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When Linking to Affiliates product? use No-follow? True or False?

by FaisalZamanInfo
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When Linking to Affiliates product ? use No-follow? True or False?
#affiliates #false #linking #nofollow #true
  • Profile picture of the author Robert Michael
    Do-follow links are better.. I'm curious, who told you this? Or where did you hear it?

    Also, not 100% sure what you mean by "linking to affiliates"

    I assume you mean when you link to an affiliate product that you're promoting, right?
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    • Profile picture of the author FaisalZamanInfo
      Originally Posted by Whos That Guru View Post

      Do-follow links are better.. I'm curious, who told you this? Or where did you hear it?

      Also, not 100% sure what you mean by "linking to affiliates"

      I assume you mean when you link to an affiliate product that you're promoting, right?
      YEaa when linking to affiliate products
      I read it here Linking To Affiliates? Better Nofollow Those Links or Google Will Penalize You actually one of my marketing team member suggested it and when I asked where he got that idea/info/miss-info LOL he gave me the link.

      #1) The blog post is from 2009
      #2) It talked about some paid links... and such so I am a bit confused at this point.
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  • Profile picture of the author mandos123
    When you have an affiliate link on your site, then put it as "no-follow".
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    • Profile picture of the author FaisalZamanInfo
      Originally Posted by mandos123 View Post

      When you have an affiliate link on your site, then put it as "no-follow".
      Same question: Why?? Whats the benefit??
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  • Profile picture of the author Robert Michael
    Why?

    I've never marked any of my affiliate links as no-follow on my sites, and they convert just fine..

    I honestly dont understand what that is supposed to accomplish.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rony Ronch
    Agree, mark affiliate links as no-follow is not necessary
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  • Profile picture of the author sovereignn
    I'm curious to see peoples opinion on this!
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  • Profile picture of the author ganteng007
    If you put your link on your website, then use "no follow" to make low OBL (outbond link). Big G loves low OBL.
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  • Profile picture of the author linkbuildr
    from Eric Enge interviews Matt Cutts

    Eric Enge: If googlebot sees an affiliate link out there, does it treat that link as an endorsement or an ad?

    Matt Cutts: Typically, we want to handle those sorts of links appropriately. A lot of the time, that means that the link is essentially driving people for money, so we usually would not count those as an endorsement.

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    Eric Enge: If people do have ads on your site, it's still google's wish that people nofollow those links, correct?

    Matt Cutts: Yes, absolutely. Our philosophy has not changed, and I don't expect it to change. If you are buying an ad, that's great for users, but we don't want advertisements to affect search engine rankings.
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    • Profile picture of the author FaisalZamanInfo
      Useful information Thanks for sharing.
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    • Profile picture of the author FaisalZamanInfo
      Originally Posted by linkbuildr View Post

      from Eric Enge interviews Matt Cutts

      Eric Enge: If googlebot sees an affiliate link out there, does it treat that link as an endorsement or an ad?

      Matt Cutts: Typically, we want to handle those sorts of links appropriately. A lot of the time, that means that the link is essentially driving people for money, so we usually would not count those as an endorsement.

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      Eric Enge: If people do have ads on your site, it's still google's wish that people nofollow those links, correct?

      Matt Cutts: Yes, absolutely. Our philosophy has not changed, and I don't expect it to change. If you are buying an ad, that's great for users, but we don't want advertisements to affect search engine rankings.

      Thanks for sharing
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  • Profile picture of the author TBInternetMarketing
    I use them on my sites. I don't know how much of a difference it makes, but it certainly doesn't hurt my sites, so I do it anyway.
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    • Profile picture of the author ThatAblaze
      The reason you use nofollow on any links to ads is because each outgoing link (that does not have the NoFollow tag) decreases your page rank a little bit. Since every page should be linking back to your home page, that page will be free linkjuice for your home. Each page has a finite amount of linkjuice to give out, so if you don't give it to random other sites you'll have more power to help your own site.
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