Comments on: The PageRank Possibilities of an In-House Affiliate Program http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/07/04/the-pagerank-possibilities-of-an-in-house-affiliate-program/ Website Promotion, Generating Revenue, Website Management Sat, 28 Feb 2026 22:09:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 By: onlinemovieez http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/07/04/the-pagerank-possibilities-of-an-in-house-affiliate-program/#comment-39473 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:55:30 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/07/04/the-pagerank-possibilities-of-an-in-house-affiliate-program/#comment-39473 You Can Watch Online New Romantic, Comedy, Horror, Sexual And Moral Hollywood Movies Are Available Only At: http://onlinemovieez.info/

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]]> By: utah colocation http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/07/04/the-pagerank-possibilities-of-an-in-house-affiliate-program/#comment-10696 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:43:20 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/07/04/the-pagerank-possibilities-of-an-in-house-affiliate-program/#comment-10696 I think the main reason why sites don’t run their own affiliate programs is the cost of managing the program and paying affiliates.

]]> By: enrique vamp http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/07/04/the-pagerank-possibilities-of-an-in-house-affiliate-program/#comment-3378 Sat, 20 Jan 2007 04:39:04 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/07/04/the-pagerank-possibilities-of-an-in-house-affiliate-program/#comment-3378 Building portals and mini-sites allows you to pre-sell the customer if the merchant is not doing a good enough job on their site.

]]> By: Dan http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/07/04/the-pagerank-possibilities-of-an-in-house-affiliate-program/#comment-344 Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:57:57 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/07/04/the-pagerank-possibilities-of-an-in-house-affiliate-program/#comment-344 I wish there were a way I could take advantage of this. I run my program through Shareasale.

]]> By: Chris http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/07/04/the-pagerank-possibilities-of-an-in-house-affiliate-program/#comment-272 Fri, 07 Jul 2006 01:24:32 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/07/04/the-pagerank-possibilities-of-an-in-house-affiliate-program/#comment-272 The credit where it is not due issue is a valid point, but simple moderation and verification can prevent that.

Still, the benefit of having all those thousands of affiliate links count is too huge to ignore. For a popular affiliate program it’d possibly be the difference between a PR of 5, or one of 7 or 8. It could very well propel you to the top of the search results for your keywords.

Permanent redirects aren’t going to work as well as just vanilla links, the same is true for any kind of redirect.

Obviously the method isn’t without it’s drawbacks, however it also has it’s benefits.

PROS:
The link avoids ad blockers set to automatically remove affiliate links.

The link avoids the prejudice of affiliate monetized sites on behalf of directory editors and or other people who are considering linking to you.

The link avoids generating distrust from users who have been conditioned against tracking URLs thanks to the prevalence of spam.

You get oodles of PageRank, and most links should be on topically related pages.

Affiliates can more easily promote your site since they can just link to any page on your site for credit, rather than generating complex links. This is especially true of ecommerce sites where affiliates like to promote individual products.

If you own a site that allows user generated content (a forum) you can gain credit for that link even when a user makes it rather than you.

CONS:
A few software programs block the referrer field.

The link would not give credit when viewed through Google’s cache, or any other cache.

The link would not give credit when sent through a system to syndicate content (RSS).

Some potential for abuse with users claiming ownership of sites that they do not own.

]]> By: Jules http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/07/04/the-pagerank-possibilities-of-an-in-house-affiliate-program/#comment-271 Fri, 07 Jul 2006 00:47:10 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/07/04/the-pagerank-possibilities-of-an-in-house-affiliate-program/#comment-271 Chris – also consider people viewing content from caches, proxies, etc. May sound insignificant, but the innacuracy exhibited when using URL channels in Adsense shows you just how much traffic you receive is “cloaked” in that fashion.

Another problem is people taking credit where it’s not due. Say, for example, if I entered in “www.sitepoint.com/forums/” as one of my referrers in your affiliate system. I’d get credit for every link on their site.

That’s a good point Wesley – I tend to agree.

]]> By: wesley http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/07/04/the-pagerank-possibilities-of-an-in-house-affiliate-program/#comment-269 Wed, 05 Jul 2006 17:42:39 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/07/04/the-pagerank-possibilities-of-an-in-house-affiliate-program/#comment-269 If you just do a redirect after you read the affiliate code (?aff=123) to the main page, would it even matter to google? (Permanent redirect)

]]> By: Chris http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/07/04/the-pagerank-possibilities-of-an-in-house-affiliate-program/#comment-263 Tue, 04 Jul 2006 23:05:31 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/07/04/the-pagerank-possibilities-of-an-in-house-affiliate-program/#comment-263 That is a downside to be sure… but only for blogs or other content that is syndicated. If your content isn’t syndicated that isn’t an issue.

]]> By: Jules http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/07/04/the-pagerank-possibilities-of-an-in-house-affiliate-program/#comment-262 Tue, 04 Jul 2006 22:37:55 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/07/04/the-pagerank-possibilities-of-an-in-house-affiliate-program/#comment-262 Actually you wouldn’t get affiliate credit for that link you posted if I clicked it, because I read your blog from my RSS reader.

This is the sort of thing, I imagine, is precisely why most affiliate programs don’t use referrers for tracking.

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