Comments on: Affiliate Marketing Case Study – ALE https://www.avantlink.com/affiliate-marketing-case-study-ale/ Get up-to-date news, best practices, and insights for the affiliate marketing industry. Thu, 21 Apr 2022 17:32:40 +0000 hourly 1 By: Gary M https://www.avantlink.com/affiliate-marketing-case-study-ale/#comment-83973 Mon, 23 May 2011 15:48:12 +0000 http://www.avantshare.com/blog/?p=2268#comment-83973 Hello mountainperson, thanks for the comment. Right now the ALE configuration does not included an option for a nofollow link attribute.

I do see your point although in terms of monetizing existing archives, the links to stores would already be there.

And yes the “’stealth’ monitization of online communities” is absolutely a good point, and something for folks to consider 🙂

GM

]]> By: mountainperson https://www.avantlink.com/affiliate-marketing-case-study-ale/#comment-83968 Sun, 22 May 2011 12:50:40 +0000 http://www.avantshare.com/blog/?p=2268#comment-83968 So, it is easy to see the SEO value of this for the etailer the publisher links to using the ALE. But if the etailer doesn’t appreciate it, any way to add a rel=nofollow to the links? That would give the publisher some power that they probably deserve, since after all, it’s their own website, their own content, and their own links.

Also, when TGR was founded I remember some issues with how “commercial” they would make it despite its success as a high traffic forum. They didn’t even have any display advertising for a long time. It goes unsaid but I’ll say it, using ALE is a great way to do “stealth” monitization of online communities that are sensitive to commercialization. This latter point might actually be the most powerful aspect of ALE.

]]> By: Jeremy Curtis https://www.avantlink.com/affiliate-marketing-case-study-ale/#comment-83910 Wed, 18 May 2011 20:06:29 +0000 http://www.avantshare.com/blog/?p=2268#comment-83910 Good stuff!

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