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  • PornHustler
    Confirmed User
    • May 2009
    • 456
    #1

    Bloggers.. Hide affiliate links or not?

    I have been placing the links in my .htaccess file and creating links like http:myblog.com/get-sex-now . It allows for a faster change in links for the entire site if a sponsor goes belly up. One link change affects all links.

    Does google want to see the actual link or would it look at the affiliate code hiding as a negative and punish the site?

    Any thoughts?
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    • pornmasta
      Too lazy to set a custom title
      • Jun 2006
      • 20014
      #2
      a php file with a redirection...

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        • baryl
          Confirmed User
          • Aug 2011
          • 1086
          #3
          I just rel="nofollow" my affiliate links

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            • Aka_Bluey
              Confirmed User
              • Sep 2007
              • 631
              #4
              Originally posted by pornmasta
              a php file with a redirection...
              +1









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              Things that make ya go hmmmm....

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                • LouiseLloyd
                  SO FUCKING SCAMMED
                  • Mar 2010
                  • 1429
                  #5
                  301 Redirect affiliate links using wordpress seo plugin and give them a dedicated parent page that you can restrict bots from accessing using robots.txt

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                    • tonyparra
                      Confirmed User
                      • Jul 2008
                      • 4568
                      #6
                      Originally posted by LouiseLloyd
                      give them a dedicated parent page that you can restrict bots from accessing using robots.txt
                      explain that please

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                        • digitalfantasies
                          Confirmed User
                          • Sep 2010
                          • 2759
                          #7
                          I just place my aff links, don't hide them... I believe as long as you don't put too much aff links in your posts and your content is unique / good... you should be fine

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                            • porno jew
                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                              • Nov 2006
                              • 10166
                              #8
                              read that google is tanking sites that hide affiliate links.

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                                • d-null
                                  . . .
                                  • Apr 2007
                                  • 13724
                                  #9
                                  at the absolute very least, nofollow them

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                                    • porno jew
                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                      • Nov 2006
                                      • 10166
                                      #10
                                      if you are my competitor please hide your affiliate links.

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                                        • 2012
                                          So Fucking What
                                          • Jul 2006
                                          • 17189
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by porno jew
                                          read that google is tanking sites that hide affiliate links.
                                          Originally posted by porno jew
                                          if you are my competitor please hide your affiliate links.
                                          where did you read that, idiot ?
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                                            • porno jew
                                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                                              • Nov 2006
                                              • 10166
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by 2012
                                              where did you read that, idiot ?
                                              from my testing. not theory idiot.

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                                                • 2012
                                                  So Fucking What
                                                  • Jul 2006
                                                  • 17189
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by porno jew
                                                  from my testing. not theory idiot.
                                                  FUCK you and your testing shit for brains
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                                                    • madgreg
                                                      Confirmed User
                                                      • Mar 2012
                                                      • 210
                                                      #14
                                                      haven't tested it but wordpress.org/extend/plugins/pretty-link/ out since march 6 2012 so should work with wp 3.3.1
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                                                        • Colmike9
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                                                          • Dec 2011
                                                          • 7230
                                                          #15
                                                          To those arguing about cloaking and G:

                                                          "The original version of affiliate link cloaking involved hiding your links from Google and other search engines. This was based on the theory that Google would penalize web sites which used affiliate links. What Google actually says is that they don’t want to see affiliate links without substantial content included together with it.
                                                          Regular product websites and blogs are fine, but if I were to set up a page which showed just the affiliate link with some very light content however, or worse, scraped content, then it would not do well in the SERPs.

                                                          Because of this issue, many people started to cloak their affiliate links by giving the Google bot one version of a link and human visitors another version. The thing is, Google’s engineers aren’t stupid and they learned how to detect this. It is this kind of link cloaking which they specifically frown upon and which will get you sandboxed or de-indexed."
                                                          Last edited by Colmike9; 03-24-2012, 10:35 AM.
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