Affiliates

This is a quick how-to requested by two SEO Club members.

The problem? Affiliate links are normally ugly and easy to spot: http://productsite.com/affiliates/affiliatelink?youraffiliatenumber=324. This means that:

• Some websurfers are reluctant to click on affiliate links. They may be naturally suspect of someone linking to a product for money or they may just resent generating money for the writer they’re reading.
• If the affiliate link is obvious, its easy to hijack. If you remind me they have an affiliate program, I could easily go to productsite.com, sign up as an affiliate and take the commission when I purchase there.
• There is actually spyware out there that can automatically hijack links for some of the most popular affiliate programs.

The solution? Disguise affiliate links so that they look much more innocuous. Here are three ways to do that:

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We use quite a few Joomla affiliate programs and have had some great experiences. Through becoming affiliates for other people and through our own affiliate program, I’ve had the opportunity to talk with some great people in the Joomla world.

We tried all sorts of Joomla affiliate programs and have came to realise that some were much better than others. Some paid a higher percentage, some had a much lower threshold for payouts and some worked really hard to optimize their landing pages making conversions a much easier task.

Based on our experience, we decided to create a single list that allows for easy comparisons: http://www.alledia.com/joomla-affiliates/

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