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I don't think you can make that assessment just by looking for affiliate links or notices. What if you found a 2k to 5k word article on something you really wa
by nickjj 7y ago
I don't think you can make that assessment just by looking for affiliate links or notices.
What if you found a 2k to 5k word article on something you really wanted to know about and maybe buy.
Also what if that person spent 5,000 hours over 5 years building up their site and only 5% of the posts on their site has an affiliate link for something.
Would you discard that post as trash / scammy because they happened to drop an affiliate link into it because they personally used that product for years before writing about it?
IMO you can't really gauge any of that just by looking for an affiliate notice or not.
- corobo 7y agoPlease do note the difference between me answering "Why does it matter?" and a review of your article. I have made no comment on this specific article. I don't make the assessment by looking for affiliate links. I make the assessment on undisclosed affiliate links, which I believe the article was at the time. It's one of many things that could indicate an article written around affiliate links and nothing is perfect. You've since added disclosure so it's a moot point now :)
- nickjj 7y agoAh true. Yes there was no disclosure before.