Yahoo

[Dinger]

I recently downloaded an article from a repitable affiliate company and it was a case study on someone else's success with affiliate marketing and it stated in there that if you want yahoo to list your site that you should have them review your site - the only thing is, it stated that if you want it to be included in the directory then you should have NO affiliate links on it because it might give them a reason to decline its entry of your site into their directory - at least not until after it has been viewed. I personally have not heard of this before but since I am SO new at this I thought that I would see if any body else has had experience with this.

[Rosalind Gardner]

Hi Dinger,

That is in fact a very good suggestion.

Both Yahoo and Google look at an affiliate site from the perspective of its worth WITHOUT affiliate links.

Therefore, if the site has scant content or value without the links out to merchants, chances are that it won't be accepted for inclusion in Yahoo or accepted as a Google advertiser.

So, it's a good rule to follow... build the site up with good content before adding a lot of affiliate links -- or submitting to directories.

Hope that helps.

Cheers,
Ros

[jhulott]

Hi Dinger,

Add value to your website in addition to the affiliate links. Also have links to other non affiliate resources. This shows that not all of your outbound links are affiliate ones.

Some content ideas

Guides
Tutorials
News Stories
Lists
Directories
FAQs
Q and A
Interactive Elements
* Forums
* Commenting
* Blogging
Industry Interviews

Content doesn't just have to be the written word anymore.

Audio Content
Video Content
Image Content

Good Luck!

Jason

[webwiz]