Link Building - Affiliate Link Programs
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I'm getting some conflicting information when researching this...
I want to create the most organic link building strategy that not only gets high authority sites linking to a website, but relevant websites.
I'm creating an affiliate link program where I link to partner and affiliate companies, who in turn link back to me. The question is where to put these links. I was initially thinking of putting them in the footer so they add credibility to every page, and in turn ask my affiliates to do the same thing. However; some sources say that Google no longer looks at links in the footer section.
Is it true that Google doesn't count links in footer sections?
And do you have any tips on creating this Affiliate Link Program?
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Hey Peter,
I am considering doing a similar thing to the company I work for. How is this going for you?
Many thanks,
Aqib -
Hi all,
I have read this thread because I'm considering something similar. Therefore, am I interested in hearing your feedback and thoughts on the following idea.
How to build inbound, one-way links through affilate marketing.
- I will create my own affilliate program within the shop. There is finished systems for this for must open source shop-systems.
- A new affiliate shall, upon creation, write a text with links to my shop and place the text on their blog, site or?
- If a visitor from one of the links, buys, will I paid the commission agreed with the affilitate.
My idea is that I'm in this way both can expand my inbound links and get the link-juice (which would otherwise go to affiliate network) everytime I get a new affiliate and simultaneously gain more affiliates. Furtheremore can I pay a higher kommissison when we bypasse the affililate network.
Look forward to hear any thoughts.
Thanks - Peter
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Hi,I wouldn't recommend this style of link building, it's easy to spot and Google doesn't like reciprocal links aside from having a loads of links on your site which would look like a link farm you would eventually get a penalty. It wouldn't look that natural. It's fine if yo are going to have a few links to really relevant things on your site but it sounds like your looking at a lot more than a few.
In short :
- Not worth the time as it will get penalized (maybe not right away).
- Looks spammy because it is.
Good Luck
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We are no experts on Affiliate marketing/linking, however, we have been working to implement best practices when doing so. Maybe not on the scale you want, but nonetheless, still working to gather and distribute affiliate links.
Per the Google not "counting footer links", that would be false. Google counts ALL links, so be careful nothing is being stuffed. Look to structure your content and pages in order to present an organized link setup. Most affiliates we are researching use a number of styles, ie: logos, graphics, call to action buttons, full written reviews of a product with affiliate hyperlinks, product/service pages with 100% unique content to differ from the source.
We are still researching all of this and continue to learn new tricks, read more articles, listen to podcasts, watch videos, etc... so you're on the right track. Scratch their back and they will scratch yours, just always be mindful of Google's updates and best practices so not to get penalized.
Patrick
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