Is It Better Or Worse For Affiliate Links To Be Encrypted Or Have The Tracking Code Hidden For Seo Purposes?
With Commission Junction, and I think Shareasale, they always ask you if you want the link encrypted and/or hidden before you get your html code. I think I read Google frowns on one or both of those methods but I can’t remember exactly? Anyone have experience/knowledge/thoughts on this?
The correct way to handle affiliate links is
You should not display the affiliate code as the link.
Doing so will result in less of a click thru rate which will mean a loss in potential revenue. The sample code below is one method of hiding affiliate links
href=http://www.SITENAME.com/URL/ rel="nofollow">ANCHOR TEXT
You should also “nofollow” the link so you don’t pass any PR to the affiliate site.
What is nofollow?http://www.contemedia.com/blog/what-is-n…
Good luck
Chadwick