Will my legit website be negatively affected if I run a text link to an online gaming website?
I have a small business and website for it that is ad free. I do sales and repairs on classic arcade and pinball machines. Will it affect my site in a negative way (with search engine placement etc) if I run a text link to an online gaming website? These sites want to pay me for a text link, but I don’t want my site to come across as malicious in any way.
2 Responses
Gill Bate
08 Jul 2010
Raysoor
08 Jul 2010
Do you think your visitors would like to see an advert for an online gaming company? If you want an ethical site then just answer this question honestly.
Also look at the ad revenue you might receive from Adsense as compared to this direct ad. If you are going to advertise you might as well get the most money. You might be surprised how good Adsense really is. Also you need to find out if the link will be nofollow. If you think the SEs will not like the link then make sure it is nofollow.
Also check your stats. closely after you run the ad. Use Statcounter (free)
Nothing negative with search engine if you do not have too much of them. They just need back links that make them show the better result in search engine. So, grab your money.