1 question, do you also cloak your amazon affiliate links when you're using the adsplugin.net amazon plugin to insert ads to your site ?![]()
Thanks for the tips here, I'm going to try these.
just out of interest should all my affilate links be NOFOLLOW and if so, why is that?
Thanks for all the information, do you know if Amazon allow you to use their images on your site. I know with the banners, widgets etc it's fine, but what you're doing is different, I just wondered if we would be breaking any copyright laws with Amazon.
Sorry if this question sounds dumb, I should read Terms and Conditions.
So what can you share with the group, sir?This method is ok and can work, but it's far from optimal. I wouldn't even say it's accepted wisdom for how to do Amazon affiliate sites. I know I'm being kind of harsh on you, but I'm not going to let off just because you're a girl.
This method is ok and can work, but it's far from optimal. I wouldn't even say it's accepted wisdom for how to do Amazon affiliate sites. I know I'm being kind of harsh on you, but I'm not going to let off just because you're a girl.
Sorry I missed this question, EXtraHand. I use adsplugin by itself and don't do any cloaking on top of it.
Yes. It's against Google's webmaster guidelines to not "nofollow" paid links and a solid argument could be made that you are being reimbursed for linking to Amazon. And, why pass on d0follow link juice to Amazon?
Yes, you can use their images.
So I'm guessing that would be true for any affiliate link, I need to NO FOLLOW all my affiliate links across all sites? OUCH!!! that's gonna cost a few days![]()
LBrown - What are your thoughts on the new Amazon policies (http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackh...ciates-changes-rules-read-not-get-banned.html )
This in particular:
"30. You will not cloak, hide, spoof, or otherwise obscure the URL of your site containing Special Links (including by use of a redirecting page) such that we cannot reasonably determine the site from which a customer clicks through such Special Link to the Amazon Site."
Are you going through all your Amazon sites and changing them?
There was a thread about it here:
http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackh...ciates-changes-rules-read-not-get-banned.html
I changed all my sites that had any kind of redirection and/or cloaking. It took about week but I got some needed maintenance work done on my sites so I'm not bitter. I contacted Amazon about the adsplugin and they said it was fine so I left those sites alone.