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Should i add NOFollow to affiliate links?

Discussion in 'Google' started by webogre, Apr 2, 2012.

  1. #1
    The affiliate links do not have a No follow attribute with them. Should i add it?
     
    webogre, Apr 2, 2012 IP
  2. WeCreateCash

    WeCreateCash Member

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    You should do this because if not Google will de-index the pages that has your affiliate links on them. Google doesn't like affiliate marketers nowadays as the claim to want to improve the search experience for its users. Definitely add nofollow.
     
    WeCreateCash, Apr 2, 2012 IP
  3. webogre

    webogre Peon

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    thanks for your reply Cash. I was wondering if adding NoFollow can affect the affiliate link. Is there any such thing as not tampering with the exact code provided by the affiliate? Something similar to one that is with adsense- you do not mess with the code.

    Some of affiliate links on my site have been provided by GOogle affiliate program. While others by linkshare- certainly need to add Nofollow to those.

    What do you think about messing with the code issue?
     
    webogre, Apr 2, 2012 IP
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    drk1414 Peon

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    I have a website in wordpress with a few affiliate links i need to change these to nofollow then. I will have to youtube how to do this..lol
     
    drk1414, Apr 2, 2012 IP
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    Yeah you can when you do not want to pass on the link juice to affiliate websites.
     
    seo-first, Apr 6, 2012 IP
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    codi_milo Well-Known Member

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    Yes, it is always better to add nofollow links.
     
    codi_milo, Apr 9, 2012 IP
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    how about affiliate links in images attached in the post content ? should it be no-follow too ?
     
    cashariff, Apr 9, 2012 IP
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    Expert212 Well-Known Member

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    Still it's better to stay on the safe side, put the no-follow tag before any affiliate link.
     
    Expert212, Apr 11, 2012 IP
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    dojodesign Well-Known Member

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    You're most likely earning money when people buy the product/service promoted via the affiliate links, so nofollow is a good solution. It won't get good ole' google mad at you either :D
     
    dojodesign, Apr 11, 2012 IP
  10. webogre

    webogre Peon

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    Thanks everyone, Nofollow added to affiliate links. :) Removed many of affiliate links though, were not performing at all
     
    webogre, Apr 12, 2012 IP
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    General the word press blog and sites are nofollow. It is very easy if you still want the links to be nofollow be assured of it. you just need to activate a nofollow plugin.
     
    kevinanderson1, Apr 12, 2012 IP
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    #12
    If you are using wordpress I would recommend checking out pretty link you can make all your affiliate links look like internal links they simply redirect to the affiliate site. You can say if you want them to be nofollow which I would recommend as well.
    It looks better, you'll get more clicks and as far as I can tell google doesn't mind
     
    seo-essentials, Apr 12, 2012 IP
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    In all honesty I ignore dofollow and nofollow these days. Google has pretty much said a link is a link.
     
    tim2788, Apr 14, 2012 IP
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    webogre Peon

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    webogre, Apr 15, 2012 IP
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    i agree with you ,, as long as its related to the content of our site ,, its still OK
     
    aadjonk, Apr 15, 2012 IP