Affiliate Link in Website - Google Penalty

Discussion in 'Google' started by sarpras2005@yahoo.co.in, Jan 29, 2010.

  1. #1
    My blog penalized my google, my SE traffic reduced 1500 to 100 per day....But i am not found any reason for penalty.

    Today one webmaster suggest that remove affiliate link... This affiliate link is reason for google penalty. it is trure?

    I have one affiliate link to bluehost webhost without nofollow ( all pages of my blog).

    I plan to remove it....

    Please help me to solve this problem... I lost $500 income this month....
     
    sarpras2005@yahoo.co.in, Jan 29, 2010 IP
  2. GUESTID

    GUESTID Peon

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    If I am not wrong then is it articles2u.com that is under Google Penalty?

    Its easy to get out of a Google Penalty even if its a Ban...
     
    GUESTID, Jan 29, 2010 IP
  3. sarpras2005@yahoo.co.in

    sarpras2005@yahoo.co.in Well-Known Member

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    Yes articles2u.com under penalty...

    I think affiliate link is reason for my blog penalty...

    How many days need to get out from penalty?

    I only lost google traffic....
     
    sarpras2005@yahoo.co.in, Jan 29, 2010 IP
  4. GUESTID

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    Expect atleast a few months.

    Your site has probably been penalized for duplicate content or link spam. I believe its the latter one.

    It can take a few months for the domain to get out.
    Anywayz Apply for reconsideration.

    There are some ways to remove penalty manually within 1-2 days.. Just search on google and you will fell on them.
     
    GUESTID, Jan 29, 2010 IP
  5. digisaurus

    digisaurus Peon

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    #5
    You cannot get penalized for affiliate links. Read the Google TOS if you are unsure of this fact. You most likely got manually reviewed and they noticed that you were doing some no-no linking.

    It's funny that articles2u.com got penalized. The actual reason why articles2u.com is under penalty is because you are breaking the adsense TOS. You cannot have adsense ads above article content. You need to move your ads below the first paragraphs in your articles.
     
    digisaurus, Jan 30, 2010 IP
  6. hem1234

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    I don't think this is the reason of penalty. Have you used the duplicate content in your site. You can promote your affiliate link but better to use unique content. This could be not the reason of google penalty.
     
    hem1234, Jan 30, 2010 IP
  7. ldigital

    ldigital Well-Known Member

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    I wouldn't think that an affiliate link would causet he problem. I would guess that it is anything else that you might have done like linking or something. that is the thing about seo, it is hard to tell which thing has caused which problem
     
    ldigital, Jan 30, 2010 IP
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    #8
    I believe it's not your affiliate links that made your site penalized. Do a thorough analysis to see if your site complies with Google Webmaster Guidelines. If all looks fine there, you should request reconsideration.
    Additionally, you might wanna try masking your affiliate links, though I still don't think that's the issue...
     
    smbwest, Jan 31, 2010 IP
  9. expertofexperts

    expertofexperts Active Member

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    There is no way that Google adsene can be banned due to affiliate links. Even G support this as they announced that you can place any advertisements on your website with Adsense but they should not look alike or there must be some difference so that visitors can easily judge between the two. Find out some other reason.
     
    expertofexperts, Jan 31, 2010 IP
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    I don't think google penalized for affiliate links appeared on the site, otherwise my sites will be gone by now.
     
    yoes_san, Feb 1, 2010 IP
  11. angilina

    angilina Notable Member

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    Which site do you think got this penalty? URL

    And how many affiliate links do you ave in your site?
     
    angilina, Feb 1, 2010 IP
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    Why would you think your site is penalized by google? I looked and it does not indicate penalty to me. Just becuase you lost SERP rankings does not mean your site is penalized, those change all the time. And google allows affiliate links just fine, that's not an issue.
     
    cn45896, Feb 1, 2010 IP
  13. zingo

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    #13
    You site has no penalty from Google..
     
    zingo, Feb 1, 2010 IP
  14. sarpras2005@yahoo.co.in

    sarpras2005@yahoo.co.in Well-Known Member

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    Thanks GOD....

    After 25 days, my penalty removed.....

    Now articles2u.com get traffic from google SE.

    Affiliate link create problem for me....



    Now i plan to do hard work and reach $1000 per month within 3 month....
     
  15. Lex350

    Lex350 Notable Member

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    Ok, so what happened? Did you submit for reconsideration. So you removed the affiliate links and now everything is ok now?
     
    Lex350, Feb 1, 2010 IP
  16. sarpras2005@yahoo.co.in

    sarpras2005@yahoo.co.in Well-Known Member

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    yes, my penalty removed. Reason for my penalty is duplicate content.
     
    sarpras2005@yahoo.co.in, May 22, 2010 IP
  17. duia

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    #17
    It is next to impossible for your site to be punished by Google just because of the Affiliate links.
    From where I stand, you site may be penalized for duplicate content. So, you'd better find these duplicate content and delete them. Later, applying for reconsideration with Google Webmaster tool.
     
    duia, May 23, 2010 IP