patlang
Regular Member
- Sep 3, 2015
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Hi guys, It's been almost 2 weeks since Fred kicked off. It is said it hit 2 kind of websites: those with really poor quality backlinks and affiliate websites. I am stuck to the second option and many of my KWs dropped from top 3 down to around 10th place. Today I fully recovered and am back on track. I've made some changes on my site, not quite sure which one (or maybe all of them) was the factor that brought me back, however it helped.
1. I limited the number of affiliate links on each page. Used to have 4-5 now I have no more than 2.
2. No more direct affiliate links on my website. I found out that all websites that outranked me use pretty links plugin or another plugin that creates 302 redirection. I think you can use bitly redirection as well.
3. I added more content however this is IN PARTICULAR important. If you write an article on "Where to get best epilator for women in 2017" and have no affiliate link at all on that page you still might be perceived as ad heavy website. Since most people in the top 10 for KW "best epilator" have affiliate links, Google knows that its purpose is to sell and you focus on niches which are purely affiliate.
I made some adjustments and now I have around 90% content which is non-profit informative and not connected with affiliation at all.
Hope it helps you guys as well, good luck.
1. I limited the number of affiliate links on each page. Used to have 4-5 now I have no more than 2.
2. No more direct affiliate links on my website. I found out that all websites that outranked me use pretty links plugin or another plugin that creates 302 redirection. I think you can use bitly redirection as well.
3. I added more content however this is IN PARTICULAR important. If you write an article on "Where to get best epilator for women in 2017" and have no affiliate link at all on that page you still might be perceived as ad heavy website. Since most people in the top 10 for KW "best epilator" have affiliate links, Google knows that its purpose is to sell and you focus on niches which are purely affiliate.
I made some adjustments and now I have around 90% content which is non-profit informative and not connected with affiliation at all.
Hope it helps you guys as well, good luck.