DEADLY Mistakes Bloggers Make With Affiliate Links // Insert Amazon Affiliate Links into WordPress

[@SarahMarieBlog]

The course I recommend in this video is actually no longer for sale! Which is sad because it was a great resource. But, I have an alternative! This is another affiliate marketing course I took that I love, which you can check out here- Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing: www.sarahmarie.blog/makingsense

[@tiatsele]

Thanks for the tip! It's a little confusing when you start off as a new affilliate marketer, but you've made it very simple to undertsand🙂

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Glad it was helpful! Affiliate marketing is quite confusing to understand!

[@flyingwiththewords]

that plugin is exactly what I've been looking for! Thank you for the great tips!

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Glad it was able to help you out!

[@Gearsandco]

Thanks for letting me know, My EPN account did get suspended and I'm it's for that reason, I had previous videos that I added affiliate links after the fact so I didn't know I need to put a Disclaimer on every Affiliate link. But now I know, thanks for the info.

[@leahfridley3395]

Thank you! This video actually gave me the info I needed, being a new blogger, and Amazon associate!

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Glad it was helpful!

[@victorud]

Your channel is very informative. Thank you for all the information!

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Thank you for watching! :)

[@AmazingDiscountDeals]

Thank you, Sara. very valuable information. I have been using WordPress for, many months but I didn't know about this plugin. Clap for you

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Glad to help out!

[@Savantglobal]

This is one of the best affiliate resource videos I’ve ever seen. Thank you 🙏🏾

[@SarahMarieBlog]

I appriciate you! Thanks for watching!!

[@bigmommaeagle6330]

This was a GREAT video and exactly what I needed. I learned so much. Thank you!

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@gymelitepro]

Thank you SOOOOO much, this video was exactly what I needed to get started!

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Glad to hear it!

[@anniemariengatelier]

Thank you for sharing this detailed tutorial. Good job, keep it up.

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Thanks for watching!!

[@Dr.Baiduc]

This has been EXTREMELY helpful and the only video that really answered my question (I couldn’t figure out the HTML thing and wasn’t even googling the correct question). Thank you very much for that! I was interested in the affiliate marketing course you took but it looks like the course is no longer active?! Do you know if they do seasonal enrollment?

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Amazing! So glad it helped ❤️ Sadly though, the course has been taken down and doesn't look like it's opening back up. I do have another course I've taken that I can recommend though! It's honestly bigger and more in depth than the one I originally took: makingsenseofaffiliatemarketing.com/?affcode=57702_p5lguax0

[@Dr.Baiduc]

@@SarahMarieBlog Thank you very much for the recommendation. I will check it out!

[@digitallysayra]

​​@@SarahMarieBlogthanks for this... Will check it out 💜... Is it learning at your own pace? Or how does it work... Can you please guide me on this?

[@SarahMarieBlog]

@saraa_mansoorii the course? Yes it is learn at your own pace. You go through each section as fast or slow as you want

[@kmg3566]

I've watched many vlogs about having a blog and this has been the first mentioning things such as a privacy page. Thank you!! Any tips in regards to terms & conditions and disclaimers without it costing a bomb😅

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Yes! I didn't have it when I recorded this video, but since then, I bought this legal bundle with templates you can fill out. It was so simple to use and an absolute must to have! Haven't found anything else like it out there: www.sarahmarie.blog/legalbundle You'll get all 3 pages you need. Private policy, terms and conditions, and disclaimer page plus updates when she does them! They're from an actual lawyer too 😄

[@kmg3566]

@@SarahMarieBlog thank you!x

[@jessicaguevarapilates]

Thank you for this video, it was very helpful!

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Glad I could help!!

[@AgiSunflowerVentures]

Thanks for this great info! Wishing you much prosperity with your ventures!

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Thanks so much!

[@bemomhomemaking7602]

Thanks for all the help. I am new to affiliate marketing. Your information is your KZbin channel is especially helpful to me. Is there a place to get a specific "privacy policy", or may I copy....paste the information that you have provided for use on my blogs and channel? Thank you!

