While there is a ton of discussion on affiliates and seo I have not seen that many extensive articles on Affiliate Seo and the methods and steps which lead to success... here are the steps I have used and which are proven to bring success. It is a long article but I hope you enjoy it. Please post your feedback and comments... http://www.1stsearchenginerankings.com/2008/03/30/affiliate-seo-101/
Affiliate seo... thats how It is all related directly or indirectly... together it forms a solid seo campaign. Never underestimate the indirect seo methods. And believe me if you follow it, it will lead to seo success.
I was in a bit of a rush when I posted above so I want to explain a bit more... the same reason why you posted what you did is the same reason why the vast majority of all webmasters never become successful because they don't have the vision and they can't see out of the box they are in... and until they do they will never learn true seo cause true seo is not building links and it is not writing content... true seo is a battle plan which you map out which covers all your bases, which takes care of the user in everyway and which puts you in a position where you can build links, create linkbaits and write content people will link to. Most people have this idea that seo is "optimizing" a website or submitting to directories or reciprocal linking... that isn't seo. Without using the steps in the above article you will never truly reach seo success because it all fits together to create a strong campaign. I didn't provide any linkbuilding information in the article cause I have previously written on that, I have written on linkbaits and seo techniques... that data is not lacking, there are many good articles from Rand Fishkin, Aaron Wall etc. I haven't seen any articles detailing the steps you should take to create a successful affiliate site for seo. I hope that explains it to you...
A good article on promoting your site and Affiliate links.....This is something we should all be doing more with SEO
If you want to be truly successful in seo you will need to lose that idea... these methods are as much seo as link building if not more so. I have been doing this for 3 years and I have found out something... webmasters can become successful but until they truly learn this they will never meet their full potential because they don't realize what drastic effects these steps have on their seo.
I don't know, we did some tests and we were sure it was at the hardest level of reading but hey if you got any secrets on making it worse we would love to hear ya Seriously if it was hard to read please let me know how so I can try and fix it... some people say the grey text is the reason, so is that the problem with you too? BTW if you enjoyed the article please digg it: http://digg.com/tech_news/Affiliate_Seo_101_Guide_to_true_success