Does having too many affiliate links in a single post hurt SEO?

[gipulvorka]

Hey guys, I have an Amazon Affiliate site, almost 1 year old now.
I recently decided to sign-up for another affiliate program for diversification and now I will have to add links from both Amazon and the other Affiliate network that I signed up for.

If I add 2 affiliate links(f1 for Amazon, 1 for the other Affiliate network) for each product, that will be 20 links for a Top 10 product review article.

I'm confused that It will affect SEO. Will doing this hurt SEO for my site?

 

[back2form]

Yes, too many links to a single post is not good for SEO & that definitely hurts!

You can Use at the max of 2 to 3 links per article.
I.e 500 to 1000 words article.

Links maybe affiliate or amazon thats not matter of fact as long as article is unique & links placed on good relevant blogs.

Fyi, keep in mind to Build links that are natural to the eyes of google for safe & better ranking improvement$.

 

[Elvlin]

In my opinion no, as long it doesn't reduce the post quality
this is from my research, on my competitor.
I found most have 5-10 amazon link in their article 1000word

 

[Kanza]

if only for 2 affiliate links I think it doesn't hurt your SEO, I combine Amazon + clickbank also on my site

 

[groundboy]

Yes, tested on my own website. Too many affiliate links on a single post/page should be avoided.

 

[Zshan]

I don't think it hurts. I am using more than 5 links in a 1500 words article without any issue.

 

[Toz]

People who do Top X product reviews will have at least X affiliate links in their posts. I honestly don't see an issue with links that naturally flow with the content (assuming the content is good).

 

[YujinTan]

remember one dude tweet which one member post here. He is expert on SEO, he set " sponsor link " it does not hurt .

 

[Carlmscott]

having too many links in general could cause a site to drop in the rankings or not be listed at all. If your site ranked higher before the affiliate links were placed on a particular page, there may be a connection between placing affiliate ads on your site and overall SEO value of that page or your site in general

 

[RayChand]

That is a tricky question. I would say it hurts the user experience. And in turn, It will hurt SEO because if the Content is flooded with affiliate links, the bounce rate will increase and this will, in turn, hurt your SEO.

 

[Digirulz]

I don't think it will hurt SEO, as the link placed naturally and in the topically relevant article. Make sure the article is good and do it safely.

 

[Dolan]

It doesn't hurt SEO at all. I have pages ranking number 1 with 30+ affiliate links per page. You just need to make sure they are no-follow.

 

[Editorial Guru]

You can add as many affiliated marketing site links like comparing site and mention that in the article as “ comparing and get at lowest price “ so reader will get clear idea and it won’t affect your seo. So content is matter and how you representing is business.

 

[IM Dude]

People who do Top X product reviews will have at least X affiliate links in their posts. I honestly don't see an issue with links that naturally flow with the content (assuming the content is good).

But that's not what op is asking. Besides too many links makes it a Swiss cheese blog post and a Swiss cheese blog post is bad in terms of user experience which in turn is bad for SEO.

 

[El Duque]

For what I know about SEO, yes. Too many links is not good, because the "spiders" of google will check them one by one instead of focusing 100% in your website.

 

[Ashawari69]

Yes it affects. Have a minimal count of affiliate links as it shows that the post was made for business purposes but not for educational purposes.

 

[danny_boy]

It doesn't hurt. I have long articles with with 40-50 aff links and it works pretty well.

 

[blackbeans]

I have a few review or "best of" product round up pages that have lots of outbound links

Don't use redirects and NOFOLLOW your outbound links

 

[terrycody]

It does hurt, tested by many people, if you jam 100 amazon refer links in a 1,000 words article, in a very high chance your article won't rank very good it should be, but it could also be okay, in some cases, you need to test.

Put as less referrer links as possible is the guideline.