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Does the size of the affiliate buttons (text) matter in SEO?

by Eoon
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Hi everybody,

I've been developing this amazon affiliate website for about 6 months and when it hit something like 150 daily hits, I decided to include the affiliate links.

That was like a week ago and from steady growth I am now seeing drops in ranking. I've never had this experience with any of my other affiliate websites (same number of affiliate links per page of 4-5K words - 6 or 7 links), so I'm still taken aback with this.

My question is - does any of you guys have any experience or insight to offer into whether it's just a number of affiliate links that matters or the actual size of the space used.

For example, would a small 150x50 button make a difference instead of a 400x200 button?

Cheers
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  • Profile picture of the author michaelkoehler92
    I run a few amazon affiliate websites and from my experience, I can say that text links converts more than product links.

    But yeah bigger CTA buttons stands out You should use a bigger one but make sure if you are creating your own button then dont include any amazon trademark in that else you can fall in danger.
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  • Profile picture of the author Eoon
    Thanks for that, buddy, but that's not what I'm asking.

    I am seeing drops in rankings since the day I included affiliate links. My question was about the size of the CTA buttons and if one affiliate link with a bigger button counts as "more advertising" on the page because it takes up more space.

    Apart from that, is the ratio of affiliate links and text OK - 4-5K words and 6-7 affiliate links?

    I haven't seen these problems in the past and some of my other websites have way more affiliate links, I'm taken aback by this.

    Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author dave_hermansen
    The only way affiliate links might have affected your ranking is if you were hit by an algorithm filter that has been around since early 2014 - the "Page Layout Algorithm".

    With every part of their algorithm operating in real time as your pages are crawled, it could literally be anything from that Page Layout algorithm filter to Penguin/Hummingbird page quality filters to Penguin 4.0 link devaluing.
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    • Profile picture of the author Eoon
      Originally Posted by dave_hermansen View Post

      The only way affiliate links might have affected your ranking is if you were hit by an algorithm filter that has been around since early 2014 - the "Page Layout Algorithm".

      With every part of their algorithm operating in real time as your pages are crawled, it could literally be anything from that Page Layout algorithm filter to Penguin/Hummingbird page quality filters to Penguin 4.0 link devaluing.
      I literally have zero ads (affiliate links) above the fold anywhere on the website, so unless I'm missing something, I don't see how it could be top-heavy.

      I don't understand how adding affiliate links puts me on a map for link devaluing of a quality filter? Or are you suggesting that it's just a coincidence that the two happened at the same time?

      I haven't disavowed in a while but I don't have any spammy links.

      I don't know what to do, do I go in and remove some links, do I wait it out, no idea...
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