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Old 12-07-2009, 03:14 PM  
xenigo
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Originally Posted by Jdoughs View Post
Who do you think got the paysite ranked #1 in organic results?

Certainly not the hundreds (if not thousands) of affiliates pointing links to it for several years.

Hearing a company say "look at my badass #1 results" makes me sick.

EDIT - Yes some companies have done 'tons of hardwork' to achieve serps, but for the most part, its affiliates hard work that puts them there.
Affiliate links are redirect links... Affiliate links aren't counted as backlinks, thus they do not affect SERP. Google "link juice" is only passed through the direct link itself. This is something Google has done to prevent the issue you're describing.
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