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karlm · #1 10-10-2008, 06:13 PM

I'm not 100% certain if this is the right location to ask, so mods - my apologies if it is the wrong area, but having read the 'announcement' it still seems relevant.

I have a question I'd like to address regarding clickbank, links in the footer and SE's attitudes towards permanent links.

I've signed up with clickbank - which, depending on how my test goes (removal of ztmc links) goes, will become a permanent feature on my footer.

I've only added a couple for the moment, so I don't expect any huge crowd just yet. However, I'm informed that having rotating ads from ztmc has a drastic affect on SEO performance...

Once I've collected a good number of relevant products from clickbank, I intend to place them as rotating ads in my footer, much like ztmc was - but because they will be hand picked by me - they will clearly be specific and 100% relevent to the focus of my website.

So, my questions are:

Is it ok to have rotating (using internal rotation script) ads within my footer?
How will SEO be affected (if at all?) as these are internally held links and unlike ztmc, will be 100% related content / links?
Should I remove them from the footer and place them elsewhere (e.g. links directory - which may affect url / interfere with affiliation)?
Does anyone have any further advise I should consider?

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