[@SarahMarieBlog]

In all honesty, the best and safest thing to do is get a legal expert to write one for you. However, for mine, I just found a template online that I could copy and use for my site for now. In the future, I'd like to get a more professional one done but for now I have mine!

[@bemomhomemaking7602]

@@SarahMarieBlog I look into that! Thank you! 😀

[@donchuntefoster9021]

This was extremely helpful. I'm leaving with a few action items. Thank you for this.

[@SarahMarieBlog]

That's awesome! I'm glad you've been able to leave with something to work on! 😄

[@RebeccaLarson-xp7zn]

This was vary helpful! Thank you for sharing!

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@newohanafarmtn5477]

Thank you for all your help! I marked No Follow. Should I also mark Open In New Tab?

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Depends. If it's an affiliate link or something linking to outside your site, the best practice is to open in new tab. If it's an internal link to somewhere else on your site, best practice is to not have it open into a new tab!

[@simpleeatstv916]

Good evening, Sarah, I enjoyed watching your video, it's exciting and informative from what I've seen but as it's in English. My English isn't top-notch, I've activated the French subtitles but sometimes that doesn't allow me to understand correctly. So I've got some questions: Should the privacy policy and terms and conditions (to comply with Amazon's instructions) be no-followed or followed? And the links. Thanks for your help!

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Don't worry, I can explain! So the private policy and terms and conditions are legal pages you need on your site. You need them more for protecting your site and following the law than you do for affiliate marketing, but they're still important to have. For the no-follow and do-follow, that relates to your affiliate links. All affiliate links need to be marked as "No-follow". All this means is Google won't "follow through" and check out the link because you could get money from promoting it. So affiliate links should be "no follow" and all other links (that you won't make money from) like linking to another webpage or resource, can be "do follow". hope that makes sense!

[@simpleeatstv916]

@@SarahMarieBlog Ok thanks you !

[@Willow-re5cq]

Great explanation. This information is nice to have in one place.

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Thank you! Glad it was helpful

[@Visual-Peace]

Thank you, for taking the time to create this video. It's very informative. Also, I have subscribed to your channel.

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Thank you! I'm glad it was helpful!

[@howtoandwhatsnew]

Thank you so much! Very helpful info for my blog.

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Nax-rh5dp]

Thanks for the video, clear info. Learned some new stuff too. Clicked thumbs up and subbed :) Keep it up!

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Awesome, thank you!

[@yogameditate3671]

This is so good ,I’m happy I found your page

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Thank you!

[@MannyJames]

This was quite helpful. Thank you.

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Happy to help!

[@UmmDotDotDot]

Thank you so much you really helped me out!

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Glad I could help!

[@marvellouslifeandtimes]

Thank you, so much great information 👍

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Juscallmenicki]

Thank you for this video. Is there a way i can drive traffic to my Wordpress site then to the items on my storefront. I’m noticing I’m losing traffic because my link is going directly to my Amazon storefront

[@SarahMarieBlog]

If you're blogging on your site, the best way to do it would be to write blog posts about the items you have in your storefront!

[@Juscallmenicki]

@@SarahMarieBlog that makes sense. Thank you for sharing

[@MoDin117]

I'm really GRATEFUL. Thank you so much ^_^

[@eldonmirjah7549]

Great content! Question? In blog posts, have you have more success using images as affiliate links or text links. What do you recommend if a person already have a blog with decent traffic 100k visitors..

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Text links preform best for me, but you can do both and test! Have an affiliate link as a call to action (Ex: Click here to check out the product) and you also could have a photo of the product below that if you wanted and have the image link to the affiliate product as well. I do this on occasion if there is a photo I can use, otherwise I just use text links and they preform the best for me. If the picture looks like an ad, people may skip past it!

[@eldonmirjah7549]

@@SarahMarieBlog wow, thanks for responding!

[@SarahMarieBlog]

@@eldonmirjah7549 No problem!

[@reginadispagna]

Thanks for this very useful link. What about using links for different countries? (US, UK, Canada...). What would be the best option? Many thanks, Gina

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Amazon has the option to create different links for different counties. It's called OneLink I believe. I forget exactly how it works, but you just need to add in the countries you want to sell to and whenever someone clicks on your link, it will open them up to whatever country storefront they're in! You may have to Google it for exact instructions

[@reginadispagna]

@@SarahMarieBlog Thank you!!

