Check your affiliate links

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The other day I decided to check for any broken links and found quite a few but all relating to one post that I was an affiliate for,

Whatever I did each time I click a link the page wouldn't show up. Plus the fact I could not log into the affiliate program. It kept telling me that either the email or password was incorrect so I clicked the forgot password even thought I knew it.

Got the reset email, so I created a new password and low and behold it wouldn't accept that either so I wrote to the referring affiliate company twice over a period of a two weeks plus I sent an email along with a message to their Twitter account to the company producing the products.

Day before yesterday I was told that this company no longer has an affilaite program which explains why the links didn't work.

The company I was promoting still hasn't to this day responded why the links didn't work nor have they replied to the fact they no longer have an affilaite link. So not sure how long this has been going on but guess that is why the page was not working

I have since taken the post off and change the post fortunately the title doesn't state the company name and I can use the title which has my keywords with another company that I can relatei it with. But now there is a lot to do because of this.

This is why I am asking you to re-check all your affiliate links you may have some may be just broken but if you are not told the affilaite is no longer in play you are wasting your time promoting a product(s).

So please check your links Loes has a great post on checking your links with the url for this.

https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/how-to-check-and-fi...


Wishign you all well.

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Thanks for the information Andrej.

Derek

You are welcome Derek

Thanks you very much I think that is good lesson to learn from you. At time we see things does work well with out link of the product we are promoting, that is great enlightening.

Thanks for that once again.

Most welcome Blessings glad there was something you have gained from this.
Andre

Thanks for the reminder Andre, something I should have done a long time ago. Now off to Loes post. :)
Kim

Thanks Kim that was also something i didn't do for a while as well. But lately, have been going through all my link and re-checking them as well.
Have a great day/evening
Andre

This can happen...I promoted a CB ebook for two years and then the author took it down. Lots of links to change!
Regards.

It is a shame when such things happen even worst when you are not aware and thinking you are happily promoting them yet nothing comes from it.
Keep checking wishing you well
Andre

Thgat's a great reminder, Andre, especially for those of us who use smaller affiliates. It's something we should put on our maintenance list to do every few weeks.

Bad show they didn't inform their affiliates, though.
Ian

Thanks, Ian and yes always good practice to check the links every now and then. Guess that's is also part of the maintenance of our website.
I am also disappointed with not being told and still waiting for a response.
Andre

I've just checked my links - see what you started :-)

One broken link and it wasn't an aff link. Now fixed! :-)
Ian

Good and glad you did now you have fixed a link. Be proud of yourself in being able to fix it.
Awesome
Andre

thanks for this tip.
I do have broken links plugin and I check the links every so often as I have found the links work although broken links has put a line through it on the website.
I did have one occasion where the affiliate changed their landing page and broken links picked this up so I could change it.

Great that you were able to change it with their landing page at least you still have them.
But yes always a good idea to re-check things.
Wishing you well
Andre

Similar thing happened to me. Like you, I just found another similar affiliate program and replaced the links. Definitely pays to check the links on all posts and pages from time to time. Tom

Yes it does and frustrating at times as well as I really loved promoting this site but oh well their loss.
Wishing you well
Andre

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