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How long to wait until putting affiliate links on blog?

by Borja Obeso
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Hey i was wondering, i just built a site that got to position 4 on google for a mid competitive keyword in no time, but as soon as i changed the theme and put in my affiliate links (two weeks after the Blog was born) it got kicked back to who knows where. some help would be appreciated
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  • Profile picture of the author hamzidosh
    Personally I put in my affiliate links even before the site is indexed by google and then I keep adding the backlinks until I get my desired results.
    If the on site SEO is properly handled, just keep adding backlinks the site would be back before you know it.
    I've heard people wait but thats just how I do it.

    Goodluck Mate!
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  • Profile picture of the author SamuelUherek
    The kick didn't have to be because of the affiliate links. If you get it on first page in no time, you might experience some kicks. If the website is an authority website (at least you want to make it so), I would wait for about a month and if the website remains on the first page, then I would put aff. links on the website.

    But if you don't care much about the website (not an authority website) I would leave the links there and try to build some quality and relevant backlinks from articles on web 2.0s.

    I think that this time it's really hard to say and everyone would suggest you something else.
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  • Profile picture of the author greenowl123
    Most of my sites will get onto the first page of Big G right away, then lose position until I build more backlinks. It is a normal thing for a new site, especially with the keyword in domain name (especially if EMD) to get ranked on 1st page of SERP fast, then lose position for awhile.

    So, I highly doubt if changing your theme or adding affiliate links had anything to do with it.
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    • Profile picture of the author Borja Obeso
      Originally Posted by greenowl123 View Post

      Most of my sites will get onto the first page of Big G right away, then lose position until I build more backlinks. It is a normal thing for a new site, especially with the keyword in domain name (especially if EMD) to get ranked on 1st page of SERP fast, then lose position for awhile.

      So, I highly doubt if changing your theme or adding affiliate links had anything to do with it.
      what do you mean with EMD
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      • Profile picture of the author greenowl123
        EMD = Exact Match Domain

        Like if you built a site for Best Blue Widgets it would be bestbluewidgets dot com
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  • Profile picture of the author Mark72
    In all my tests I've never seen any negative effects from adding affiliate links. Just make sure that you cloak and nofollow them and you should be fine.

    The sudden drop in rank is far more likely to have beeen caused by your backlinking activity. Building too many or the wrong kind of links too quickly can often result in your site being shot down, but it should bounce back if you keep building high quality links slowly.

    The most effective links at the moment in my experience are bookmarks (both dofollow AND nofollow), blog networks and high PR home page networks.

    Stay away from spammy backlinks like mass forum profiles and blog comments and don't bother with an indexing system as I've always found these to be a massive waste of time and money.

    In general, you always want to make your backlinking look as natural as possible.
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  • Profile picture of the author Borja Obeso
    Thanks alot guys for the fast response and help, i think it must be because i haven't build almost any backlinks at all in the last week.
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  • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
    Check the theme as well. Some themes are not particularly spider-friendly. Try leaving the affiliate links but going back to the theme that got you ranked.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kate C
    You want to put affiliate links right away so you do not miss out on any sales. You can use a subtle method such as Highlighting certain words and linking them to your url. Even if your site is not at the top right now, you will still be making sales if people are visiting it. You can, in the meantime continue to use back-links to drive traffic and as long as you have an opt in page, you will also be building your list so all will not be lost.
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  • Profile picture of the author sriram rajan
    If it is non adsense links then you can put them straightaway from what i have been learning on best practices. If you do Adsense then it makes sense to wait a little bit as google has been getting quite strict on this aspect lately..Also the initial higher ranking could be duw to exact domain match etc... but with all the panda ranking going it will help if you can get social media and web 2 properties linked back with related content.
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  • Profile picture of the author solado
    Personally I like to add my affiliate links soon as I start seeing my first trickle of traffic
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  • Profile picture of the author indexphp
    Originally Posted by Bomx View Post

    Hey i was wondering, i just built a site that got to position 4 on google for a mid competitive keyword in no time, but as soon as i changed the theme and put in my affiliate links (two weeks after the Blog was born) it got kicked back to who knows where. some help would be appreciated
    sounds like it's because you changed the theme. completing changing your HTML structure like that is SEO suicide. On top of that, your site is brand new so some dancing is to be expected
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  • Profile picture of the author katnyc
    I added affiliate links to my blog the day it was launched. I did not know that was a bad thing? I ranked in google quickly (although not as high now) and I am ranked well on yahoo & bing.
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    • Profile picture of the author Hooker
      I placed all my afilliate links on my blog even before I launched because I didn't want regular visitors to get smacked with them one day and be like "what the heck."

      People notice big changes.
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  • Profile picture of the author michaelcorvin
    Are you putting your direct links or cloaking the links? You need to cloak the links.

    For example, if you promoting a "Widget" ...instead of having your direct clickbank link in link create a folder on your server like this yoursite.com/widget - In the widget folder use a simple redirect script that will redirect to the clickbank link.

    Hope that helps

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  • Profile picture of the author jgant
    I add affiliate links asap. No need to wait.

    Frankly if I add 30 or 40 articles I certainly don't care to go back to them and add affiliate links. I prefer finishing a post, hit publish, and call it a day. The only time I go back and modify a post is when new information needs to be added or existing info revised.
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  • Profile picture of the author Justicewordlaw
    Placing your affiliate links in from the beginning for a review site is very important. You want to get the site adjusted and ranked with the links. Your website shouldn't of jumped that low with placing links in your website but you should be able to get your website ranked a bit higher still though.

    But, I recommend placing your affiliate links in the site from the site.
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