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Old 06-09-2013, 03:17 PM  
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dropping in to ask rookie question. why would an affiliate want to set pages to nofollow on search engines? if you put up a blog or FHG with your link code, wouldnt getting the content onto google rankings be a good thing?

thanks in advance. i just want to better understand the needs of affiliates...
nofollow prevents SEO juice from leaking to affiliate program URL

while you want to rank your own website, you don't give a shit about sponsor websites

so you use nofollow on sponsor links

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