Are affiliate links counted as links?

Discussion in 'Link Development' started by Lasvegaspi, Jul 23, 2008.

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    I've gotten conflicting advice on this. If an affiliate posts his affiliate link to my site is that counted as a valid quality back link ?
     
    Lasvegaspi, Jul 23, 2008 IP
  2. C.Whyte

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    NO, not unless it's a naked link (see Link Connector for the definition)
     
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    If it is a text link then it's seen as a link. If you use javascript then the search engines won't see it. Creating an affiliate program is a trick that many web sites use to get more links to them.
     
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    If it's a normal hyperlink that doesn't have the nofollow attribute, it's a backlink counted by Google.

    I'm not sure whether it'd affect a specific page, though.
     
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