Does Google has any problem with affiliate marketing with blogging?
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austinn2603
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you should cloak your affiliate links. With the help of a plugin like PrettyLinks
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Thank you, but why ? does it a problem for Google?
JessePinkmanBB
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In general, they don't like affiliate links yes. However, that's not to say they'll outright ban you. If you can, try to insert the product into your own domain. They don't have a strict problem with it. Just don't promote obvious scams.. You must provide genuine good value to your visitors.
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My blog is really big one with 70k visitors a month, I spend 2k a month on copywriting, So everything really smooth + the Affiliate links will be from Booking,Amazon and Viator, I really plan just to use the given links from these big sites and place them in my site directly, without using any tools, Is that fine?
saqibmajeed
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Affiliate marketing can do by blogging.
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as someone else said, use the PrettyLinks plugin. It's free to use and it does its job (cloaking). I'm using it on all of my websites.
And yes, google doesn't want anyone else to make money, except for them. No matter how other SEOers are sugarcoating this truth just take my word for it that google never liked poor people and affiliates. All of the algo changes you've been seeing google roll out over decades have always targeted the little guys, the big budgeted sharks and genius hackers never have problems with any google update. They get millions of visitors per month and make millions of dollars per month from spamdexing or buying google ads
And yes, google doesn't want anyone else to make money, except for them. No matter how other SEOers are sugarcoating this truth just take my word for it that google never liked poor people and affiliates. All of the algo changes you've been seeing google roll out over decades have always targeted the little guys, the big budgeted sharks and genius hackers never have problems with any google update. They get millions of visitors per month and make millions of dollars per month from spamdexing or buying google ads
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Guys It's super weird, Why everyone here recommends to use a cloacker while I checked all big blogs and non of them which is "literally" non of them using cloacker and they just using direct affliate links of Amazon or Booking.com ?
blackbeans
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Google wouldn't have a problem with it if you tag your links accordingly.
At the very least, they should be no-follow links.
Also, you might want to consider the sponsored link tag if that applies in your situation.
But generally speaking, a no-follow tag should be enough.
Quick Tip: Don't make the same mistake that a lot of people who promote Amazon products through their affiliate program, which is to use a no-referrer link. That’s a no-no.
While Amazon can still tell that your website is making sales and sending referrals, it has a tight rule regarding all traffic having a clear referral source.
And if you put a no-referrer tag on your links, this going to cause Amazon to close your account or suspend it.
This happened to me before, and I can tell you it's no fun.
So be careful on how you tag your links.
At the very least, they should be no-follow links.
Also, you might want to consider the sponsored link tag if that applies in your situation.
But generally speaking, a no-follow tag should be enough.
Quick Tip: Don't make the same mistake that a lot of people who promote Amazon products through their affiliate program, which is to use a no-referrer link. That’s a no-no.
While Amazon can still tell that your website is making sales and sending referrals, it has a tight rule regarding all traffic having a clear referral source.
And if you put a no-referrer tag on your links, this going to cause Amazon to close your account or suspend it.
This happened to me before, and I can tell you it's no fun.
So be careful on how you tag your links.