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Site reputation abuse / affiliate SEO

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Publishers can rank for adjacent commercial/affiliate topics using brand authority, but third-party managed pages can trigger Google's site reputation abuse policy.

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Valentine's Day is a major example of huge news publishers using their SEO authority for affiliate products. CNN, The New York Times, USA Today, even Business Insider all have pages targeting Valentine's Day gifts. Here's the CNN page. These are all affiliate links. People don't realize this, but these publishers depend a ton on affiliate revenue like thi...

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Valentine's Day is a major example of huge news publishers using their SEO authority for affi...

@@build_in_public · 2026-02-14

Valentine's Day is a major example of huge news publishers using their SEO authority for affiliate products. CNN, The New York Times, USA Today, even Business Insider all have pages targeting Valentine's Day gifts. Here's the CNN page. These are all affiliate links. People don't realize this, but these publishers depend a ton on affiliate revenue like thi...

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Valentine's Day is a major example of huge news publishers using their SEO authority for affiliate products. CNN, The New York Times, USA Today, even Business Insider all have pages targeting Valentine's Day gifts. Here's the CNN page. These are all affiliate links. People don't realize this, but these publishers depend a ton on affiliate revenue like this. This study shows how news publishers have had SEO traffic cut in half over the last two years. More people are going to social media for their news. The smar...