Comments on: Hot or Not? Affiliate Links in Twitter

By: jennine

jennine — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:47:26 +0000

oh my goodness… that’s so crazy, but i’m sure it makes sense that they would do something like that.
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By: Retro Chick

Retro Chick — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:23:11 +0000

Gosh, going back to an old post from May!

It seems that eBay affiliates at least have made this decision for us. There was an update to their terms and conditions released yesterday that means that you can only use affiliate links on websites you own.

So their terms and conditions now prohibit the use of links on Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Craigslist and anywhere else you might post them.

Ho hum,
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By: Gabrielle

Gabrielle — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:13:29 +0000

This is how i see twitter: Great way to converse, build a readership, make contacts, and drive traffic. If someone posts the occasional affiliate link then that's fine with me because if I follow you, I know that as your audience, you will be sending me links that suit my tastes. That being said, it's still important to give good consistent content. I think if you put out an affiliate link you should also post at least 10 decent or entertaining tweets. That's a fair ratio. A better way would be a link to one of your blog posts, which would contain the affiliate link there. Like Erica said, tweeting an affiliate link would just make me the middle man and wouldn't drive any traffic to my blog. I hate when people post random affiliate links just for the sake of making a quick buck. I'll definitely unfollow someone for that reason alone. Gabrielle’s last blog post..Fascism Still Prevalent In Italian Education System

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:29:51 +0000

I think it probably really depends on what you view Twitter as - to me, Twitter is about conversations and having sort of a community feel with like-minded bloggers, if that makes sense? So when all someone posts is links, whether affiliate links or links to their blog, I'll unfollow them, even if I might still read their blog on a consistent basis. If they only occasionally post links, I'm much less likely to care whether it's an affiliate link or not. Michelle’s last blog post..Links a la Mode May 21

By: Eileen at daisyfairbanks

Eileen at daisyfairbanks — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:45:42 +0000

It’s all about context.
It’s much easier to trust any recommendation when it comes from someone with whom we are familiar. We all make recommendations to our friends – restaurants, shops, mechanics, etc and we don’t get anything out of it but I don’t think that people who knew and trusted us would feel badly about it if we did.
For me, the same goes for using links online. If it’s a link posted by someone I’ve read before and have come to an understanding of what they represent, I don’t mind it at all. If it gives you a cookie, then good for you. I don’t click on links posted by twitterers I haven’t become familiar with, and if that’s all they’re posting I un-follow them anyway because it’s just not interesting.