[@hellodaniramos]

Hi Sarah, that's so helpful. How about on Wix? how can I add a disclosure on WIX? Really appreciate your help

[@SarahMarieBlog]

I'm honestly not sure because I haven't used Wix. I don't believe you can download plugins, so it may be something that you need to just add in manually each time!

[@hellodaniramos]

@@SarahMarieBlog thank you so much for getting back to me, keep posting more videos. You're doing really well!

[@SarahMarieBlog]

@@hellodaniramos thank you!!

[@PuzzleGamesyt]

Hi Maam! Can i use my google sites website for affiliate marketing on Pinterest? If i use it then, is there any negative impact to my account?

[@SarahMarieBlog]

I'm not sure what you mean by a Google Sites website

[@11duochannel42]

Yes you can use google sites for affiliate marketing on pinterest. I do that pal

[@PuzzleGamesyt]

@@11duochannel42 thanks mate!

[@11duochannel42]

@@PuzzleGamesyt make sure you give people good content. Then add yor affilliate links and ad a disclosure. Its very important.

[@SarahMarieBlog]

@@11duochannel42 Thanks for helping out!

[@theunstoppable1029]

Very informative! Loved it

[@AntonioMaGonzalezJr]

Thank you for this, ma'am!

[@payungtechno]

hey sarah! first of all thank u for making this video. i have a question in mind. what if we list 2 different social media acc (websites) with 2 completely different niches on amazon affiliate account. one has big followers and one is still mini. i wonder if this looks good if i got reviewed after making 3 sales? i mean you got to describe what your website is abou, right? or shud i create another ID or so? thank u in advance!!

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Do you mean can you use one Amazon affiliate account for multiple sites? I think you can!

[@payungtechno]

@@SarahMarieBlog yea we can list multiple webs or source of traffic right? some of em have steady audience but some of them just newly created. i wonder if amazon team would concern about the traffic 😖

[@SarahMarieBlog]

@@payungtechno you should be able to list multiple things and as long as you make 3 sales, you should be accepted! I don't think they really care about traffic

[@treslechesdame]

is there some free alternative to the affiliate disclosure plugin? I currently don't have the means to pay for now 😞

[@SarahMarieBlog]

You don't need to pay for plugins, unless you mean you're not paying for your site as a whole and therefore can't get plugins. Your only option would be to write it out every time. Unless you have self-hosted WordPress, then I do have another work-around! Let me know and I'll explain :)

[@sweettooth4527]

Great content keep it coming thank you 👍.

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Thanks, will do!

[@joannemullaney306]

Thank-you. Great advice

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Hope it was helpful!

[@makaveli1085]

Will the old post have the disclaimer after I install the plug-in?

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Do you mean if you wrote it in before? It'll probably have it twice then. Once for the one you typed in and once from the plugin

[@aabidfaiyaz]

Lmao, I didn’t expect to get 2 stuffs done in one video 🤣🤣🤣. Thanks for keeping it simple.

[@SarahMarieBlog]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@aabidfaiyaz]

@@SarahMarieBlog Can i get a separate video on Ezoic ? I'm asking, since you're genuine.

[@SarahMarieBlog]

@@aabidfaiyaz I've gotten a lot of questions about Ezoic so I'm definitely going to do a video on it! I may put it on my calendar for this month, so if you have any specific questions let me know and I'll be sure to answer them!

[@aabidfaiyaz]

@@SarahMarieBlog I’ve a few Questions. How long have you been using them? What’s your take on the team of Ezoic looking after optimism your website at the background under the leap settings. Did you fave a downfall with Ezoic ? As in any bad experience with your website. Still trying to understand the Ezoic revenue roll out on monthly basis? As to what we need to look out for to know; we’re close to $20 mark?. How satisfied are you with Ezoic ?

[@SarahMarieBlog]

@@aabidfaiyaz Thanks! I need to do more research myself on Ezoic to make sure I'm using it properly before I make a video on it and these questions are a good place to start!

