How Many Affiliate Links Can You Use Per PostPage?
Published on November 5, 2017
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I wanted to address this issue because I've seen so many incorrect answers to this question that occasionally gets asked, and it is important to know considering most of us are using affiliate marketing as our primary way to earn money through our sites.
First off, their isn't one specific number that you have to stick to. But occasionally you will see someone answer this question with complete confidence. 4 links, no more than 5...3 is the absolute limit, etc. etc.
So I just wanted to point out that while Googling a couple different buying keywords I found a couple different affiliate sites on page 1 that stood out to me (One of them was position 1).
Guess how many affiliate links each of these pages had?
1 of them had 50 AFFILIATE LINKS, the other had 61 AFFILIATE LINKS.
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Yes, that is on 1 single post. Not their entire site. So there goes that myth that you can't have more than 4 or 5.
I will say one thing, both of these sites had a ton of posts. One had roughly 170 posts and the other had at least a couple hundred.
If you try putting 50 affiliate links on a single page and only have 5 or 10 posts on your entire site then I doubt this would work, and you would probably get penalized.
But if you have a site that is thick with content then you shouldn't be scared of adding affiliate links on a particular page.
For example, if you are doing a top 10 or a top 20 then you could put an affiliate link on each one.
This makes it more user friendly, and honestly is silly to have a top 10 and only put links to 1 or 2 options.
No it doesn't mean that all you care about is selling selling selling. It means that it MAKES SENSE to add affiliate links in this situation. And yes, we are all here to make money as well, there is nothing wrong with that.
So, in closing. If you barely have any content on your site you may want to limit affiliate links. But if you have a thriving website with a ton of content I personally wouldn't be scared to add affiliate links, especially when it makes your post more user friendly.
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