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Affiliate Links Added and Site Dropped in only Google

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dkash last edited by

My site was dropshipping a product and we switched to an affiliate offer. We had three 4 links to different affiliate products.

Our site dropped the next day. I have been number 1 for 6 months, has a pr 6 and is 2 years old.

It has been 2 weeks and the site hasn't jumped back.

Any suggestions on how to handle this?
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tylerfraser last edited by

I doubt your site dropped because of those links in one day.
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EGOL last edited by

If this was my site I would drop affiliate links. Then be sure I am in compliance with all webmaster guidelines, then slap up adsense and submit a reconsideration request.

If traffic comes back find a wholesale source of the product, add shopping cart buttons and ship orders myself.

(I would start workin' on a new site in a different niche right away because this one could be down for a long time.)
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