Affiliate Program Links

I am setting up an affiliate program and building a platform where affiliates can copy and paste a banner code from my affiliate dashboard to link from their site to mine via their affiliate link.

The issue I have is that the default affiliate platform I have had built uses a <script> link to copy and paste the banners.

So a banner an affiliate puts on their site will be like this:

<script>code</script>

This works fine from an affiliate point of view and works to get them their token if a buyer comes from an affiliate site... BUT should I be looking to let the affiliates help with the organic rankings of my website?

From what I understand Google does not follow Java script for ranking purposes.

Should I change the links so that the link is not a <script> and instead is a <a href="...">imagelink</a> as potentially in it's current state, with <script> it's not giving me extra SEO link juice from my affiliates, and if I did change this, would it HELP my SEO link juice if many affiliates used my links on their sites?

And yes a canonical link tag is in place on all affiliate landing pages.

Thanks

 

you can give both.. direct link is always helpful

 

But what is the use of a <script> over a normal link? I mean Google cannot crawl the <script> links right?

 

yes can't crawl, but scripts are more secure over hacking your affiliate link

 

Ah I see, I guess that's really important for me cause I offer lifetime rev. share. So i'd prefer security over SEO link juice