[@clivengwenya5413]

Great video. Very informative

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Thanks!

[@ChristopherDeDecker]

Thank you!

[@mbxmom]

Hii. Do you know if we can create vision boards with multiple images from Amazon or other stores and place that on a blog? Reading a lot of mixed reviews on that. Thanks!

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Hi! It sounds like you may be able to. This is where I'd look for better info. It may answer your question! affiliate-program.amazon.com/resource-center/what-images-can-be-used

[@MichaelxKimmy414]

I barely started my KZbin channel. It's about amazon finds that actually works and that I actually kept. I barely rolled in amazon affiliate I'm still not sure if im getting approved. So do I still need to do the disclaimer? If yes what should be disclaimer say?

[@SarahMarieBlog]

It wouldn't hurt to put if you are planning on continuing to apply, even on the off chance that you get declined this time. That way you wouldn't have to go back and add it later! You can check out my description for inspo because each one has it but it could say something like this: DISCLAIMER: Links included in the description might be affiliate links, which means I may receive a small commission (at no additional cost to you!) for purchases made through these links. Thank you for supporting my channel so I can continue creating free content each week! (Learn more: www.sarahmarie.blog/disclaimer/) It doesn't have to be as long, but that's mine!

[@MichaelxKimmy414]

Thank you so much And last question. And for the disclaimer has to be in every video or can I just have it on my profile(youtube) about me:

[@SarahMarieBlog]

@MichaelxKimmy414 I would say no, it needs to be in every video description where affiliate links are In blog posts it needs to be in every post, above the affiliate links, and as close to them as possible (I have a short one at the beginning of every single post) So the same should be followed with KZbin. Although on my description, the disclaimer is more near the bottom of the description.

[@MichaelxKimmy414]

Thank you

[@DJBernn]

Started researching the affiliate disclosure and came to the realization that I'll need a privacy policy, a disclaimer, terms & conditions, etc. Where should I get this done / do you offer any services where you'd do this for other blogs for $?

[@SarahMarieBlog]

I actually bought mine from this bundle right here! sarahmarie.krtra.com/t/t7LeymMjcEXc It's definitely important that you have it!

[@DJBernn]

@@SarahMarieBlog Awesome thank you, will the starter bundle cover all my bases for a beginner blog?

[@SarahMarieBlog]

@@DJBernn Yes it will! You'll get a disclaimer, terms and conditions, and a private policy page. Those are the pages I have on my blog and should be the only ones that you need. She'll give you instructions on how to fill them out and highlight anything that you need to change. It was really easy to do!

[@DJBernn]

Bet that thank you@@SarahMarieBlog

[@briannaortiz652]

I have gone through all of your steps and it is not posting on my site. Any advice? Thanks!

[@SarahMarieBlog]

It seems a lot of people have been having issues. I wonder if the plugin doesn't work anymore? I'm not sure because I don't use it anymore so I can't really troubleshoot it

[@jammincuisine]

Thank you so much!! Very very helpful! New subscriber here ❤️

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Awesome! Thank you! Glad I could help :)

[@englishwithmiranda]

Thanks!

[@tinagerhardt2376]

Can I ask what company you used to get your Wordpress website setup?

[@SarahMarieBlog]

The hosting company I used is Siteground! Right here: www.sarahmarie.blog/siteground

[@dataforfree4648]

Can I do an affiliate link to the Amazon Coupon Site or deals site or is it a violation? Thanks for the video!

[@SarahMarieBlog]

I'm not sure. I only do links to direct products!

[@sicilyinyourkitchen]

Hey Sarah! Thank you so much for these videos! Really really helpful! Could you make a video on how to make the first 3 sales on amazon affiliate program? I am struggling to get there, I got "deactivated" the first time because I didn't meet that requirement. :/

[@sicilyinyourkitchen]

And also if you are allowed to post links on Pinterest. I really don't want to screw this, please help! You're the best out there, very clear! (:

[@SarahMarieBlog]

As far as I know, Amazon links are not allowed to be posted onto Pinterest directly. You can have them in a blog post and promote the blog post, but not direct links!

[@sicilyinyourkitchen]

@@SarahMarieBlog thank you!

