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Sorry for the delay, Ryan. I didn't see this.

I don't use a service - otherwise I would let you know for sure. I actually have a VA who does it for me.

Thanks for the info. I've just switched to iDevAffiliate. Too bad I still need the pro version of 1SC for the upsell and digital download modules.

I was also worried I was going to have to buy iDdevAffiliate for $200 for each website that I want to point SEO Links to, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Thanks again.

Thanks very much, I think will take advice from both of you. From now on I will make the transcript and article have slightly different content, still all about 1 topic.

So do you think I'm wasting my time - or worse, potentially incurring penalties - by having my existing content transcribed when the video is more closely matched to the article? It's so inexpensive for me to outsource this and it's a great task for my VA to fall back on when she's done the main tasks every day. Plus, I can upload the transcript into youtube now, too.

(I'm also interested in anyone else's advice that may be different, although these guys have obviously done a great job of answering.)

I'm setting up an affiliate program through 1shoppingcart. Even though I run 3 different websites, the way their program works is that I have to have 1 domain name that my affiliates get as their affiliate link, with their unique id attached at the end.

I can give them multiple links that will redirect to various places on my 3 websites, but those original links that they put on their site will all be to just 1 domain.

I'm wondering if I still get link juice to my sites even though the links are obviously being redirected? Does it depend on the redirection method?

I was just thinking that getting hundreds of affiliates who run related sites could be a very good seo boost if they're all linking to my site, but I feel like it's going to be wasted because of this redirection thing.

Hope this made sense.

Thanks very much,
Phil

Hi everyone, I've spent a long time trying to figure this one out, so I'm looking forward to your insights.

I've recently started having our videos transcribed and keyworded. The videos are hosted on youtube and already embedded on our website. Each embedded video is accompanied by an existing keyword-rich article that covers pretty much the same content of the video, but in a little more detail.

I'm now going back and having these videos transcribed. The reason I started doing this was to essentially lengthen the article and get more keywords on the page.

Question A. My concern is that the transcription covers the same content as the article, so doesn't add that much for the reader.

That's why when I post the transcription (below the embedded video), I use a little javascript link for people to click if they want to read it. Then it becomes visible. Otherwise it's not visible.

Note that I am NOT trying to hide it from google by doing this - and it will still show up for people who don't have javascript on - so I'm not trying to cheat google at all and I think I'm doing it based on how they want it done. You can see an example here: http://www.healthyeatingstartshere.com/nutrition/healthy-diet-plan-mistakes

So my first question is: do you think the javascript method is a good way of doing it?

Question B. Does anyone have any insight on whether it would be better to put the transcription:
1. On the same page as the embedded video/article (which I am doing now), or
2. On a different page, linked to from the above page, or
3. On various other websites (wordpress, blogspot, web2.0 sites) that link back to the video/article on our site.

I know it's usually best practice to put it on the same page as the video, but I'm wondering from an <acronym title="Search Engine Optimization">SEO</acronym> point of view if I'm wasting a 500 word transcription by posting it on the same page as a 500 article that covers the same topic and uses the same keywords, and I wonder if it would be better to use the transcription elsewhere. Do you have any thoughts on which of the above methods would be best?

Thanks so much for reading and any advice you may have.