Goodbye viglink, I do not cry for you

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My experience with Viglink, not funny

Hello everybody, here I am again with a little in-between post.

Farewell Viglink, photo Pixabay

Perhaps you do not know what Viglink does

I signed up for having Viglink on both my websites about one year ago. To have it you need to install a plugin. This you do in the hope to earn an extra little money as you are paid per click on the links they put. Viglink will scan your page/post and convert a word into a blue link which then leads to something relevant to the text of your article.

Some time ago I wrote a post on the soap of Cleopatra, so if Viglink converts the word soap into a link which leads you to a place where you can buy natural soaps I think that is ok.

I never noticed much on the earning side of this issue, I mean, what do I do with 0,0000?, but a few months ago I did notice something strange. On the H2 of a post suddenly 1 word became a link, that looked rather odd. Some weeks later I got a comment on a post in which I tell about Your right to clean drinking water, I received this disturbing news. I was told that the link water filter led to the website of a store. That store was selling nearly everything but no water filters. I had to answer on this comment, sorry, that is not my link, and then send this person a good link to water filters. This was rather embarrassing but what could I do?

Then again some weeks later I had a PM conversation with Jim on my post about Nitrates in Greens. He pointed out that twice the word green was a link which led the person who clicked on it to a company who makes green awnings for mobile homes etc. That was the last drop and I deactivated the plugin.

If you decide to install Viglink on your website I have to tell you to control all the links they put otherwise you might be in for an unpleasant surprise.

Greetings from the south of Spain, Taetske

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Good morning, Taetske.
Sorry to hear about your bad experience.

I have never used the service so thanks for the heads up.

All the best to you.

Regards from Canada.

Paul.

Good afternoon Paul,

Oh well, that is life. As long as I get out of it victorious.
My websites look a lot better now that most of that stuff has disappeared.

Greetings from the south of Spain, Taetske

PM me a link to your site. I'd love to have a look.

Or provide some some keywords for me to enter and I can find it myself.

Best regards.

Paul.

I will do so straight away.
I have just sent some Wa friends a little email, I will forward it to you too.

Taetske

Thanks for letting us know.

You are welcome, Nick.

Greetings from the south of Spain, Taetske

Great Post, thanks for the warning.
Rob

Sorry you had to go through this.

I read a mixed bag of reviews on this ad tool so I err on the side of caution and didn't install.

Good Morning Jackie,

Well, it is a learning process which never seems to end, just like in real life.
I think my websites look more serious without all that stuff going on.

Greetings from the south of Spain, Taetske

Most definitely. Sometimes less is more.

All the best from South London 😉

Sorry to hear you found many bad apples using their service. If you look them up, the experiences are mixed, several report the same issues you are having and others are happy with the service.

Anyway, one rotten apple is one too much, so you were right to remove them from your site.

Up to the next one, which one will it be Taetske?

Good Morning Stefan,

I have Google Adsense but only in the sidebar and footer. Before I gave them carte blanche and they even spread inside comments, that looked awful.
I think my websites now look a lot better and I will not experiment anymore.

Greetings from the south of Spain, Taetske

My theme supports Adsense, but i have not decided yet if it can make sense for my niche at all. Mine is a bit out of the ordinary as you know by now lol :))

I think integrating good affiliate programs should what to aim for.

Have a great one.

Stefan

After hearing this I'll avoid Viglink. Thanks for sharing.

Good Morning Erica,

Nice to see you again. How is your nice smelling website doing? I hope well. I can imagine a lot of people will visit to get inspiration what to buy for Christmas.

Greetings from the south of Spain, Taetske

Thanks for sharing this, I usually stick to my Plugins criteria when choosing

Good Morning Dave,

Thank you for stopping by and your link, left a comment.
I am ok with 5 and really do not need more.

Greetings from the south of Spain, Taetske

I wouldn't like it too when people are redirected to sites I don't endorse.

Good Morning Loes,

I think my websites look much better again after Viglink is out and having taken Google Adsense in a wurggreep, now they cannot do strange things anymore.

Greetings from the south of Spain, Taetske

Yes, I put up a fight with Google Adsense too, but I won!
Enjoy your weekend Taetske

I agree Taetske!

Viglink is rubbish ,,,

Good Morning Zed,

Thank you for stopping by and leaving your comment.
I also had a problem with Google Adsense who literally invaded everything on my website, squeezing adds into comments. Got a grip on them so now they are in the sidebar and also footer. My website looks a lot nicer.

Greetings from the south of Spain, Taetske

Adsense?

Yep ... Another khmmm ... I won't say it

But here is my opinion

Ok Zed, I will swap my link for yours. Taetske

I'd say that we agree :)

You are right, I deactivated mine about 3 months ago. They don't just deliver.

Thanks for your honest post.

Good Morning Laurine,

Now that is what I call rapido. I had not even pressed published yet and you had commented on my post.
Hope all is well with you.

Greetings from the south of Spain, Taetske

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