Russ wrote me and asked the following:
Hey Mark,
All good information for sure… but I have a good question…The websites I have are all based on sending users to a merchant page with affiliate links. That is my whole goal with these sites. However, the more content I add, the more affiliate links I have.
I have read that having affiliate links in your site are starting to hurt your ranking with search engines. Is this true? What do you suggest? Should I be using javascript links instead.
I am not really sure how to circumvent this issue. Please advise. All comments welcome.
I really don't think that Google wants to end affiliate marketing as we know it.