[@sicilyinyourkitchen]

Do you know if you can share your Amazon affiliate product links on your Instagram profile? And link them to the link in bio?

[@SarahMarieBlog]

@@sicilyinyourkitchen Maybe? I'm honestly not sure. I'm pretty sure people link them in their insta stories, so I don't see why you couldn't link them in your bio. I don't want to give you wrong info though because Im honestly not sure!

[@akuwudikerachael1648]

Hi Sara, please can you expantiate on what no follow option means

[@SarahMarieBlog]

It's hard to explain but no follow links are used for when you have an affiliate link. It kind of prevents Google from associating the link with your site and giving it more authority since you are getting/could be getting compensated for the product you recommended

[@akuwudikerachael1648]

@@SarahMarieBlog thanks

[@embracethemess]

Hi Sarah, I am new to Affiliate marketing and my blog is in Squarespace. Do you have a plug-in for Squarespace?

[@SarahMarieBlog]

I've never used Squarespace before so I have no idea but you may be able to Google it and find out!

[@SarahBurns-zx5zs]

thankyou, very helpful

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Glad you found it to be helpful!

[@jaspartheghost526]

I've seen many videos where affiliate links are not accompanied by disclaimers

[@SarahMarieBlog]

That's definitely not allowed!! Some people do this with sponsored posts as well which isn't allowed either and pretty scummy if you ask me!

[@Ecommerce-Reviews]

Everything is out of date and nothing works like that any more

[@SarahMarieBlog]

This video is two years old, so that's not surprising!

[@TinaTJStankus]

Question. I have Elementor and a Astra theme. My paragraph doesn't show up like yours. How would I put the links in?

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Are you using the classic editor or Gutenberg?

[@TinaTJStankus]

@SarahMarieBlog classic or Elementor. Guttenberg is disable because I have the Astra theme. So Elementor was what I went with Elementor. I tried it with classic and it worked.

[@TinaTJStankus]

Oops, put Elementor in there twice. Sorry.

[@theresaz2023]

Mine is the same. I already had some blog posts. Just got my amazon affiliate status. But my disclaimer isn't showing on the existing blog posts. TYIA!

[@cartercalmtv3319]

I'm having the same problem

[@chrisfor]

Very helpful, thank you.

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Thanks for watching!

[@chrisfor]

@@SarahMarieBlog Published my first post today utilizing some of your advice. Thanks again.

[@SarahMarieBlog]

@@chrisfor That's great to hear!

[@Lotuskitty27]

I don’t see the disclosure on my posts..do you have to manually put it or will it be there after posting a new post?

[@SarahMarieBlog]

If you're using the plugin it should be there automatically. But I don't have the plugin anymore, I use a different method!

[@Lotuskitty27]

@@SarahMarieBlog can you please tell me what your different method is?

[@SarahMarieBlog]

@Lotuskitty27 sure! So if you're using WordPress and Gutenburg, you can set up a reusable block with the text you want, and then name it "affiliate disclaimer" or something so all you'd need to do it type /affiliate and it would pop up. You have to add it manually, but it does speed your site up instead of having the plugin, and you'll know it works!

[@Lotuskitty27]

@@SarahMarieBlog thank you I appreciate it! However I’m still kinda new to the blogging world so I’m kinda confused on your explanation. I am with Wordpress though!

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Okay so here's what you gotta do broken down real simple. Write out whatever you want your disclosure to say. Mine says "This post contains affiliate links. This means I will make a commission at no extra cost to you should you click through and make a purchase. Read the full disclosure here." Feel free to use that exact wording in yours! Make sure you add your disclosure link where it says "Read the full disclosure here." On the side, you should see the option to change the text size. You don't have to, but I brought mine down to 12 so its readable but not noticeable and people don't read it as if it's the beginning of the blog post. Then click on the 3 dots "Option" button while you're clicked on the block (Near where you can Bold, Italics and all that) There's an option to "Create as reusable block" Name it something you can remember like "Affiliate disclosure" and save it. Now, when you go to add it at the top of your blog posts type /affiliate disclosure and it will come up! Make sure you add that for every blog post with affiliate links and you're good to go! Set it up once and reuse it over and over again! Hope that helped, and if not, I might make a video on this topic anyway to show others!

