Don't Forget To Test Your Affiliate Links
Published on August 17, 2015
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It is really easy to be get so wrapped up in writing those blogs that we just keep moving along post after post. However, if you are including affiliate links on your posts or pages, don't just assume they will continue to work for you and forget about them.
You could be getting a lot of clicks on your affiliate links and then not making any sales. This exact thing just happened to someone here and they have just found out that when someone clicks on some of their Amazon links, it takes their traffic to a page stating "out of stock," "item no longer available," and even a statement that "the page you are looking for is no longer a part of this website."
I'm sure this can happen with other affiliates besides Amazon, but I've had my own share of "item no longer available" as well. It can really mess up your blog, especially if your blog was based on that particular item.
Please, please, take a few minutes each week and check your links. I know it is time consuming and a pain, but if you are losing sales because of issues like this, you need to know about it and remedy it.
Have a great day! :)
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