Resource Short Video On Adding Amazon Links To A Post

You don't have to do that you can highlight any word and use it as a hyperlink just consider what makes best sense for your audience

Essentially you are writing more informational posts so that you do not sound so salesy to Google, and if there’s a solution, a detailed analysis review post for your visitors to let them make an informed decision whether to click your links and go purchase the focused item you proposed to solve their issue.

Also, I would let your posts marinate in the search engines before turning them into commercial intent.

The best way is to have pillar content that is the promotion of a product or service like WA
I have one WA review and many articles that help people but those articles are linked to my Pillar content IE a WA review
This way my site is not full of affiliate links and has affiliate links on one page rather than my whole site

Hey Yordan,

You'll often hear, "you shouldn't add affiliate links too early as this can harm your Google rankings".

COMPLETELY FALSE

I feel that many people coming into this business, and even those who have been in this business for a while, still don't totally fully understand the concept of niche marketing.

Niche Marketing is simply find a group of people who have a specific problem and then help them solve that problem.

That's it.

So, every single article that you ever write and publish should be focused SOLELY of helping people in your niche.

Now, the reason I say that many people don't understand the concept is because there are lots of MADE UP "rules" and "tips" and "tricks" which have NOTHING to with helping people in your niche solve a problem.

All these rules/tips/tricks usually aren't focused on helping people, but rather manipulating Google, other search engines, social media sites, etc.

If every single article you ever write is aimed at HELPING (and I mean REALLY helping your audience) it makes absolutely no difference when you add affiliate links or even how many affiliate links you add to an article.

A way to look at it is a LINK, whether, internal, external, or affiliate should always ENHANCE your reader's experience.

Now, you'll be told that you should start a website with lots of informational content and much less (if any) commercial content, which while I agree with, it's not because of the reasons you'd think.

Simply put, when people first learn about "making money online" and "affiliate marketing" they feel it's all about splashing affiliate links all over the web.

This is the same as being confronted by a pushy salesperson in real life, and how often do we purchase something from a pushy salesperson?

Unless a person is weak-willed the answer should be NEVER, a pushy salesperson puts us off, we may even end up disliking them, and we run a mile.

So, the reason for adding lots of informational content first (in my mind) is to "train" people to get used to providing engaging and helpful content for their readers.

So, when and if to add an affiliate link?

As I've mentioned, a link should always enhance your reader's experience.

So, ask yourself:

Am I looking to add this affiliate link becuase I want to make money and that's it?

Am I adding this affiliate link because it will help my reader and it is RELEVANT TO THIS ARTICLE I've just written, and also because I want ti make money?

Am I thinking about NOT adding an affiliate link because I don't want to upset Google?

Of the above 3 questions only ONE is correct, I'll let you work it which one!

Never be afraid of adding affiliate links if it relevant to your content and will enhance your reader's experience.

If you are adding affiliate links for any other reason then you potentially have something to worry about.

Another thing I see people worry about is "too many affiliate links".

Again WRONG!

If I have written an article and it has 275 affiliate links ALL pointing to the same affiliate product, then clearly I DO NOT have my reader's best interests at heart, I am simply spamming my own article in the hope that excessive volume will lead to a sale <---THIS is very poor marketing.

However, if I have written an article that reviews 275 products then it WOULD BE HELPFUL to my reader to have 275 affiliate links.

Always ask yourself with anything you do in this business:

Is what I'm doing helpful to my reader?

Your answer will usually tell you whether you should or should not do something.

Partha

It depends on your posts as you should have affiliate links if you're doing a review, for example. However, a good rule of thumb is to write pillar posts early on. These are articles that are relevant to your niche as a whole and act as a good way to build internal links as your content grows. e.g. "Why Do People Love Fishing So Much?" will touch on multiple points that you'll eventually have separate posts on, which you can add links to from your first post. Selling products that support the hobby of fishing will come naturally later on. Bait and switch pre-selling is your aim now.

It's your website and you can do whatever you like.

However, it's a good idea to publish informative posts for a while before applying for affiliate links. You are more likely to be successful.

The search engines ignore punctuation.

And to be pedantic, you shouldn't have a space before the comma. Nothing to do with keywords, just punctuation rules.

Do you mean to actually use quotation marks as a part of the title?

Because if that is what you mean, I would first ask why you want to do that?

You still have to look up the metrics for each and the competition on Google page 1 before settling on your keyword.

The punctuation is not an issue.

It should be clearly visible in the primary menu. Disclosure is typically a page.

You also need a shorter disclosure as close as possible to the first affiliate link in a post, either above or below the link.

For Amazon, it has to say "as an Amazon Associate I may earn from qualified purchases" and this has to be directly above your first Amazon link in post.
Affiliate Disclosures, FTC Guidelines, and Amazon Rules FTC & Affiliate Links/Affiliate Disclosures

You can put your legal pages in any menu you like

They should be separate so that both are clearly visible as menu items but they don't have to be in the header menu. I have all my legal pages, including those two, in the footer menu.

Hi - your affiliate disclosure needs to be clearly visible; it should not be hidden in a drop-down menu.