[@nanmarek]

I added the plug in for the disclaimer but when I click get started it just goes into forever loading. any known issue since this video maybe? I seem to have so many technical issues setting things up the right way.

[@worldbetweentravel]

I just added the plugin too and it was stuck on the loading screen forever! I just refreshed my page and somehow that worked, hopefully it works for you too!

[@worldbetweentravel]

Nevermind it did it again :(( Ugh

[@worldbetweentravel]

Wait, just click on "close Wizard" and that worked for me!

[@SarahMarieBlog]

I'm not sure about the plugin anymore because I actually stopped using it! I've got a different way to add the disclaimer in now by using a reusable block in WordPress for every post!

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Glad you figured it out! I stopped using it so I'm unsure what's going on with it now :)

[@TimelessTunesRewind]

I dont think the plugin is an open any longer I could not find it.

[@SarahMarieBlog]

I'm honestly not sure because I don't use a plugin anymore. I created a WordPress reusable block for my disclosure now!

[@TimelessTunesRewind]

@Sarah Marie Blog great idea. I will do that as well. Lol, I just started going in one by one and it was a pain setting the font size, color and style each time.

[@SarahMarieBlog]

@@TimelessTunesRewind Yeah a reuseable block is definitely way easier!!

[@klimaxhealth]

Thank you.

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Thanks for watching!

[@FortyPlusAndFabulous]

HI Sarah - I'm getting clicks/ views - But ZERO sales. Am I linking wrong? I feel like I am missing something :(

[@SarahMarieBlog]

There could be a ton wrong so it's hard to say. Just because someone clicks or views, doesn't mean they'll buy. So there is likely a disconnect somewhere between the product and your audience. Is the price too high, is it not something they actually want? Are the reviews bad? Maybe the link is broken. But it could be any number of things. I get a lot of clicks. Not all of them convert to a sale. Sometimes, that's just the way it is!

[@FortyPlusAndFabulous]

Thank You! @@SarahMarieBlog Any chance you do consultations? Thanks!

[@SarahMarieBlog]

@@FortyPlusAndFabulous I do! I've got a few things that might help. Email me with what you're looking for if you're interested! [e-mail]

[@smilli6415]

what happens when i add an affiliate link on my site , but they delete the product .. ? is there a way to remove automatically on my site when product no longer exists ?

[@SarahMarieBlog]

there are a few plugins you can download to check this. Lasso I believe is one! Its a paid plugin though. I use a plugin called Pretty Links. I think it has a way to check links? or you could use a broken link checker as well!

[@smilli6415]

@@SarahMarieBlog thank you.. is it possible to import all products from a brand to my affiliate store or do i need to add one by one in my squarespace store ?

[@SarahMarieBlog]

​@@smilli6415 I'm not sure. I don't use an affiliate store or squarespace!

[@ncnc111]

Can i use bio site instead?

[@SarahMarieBlog]

I've never heard of that

[@darkonone5158]

I see a lot of blogs putting disclosure only in footer

[@SarahMarieBlog]

They shouldn't be!

[@darkonone5158]

@@SarahMarieBlog I don't think amazon cares...

[@SarahMarieBlog]

@@darkonone5158 No Amazon probably doesn't care, but it's still the way you're supposed to do it anyway!

[@DiabeticGameGuy]

Great tips!

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Thank you! I'm not sure if you can see this from your end, but for me you've got a purple badge by your name that says "Top commentor"! So thanks for the support, that's such a cool things to see :)

[@DiabeticGameGuy]

@@SarahMarieBlog I can confirm that I do *NOT* see the purple badge. Glad to know though. :)

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Good to know! I wasn't sure. That's too bad you can't see it! Would be cool to have visible for everyone

[@AllThingsFishingandOutdoorsRev]

what about rel=sponsored?

[@SarahMarieBlog]

I'm pretty sure that would be for sponsored posts only, but I'm honestly not sure. Judging by the name I'd guess its for sponsored posts though!

