Affilate links - Google Panda 2.1
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With the recent update from Google Panda would links from affiliate Coupon Sites now have an negative impact in Organic Rankings or site value?
A reason for this question is because many Coupon Sites usually have poor content and a poor quality score.
Thanks
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Unless the bulk of your link profile is from these sites you don't stand to be negatively impacted by this. You are just losing out on links that might have passed linkjuice before.
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