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Affiliate site that looks like an ecommerce site - issues with seo?

by ShaneMcc
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Hi, I want to create an affiliate site that looks and feels like a proper ecommerce site, i.e. good design, category pages, product pages etc. The only difference being when a customer clicks on the buy now button on the product page they are redirected through the affiliate link to the product page on the proper ecommerce site.
I am aware that affiliate sites are getting hit quite badly with all the recent google updates. Is google hitting all affiliate sites or just thin affiliate sites?
When trying to create an affiliate site that looks like a proper ecommerce site should one add the affiliate links on category pages rather than product pages?
If anyone has any other advice for someone setting up a ecommerce looking affiliate site I would be glad of any tips or advice you have. My aim is once I start getting good traffic to the site I will get rid of the affiliate links and turn the site into an actual ecommerce site.

Thanks
#affiliate #ecommerce #issues #seo #site
  • Profile picture of the author QWE
    You need content and quality backlinks. Perhaps you can keep adding RSS feed to grow content size and look for a backlinking service. PM me if you need some directions.
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  • Profile picture of the author ldiaz117
    I have a site like what you mentioned. Just launched it last week. Add on Skype or PM if you like
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    • Profile picture of the author ShaneMcc
      Originally Posted by ldiaz117 View Post

      I have a site like what you mentioned. Just launched it last week. Add on Skype or PM if you like
      thanks, I will send you a pm
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      • Profile picture of the author justme007
        I am aware that affiliate sites are getting hit quite badly with all the recent google updates. Is google hitting all affiliate sites or just thin affiliate sites?
        Google is only hitting the "obvious" affiliate sites. By obvious I mean those that are using known scripts (well known affiliate feed price comparison scripts), and sites that have alot of affiliate links exposed to be detected by Google's spider. Not only do you have to worry about affiliate links, but the content has to be unique...thus you will have to create unique product titles and descriptions that are different from the merchant's.
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        • Profile picture of the author mrsvirtualassistant
          Try to add unique product descriptions and include a blog within your site. This way you can keep your website updated and increase your chances of ranking for specific keywords.
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          • Profile picture of the author justme007
            Originally Posted by mrsvirtualassistant View Post

            add unique product descriptions
            @mrsvirtualassistant, you are very right about that...but unfortunately most affiliate marketers ignore this.
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  • Profile picture of the author MatthewWoodward
    I would just like to highlight that if you choose to build this from an e-commerce CMS then the onpage SEO for an e-commerce site is a whole different can of worms than on page SEO for normal sites. There are a lot of caveats that need addressing such as duplicate content issues, duplicate urls leading to the same page etc etc
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    • Profile picture of the author justme007
      Originally Posted by MatthewWoodward View Post

      I would just like to highlight that if you choose to build this from an e-commerce CMS then the onpage SEO for an e-commerce site is a whole different can of worms than on page SEO for normal sites.
      That would be far easier to handle if using a good ecommerce script than on a blog CMS script.
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      • Profile picture of the author ankitankit
        Hey Warrior's,

        Anyone still working on this deal?
        I am looking for few suggestions.
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