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My affiliate is tops on google and I am not. Why is this?

by pojax
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I have an issue with an affiliate of mine getting his website (which then redirects to mine)
on the first result on google when you type in outstanding poker and other keywords I use.
My listing is no where to be found however I have been posting links etc and doing a lot of SEO for it.
I am not sure why his listing comes up as it forwards to mine.
His URL forwards to his affiliate ID http://www.outstandingpoker.com/?hop=zimzalabim
but his listing on google comes up as http://www.outstandingpoker.co.uk/

He is getting affiliate comissions because of this.
Any reason why I can't get top listing on google?

In Yahoo when i type in outstanding poker i get my listing coming up.
In MSN my listing comes up.
#affiliate #google #google rankings #google traffic #seo #tops
  • Profile picture of the author dburk
    Hi pojax,

    Google's algorithm weighs quality of links more than other SEs. Your affiliate is using a superior link building strategy to your own.

    My guess would be that you have too many links from gambling sites. Google likes pages about poker but hates pages about gambling.
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  • Profile picture of the author MustafaKamal
    i see that your site is still the first on google...

    i dont see ur affiliate as first.

    perhaps i am wrong.
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      Your affiliate has done some pretty smart maneuvering,
      and I am not sure of the complaint.

      He's making commissions, so you must be making money.
      I may be slow, but isn't that the reason you have an
      affiliate program?

      If you don't want this then you can stop having an affiliate
      program or make the TOS state clearly that you MUST
      promote the affiliate site ONLY. Any redirects and you will
      be canceled. But if he's a big seller for you, why would you
      want him to stop?

      If he's a small seller, cancel him like a bad
      newspaper.

      Paul
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    • Profile picture of the author Jermaine Tabor
      Originally Posted by MustafaKamal View Post

      i see that your site is still the first on google...

      i dont see ur affiliate as first.

      perhaps i am wrong.
      Same here. First 2 results are yours on my end.
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  • Profile picture of the author raphaelgabz1986
    My guess would be that you have too many links from gambling sites. Google likes pages about poker but hates pages about gambling.
    I think he uses different SEO strategies that is very compatible to google.
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  • Profile picture of the author CompeteSEO
    Be nice to this affiliate. He could always swap out your link to someone who is nicer.
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  • Profile picture of the author Centimetro
    the reason that the results are different on your ends could be the fact that this post is over a year old
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