      As you removed Adsense, so you are not getting these benefits, thats why you are thinking that your ClickBank banner is causing.
      Are you kidding me!?

      If that was the case, then all made for AdSense sites would be in Google heaven!

      SEO 2013: Create sites left and right in every niche, slap AdSense on each one and enjoy the ranking and traffic!....
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      • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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        Originally Posted by satrap View Post

        Are you kidding me!?

        If that was the case, then all made for AdSense sites would be in Google heaven!
        Exactly so. You need strong nerves, to read this section of the forum: it's scary, the things that some people believe.
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  • Profile picture of the author webmasterchick
    Looks like you've found out the hard way! If you're going to link to ClickBank, do it through a meta refresh, and keep the number of links to a minimum. If your whole site is plastered with ads you will get hit.
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  • Profile picture of the author oliverjones
    If I take the ads off will it go back to normal again?
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    • Profile picture of the author mrkitty
      Originally Posted by oliverjones View Post

      If I take the ads off will it go back to normal again?
      Only one way to find out.
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