do you use "nofollow" on your affiliate links?

i was just wondering if I should be using "nofollow" on my affiliate links, even if i php redirect them already (to hide my aff. code).

 

Sure, I use nofollow always on my links. A link is a link even if it is a PHP redirect. I prefer not to leak out my page rank.

 

i do the same i add it to all my aff links

 

yep, looks like ill keep doing it. holding pagerank is important

 

I take it a step further.

[B]Javascript:[/B]
<script language="JavaScript">
<!-- hide
function go(theUrl)
{
window.location.href='http://www.affiliatelink.example';
}
// done hiding -->
</script> 

[B]Link:[/B]
<a href="javascript:go();" rel="nofollow">Official Affiliate Site</a>

Code (markup):

I wanted to try and make sure that there is no way I'm being penalized for my affiliate links...

...and I still use nofollow to save link juice.

Here's an alternative:

[B]Link:[/B]
<script type="text/javascript"> document.write('<a href="http://www.affiliatevendorexample.com">Affiliate Site</a>') </script>

Code (markup):

However, It's important that I warn you. If Javascript is turned off in the user's browser then neither one of these methods work. With the last code there is absolutely no way you pass on any link juice to your affiliate link.

 

Interesting. That's using javascript redirects right? I am pretty sure Google penalizes javascript redirects.

What is the difference between the first and second method?

 

Brilliant idea. Thank you very much for the share.

 

No, no, no it's just a plain old javascript link that opens in the same window instead of opening in a different window.

These are actual links not redirect pages.

If you have a question like that then you should just test the script out in your browser and see what it does.

The second one gives up absolutely no link juice because it's not even a crawlable link at all. eBay uses this kind of linking in it's affiliate program to avoid crawling.

 

Someone please educate me, why is it important to hide your affiliate links? If you hide
them, will search engines not be able to find and index them?

Thank-You

 

Can someone please explain the theory behind nofollow in this instance?

 

How about using url redirection (example tinyurl type script). Will this affect page rank?

Other options

Adding a rel=”nofollow” attribute to the <a> tag
Redirecting the links to an intermediate page that is blocked from search engines with a robots.txt file

Experts, Please advise which option is the best?

 

Don't some affiliate agreements specifically state that their code not be altered? Wouldn't this make the addition of no-follow a NO NO?

 

i add two affiliate links from CJ and got deranked 3 days ago. pages are still indexed tho.

So if add no-follow tag, Google wont penalize? For time being , removed aff links