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Newbie questions on walgreen and amazon

by cancunapril50
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I am very new to affiliate marketing. I only have 6 months of experience. Right now I am mostly doing lots and lots of reading and video courses.

I have a stupid question. Are walgreen, youtube, and amazon authority sites?
#amazon #newbie #questions #walgreen #youtube
  • Profile picture of the author BloggingPro
    What is your keyword?

    Also, and I can only speak for Amazon and Youtube, one is owned by Google and the other is the largest online retailer in the world. Of course Google trusts these sites, and their domain power shows in almost every niche.

    As for Walgreens? Depends on the niche I guess. I can say from personal experience I have never once come across a Walgreens page when doing keyword research. You in the Rx niche?

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    • Profile picture of the author cancunapril50
      my keyword is "how to treat pimple" or something similar .
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  • Profile picture of the author Kragsig
    Yes the sites you mention are all authority sites, that Google has given a high pagerank.

    If the sites are not targeted, you can outrank them. It's the same with Wikipedia and About, which mostly rank because of their root domains authority. Google is just waiting for some better sites to replace them with

    When deciding if you think you can outrank them, please take a look at the other pages on page 1. If they are laser targeted, it might be harder to conquer the #1 spot than expected.

    Good luck
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  • Profile picture of the author oniram
    Amazon dominates Google search for almost any major product niches. Very hard to drive traffic from if you are selling Amazon stuff.
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    • Profile picture of the author cancunapril50
      why is very hard to drive traffic if you are selling Amazon stuff?
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  • Profile picture of the author wolfmmiii
    I make a killing as an Amazon affiliate. Most of my product reviews hit page one within minutes of publishing. Driving traffic as an Amazon affiliate is not hard at all if you know what you are doing.
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    Don't bet the farm on Amazon.
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    • Profile picture of the author wolfmmiii
      Originally Posted by Randall Magwood View Post

      Don't bet the farm on Amazon.
      I'm not sure what you mean. Can you elaborate?
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    • Profile picture of the author justsomeguy
      Originally Posted by Randall Magwood View Post

      Don't bet the farm on Amazon.
      Originally Posted by wolfmmiii View Post

      I'm not sure what you mean. Can you elaborate?
      I would also like some clarification please.

      I have been out of the game for a while and just started doing some niche keyword research again.

      To my dismay, I noticed that Google search results for tons of different products are now FULL of Amazon links! In some cases, Amazon is the #1 result.

      Is it even possible to make good money as an Amazon affiliate anymore now that Google is weighing direct Amazon links so heavily? To get ranked #1, we basically have to beat the Amazon listing now, right???
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      • Profile picture of the author cancunapril50
        I am confuse here. I need some opinions.
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        • Profile picture of the author wolfmmiii
          Originally Posted by cancunapril50 View Post

          I thought most amazon pages are not fully seo onpage optimize. People told me that they are easy to beat. I am confuse here. I need some opinions.
          They are easy to beat. I do it all the time. Just don't target products that a million other people are targeting because then, even if you do outrank Amazon (which isn't important, by the way), yo still have a million other affiliates to compete with.
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          • Profile picture of the author cancunapril50
            Wolfmmiii, thank you so much for your clarification. Thank you all for your help!!
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  • Profile picture of the author tmcarp4020
    When it comes down to affiliate marketing....why would you want to tie yourself to the likes of walgreen's? I think you need to find a different target market.....just a thought.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheArticlePros
    Walgreens is good for 1 thing, and 1 thing only: Screwing you over. You'll never see me post anything with such negativity as you will by mentioning the word Walgreens in front of me.

    *spits*

    I hate that place.

    -- j

    PS: And no, this is not sarcasm. I truly hate that place. I would sit here and tell you to spin articles on automatic mode all day long before I would tell you to set foot in one of their stores.
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