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Discussion in 'Affiliate Marketing' started by SF, Sep 1, 2014.

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  1. SF

    SF Well-Known Member

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    Hi Guys

    I am looking for someone who has built a few affiliate sites and can help me through the process. Setting up of sites adding products etc

    Please pm me for more details

    PS: I am not getting accepted on any programmes and i am wondering why?
    Sean
     
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  3. mat

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    I always find it is best to email the affiliate program contact with a quick bit about the site you are using to promote their program.

    Not only will it stop you getting denied, but gets you accepted sometimes within the hour.
     
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    +1 ALWAYS do that. Generally you'll get through to the account manager that deals with a portfolio of affiliates, not always the affiliate directly.

    Quite often its a trigger happy account manager that will reject you, not the company you want to promote.

    A few quick words always helps.
     
  5. SF

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    Thanks Mat, I actulay took this upon myself about a good a hour ago and got accepted on AW
     
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    Now you are on aw and apply with merchants try and tell them why your site will help their brand and how you can and will promote their items.
     
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    Thank you Nick I am just doing that with my first advertiser, my site is pretty basic as i am relying on thier content! but I hope its ok....
     
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    How much content would you normally throw at one of these?
     
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    Hi Nick,

    What are these conent widgets you can make over at AW?
     
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    Basically you can put a keyword and it will show products :)
     
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    As much as you can, it really depends on the type of site you are doing though.
     
  12. SF

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    Ive just PM you and Mat my website i am doing then you will have a better idea of whats going on..
     
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    I think 'as much you can' is pretty poor advice :D

    I assume you did hear of Google Panda update?
     
  14. SF

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    Any ideas Mat or nick, any advice on my first bash at it?
     
  15. nick-harper

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    Wasn't that for poor duplicate content though? I should maybe have put in "quality content".
     
  16. SF

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    I am willing to do what ever it takes, I can get a family member to do the content for me, i will get that going tomorrow.
     
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    Its not duplicate content - that would generally be another issue altogether.

    Its thin/low value content. Either no real content on the page, or obviously bad quality (with Google likely measuring that from incoming links/user metrics).

    The big voucher sites were a good example. In the past most of them just templated up their site so that even if they didn't have vouchers for a store, what was basically just a page of ads with no real content was still created (and ranked).

    It'd end up with crap user metrics and/or no back links. (Or you'd force back links to it and cause a whole other issue).

    Most of these sites that weren't brands just got wiped out with the Google updates. I think now every page on every site needs a reason to exist from a user point of view. If its not useful, then its generating risk that it brings your full site down.

    Adding 'as much content you can' is easy. You could create thousands of pages over the next 48 hours with a Textbroker.com account and it all posting straight into Wordpress. But its near certain to get you penalised.

    Concentrate on a handful of high quality pages. You should be spending more time promoting your content than you are creating it. Unless you're a big brand - just spam up the search results with no value add pages, and it'll probably be fine.
     
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    ^ very good analysis and advice.
     
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    Nonindex any pages which will, but don't yet have decent content
     
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    Question is, does a Google rater care what pages are "noindex" when viewing the site as a whole?

    Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk
     
  21. SF

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    Great thread keep it coming.... Some real expert advice dripping out...
     
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