Introduction

You can add the "nofollow" tag to your links. This tag tells search engine crawlers not to follow a specific link or that the link is included because of a commercial relationship between the pages. This is essentially all affiliate links. This behavior can be positive for search engine optimization (SEO), as excessive linking not tagged with “nofollow” could negatively impact SEO rankings. 

Functionality

When your site links to another website, a connection is created between your pages. When search engines crawl your site, they follow all the links. Generally, linking to another site is not seen as a problem, as search engines assume you are sharing something you like or linking to relevant content. The problem may surface when it looks like you only add links to your site just to make money.

Adding the rel="nofollow" tag to your affiliate links is an easy way to avoid potentially having your SEO efforts penalized. You can automatically or manually add the "nofollow" tag to your links.

Automatically Add "nofollow"

You can automatically add the “nofollow” tag to all text, banner, and product links created in the dashboard. To turn this feature on:

1. Go to Account in the navigational header and click Account Details.
2. Then click the Channels tab.
3. Click on the channel name. This will take you to the channel’s settings page.
4. Scroll down to the Preferences section.
5. Click the slider to the right to automatically add the “nofollow” tag to all text, banner, and product links generated in the dashboard.

Manually Add “nofollow”

If you want to update an existing or single affiliate link, you can manually add the “nofollow” tag to a hyperlink’s code by placing rel="nofollow" into the code after the click URL.

Link Example

 <a href=https://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=lMh2Xiq9xN0&offerid=402236.10000299&type=3&subid=0 rel="nofollow"> test</a><img border="0" width="1" alt="" height="1" src="https://ad.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/show?id=lMh2Xiq9xN0&bids=402236.10000299&type=3&subid=0">