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Hypothetically, if Google gave a penalty to affiliate sites, they might also go the extra step and not count (or de-emphasize) affiliate links.

So, hypothetically, "affiliate" sites wouldn't show up as prominently in the SERPs, and internet-wide affiliate revenue would go down. Affiliate links wouldn't count as much (or at all), big sites with the affiliate programs would loose inbound link numbers, and consequently their pages wouldn't show up as well on SERPs. So the big sites with affiliate/associate programs would loose revenue.

Now why would Google want to go to war with Amazon and the other affiliate networks?

And how would a search engine bot define what is and is not an "affiliate" site?

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Originally posted by GCT13
And how would a search engine bot define what is and is not an "affiliate" site?

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This is the reason why I don't think Google would do this. At least, I hope they don't having just built 3 Amazon affiliate sites.

I was wondering when chromate would amplify the signature line. Very nice!

Cheers, I plan to give each of the sites a separate design (eventually) and I've gotta build a new user friendly pagination thing. I also have a problem with Amazon returning stock that has been discontinued. No use to anybody. I would like to filter them out, but don't know how yet.

Those are real nice sites chromate, love the designs! You base it on sitepoint at all?

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I also have a problem with Amazon returning stock that has been discontinued. No use to anybody. I would like to filter them out, but don't know how yet.

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I have an idea on this issue, but it would give an uneven number of results back from a list (like displaying only 7 or 8 items) depending if a result was filtered out.

If it's discontinued, it says so in "Availability", right?

Mike, you think they're similar? I suppose they are quite like sitepoint. I hadn't based it on sitepoint, no. I hadn't even thought about it until you bought it up :)

I was just aiming to pick "generic" colours that I could use with a load of sites temporarily. I originally started doing a PDA reviews type site, so the colours are a little "techy" but then I decided against that idea because the competition with keywords that have anything to do with PDA's is too strong. I thought the kitchen stuff would compliment the carbohydrate counter / weight loss side of things. Once you have the script written, they're so easy to create. I'll just see how things go with them.

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Originally posted by GCT13
I have an idea on this issue, but it would give an uneven number of results back from a list (like displaying only 7 or 8 items) depending if a result was filtered out.

If it's discontinued, it says so in "Availability", right?

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Yeah, I can knock them out of the results that are displayed to the user by checking each record returned, then if it's discontinued, I don't display it. But like you say, the pages then have different numbers of items each time. Some of the pages sometimes don't have ANY items, if I'm filtering. So I had to get rid of *my* own filter. I was just wondering if there was a AWS filter that would do it. Haven't had time to really look into it yet and on the face if it, it seems there isn't.

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Some of the pages sometimes don't have ANY items, if I'm filtering. So I had to get rid of *my* own filter.

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Didn't realize it was that bad for some categories. That's bad. :confused:

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Mike, you think they're similar? I suppose they are quite like sitepoint. I hadn't based it on sitepoint, no. I hadn't even thought about it until you bought it up :)

I was just aiming to pick "generic" colours that I could use with a load of sites temporarily. I originally started doing a PDA reviews type site, so the colours are a little "techy" but then I decided against that idea because the competition with keywords that have anything to do with PDA's is too strong. I thought the kitchen stuff would compliment the carbohydrate counter / weight loss side of things. Once you have the script written, they're so easy to create. I'll just see how things go with them.

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Yeah, they are really easy to create. I'm hoping to launch one in January. The script is written, just have to do a design:)

what category are you doing? I figure WP can get the whole of Amazon covered and then we can compare notes :)

WO WO WO... How do you create one of these sites?

You need to know a scripting language and then look in Amazon's associate section for Amazon Web Services. You can then download a kit with examples etc.

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what category are you doing? I figure WP can get the whole of Amazon covered and then we can compare notes :)

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Can't tell you at the moment:) Hopefully, I should get it done in the first week of January.

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You need to know a scripting language and then look in Amazon's associate section for Amazon Web Services. You can then download a kit with examples etc.

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Will PHP do?