[@AllThingsFishingandOutdoorsRev]

@@SarahMarieBlog Google says if you put a link like affiliate they need to have the follow or no follow so bots can track them as not spam. So without this it can hurt your google ranking. Now this would be for your own website and not social media because you have no way of changing their coding.

[@SarahMarieBlog]

@@AllThingsFishingandOutdoorsRev Yes this is true. but I'm not sure that includes rel=sponsored. I just use rel=nofollow for affiliate links

[@AllThingsFishingandOutdoorsRev]

@@SarahMarieBlog According to both amazon and google either one will work. They consider them both to be for hire or paid situations.

[@rainaroseling]

You are supposed to have a affiliate disclaimer for every affiliate program you join, it is because of a law.

[@SarahMarieBlog]

As in individual ones? I've never heard of that or seen others have that

[@cosmeticsandpurseswithevelyn]

This is way too much.."NO Follow" etc huhh

[@SarahMarieBlog]

It is a lot to take in!

[@Digitalcataloghub]

affiliate links should also be marked as sponsored on top of no follow

[@SarahMarieBlog]

I'll have to look into that because I've always just marked mine as no follow!

[@Digitalcataloghub]

@@SarahMarieBlog I see, I saw some other videos claiming they should be both but don’t know the purpose of doing it

[@SarahMarieBlog]

@@Digitalcataloghub I thought sponsored links were for if you were 100% getting paid to put it there, like if a brand sponsored you! Whereas affiliate links are not guaranteed commission- only if someone buys something

[@Digitalcataloghub]

@@SarahMarieBlog I see, the videos I’ve watched just said they should be both but didn’t say why, but what are the benefits of doing this? What positive impact would it have to your blog?

[@SarahMarieBlog]

@@Digitalcataloghub There isn't a "benefit" to marking them as no follow exactly, it's just what you have to do. If you are getting paid, or potentially getting paid, for a link being posted on your blog you need to let Google know about it! The benefit for having the link would be getting paid for it, but Google needs to know when it is a paid link or when it is organic (Meaning I'm linking to another blog to give readers more information for example) and as far as I know, a sponsored link is used when you have gotten paid by a brand to put it there and money is already exchanged, as opposed to a no follow affiliate link where a commission is possible after a purchase. That's my understanding at least!

[@LizzyAnn904]

Hi, So I’m just starting out and trying to figure all the rules out. Your video is confusing. First you show the italicized disclaimer as the first paragraph in the blog article, then later you say that it shouldn’t be there due to Google results then you show a shot of the blog without the disclaimer. I looked at it 3 times. It appears to be the same article. Can you clarify this? Maybe I’m missing something.

[@SarahMarieBlog]

I can explain! So back when I did this video, I used a plugin that would automatically add the affiliate disclaimer to each blog post. I wouldn't type it out manually each time because if you didn't change the meta description (Which is what Google uses to describe your blog post in search) then the first thing you typed (The affiliate disclaimer) would show up in Google. But I do it differently now because I realized the plugin was slowing down my site. Now, I created a "pattern block" to manually add in my affiliate disclaimer. It can be hard to explain though. If you want, shoot me an email. I can take screenshots and show you what I did :) [e-mail]. otherwise, try to look up how to do a pattern or reusable block in WordPress (They changed the name of it) and check out one of my blog posts to see what mine looks like now!

[@LizzyAnn904]

@@SarahMarieBlog I will check it out. Thanks. I am actually using Hostinger web builder right now. but I'm finding a lack of functionality with it, but I'm still learning. I have worked with Wordpress before and with all the plugins, same problem with sluggish loading, so I thought I'd try something different. It's going to take some time to get everything situated. Thanks for responding. I really appreciate it. I'll check out your blog too.

[@SarahMarieBlog]

@LizzyAnn904 there are ways to make your wordpress site faster. It takes some getting used to though! Good luck!

[@lisonommy5953]

Thanks dear for the info, it will help a lot

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jmcfamilyfarm]

Great video. Thank you so much.

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Glad it was helpful!

[@bookbearerplus]

Many thanks!

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Thanks for watching!

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Great information!

[@SarahMarieBlog]

Thanks for watching!