Affiliate marketing - how to tag links ‘sponsored’ or ‘no follow’ and disclosure statements

Site URL: https://www.icecreamandjelly.co.uk

Hello

I have a blog which I would like to add some affiliate links in. I have read some of the other posts about this, but I still have some questions:

A. I understand I can add the text/code below to create a ‘no follow’ link:

<a href="http://affiliatelinkhere.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">your link in text</a>

1. Where exactly do I insert this text please?
2. I assume I have to insert this text for every affiliate link I add?
3. Do I need to do anything differently if I use Amazon affiliate links?
4. What’s the difference between adding a ‘no follow’ tag or a ‘sponsored’ tag and which would be best for me to use?
5. Can I add this text/code to my blog on the personal subscription plan or do I need to upgrade to the business one? 

B. I understand I also need to add a disclosure statement to each blog post that I have affiliate links on.  I guess I can add this text manually to each page, but if I want to add it automatically to each page, I believe I can add the text/code below?

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"></script>

<script>

$(document).ready(function () { 

  $("<p class='disclaimer'> add your own text here.</p>").insertBefore(".blog-item-content");

});

</script>

1. Where exactly do I add this please?
2. Can I add this on the personal subscription plan?

Thanks in advance for the help

Tammy 

Hi,

#1. To add rel="nofollow", if you use a Business Plan or higher, let me know, we will give the code & where to add the code

#2. To add disclosure text, we can use Custom CSS. All Plans support CSS. Which position you want to add text? We can give code easier.

Thanks for your response.

1. So to be clear -I can only use ‘no follow’ affiliate links if I upgrade to the business plan?  Or are you saying if I want to do this using code I have to upgrade to the business plan, which would mean there is a manual way I can do this on the personal plan…?

2. For the disclosure text, I’d like it added to the top of each of my blog posts please. 

On 3/8/2022 at 5:01 PM, Tammyb2000 said:

Thanks for your response.

 

1. So to be clear -I can only use ‘no follow’ affiliate links if I upgrade to the business plan?  Or are you saying if I want to do this using code I have to upgrade to the business plan, which would mean there is a manual way I can do this on the personal plan…?

2. For the disclosure text, I’d like it added to the top of each of my blog posts please. 

#1. With automatic way, you need to use a jQuery code (require a Business Plan or higher).

With Personal Plan, you need to use manually, eg you can add a Markdown Block & use this syntax

Here is text with <a href="https://amazon.com/p/product-01" rel="nofollow">Affiliate link to Amazon</a>. End.

#2. I don't see blog on your site. Can you share link to a post?

https://www.icecreamandjelly.co.uk/

On 3/12/2022 at 10:53 PM, tuanphan said:

#1. With automatic way, you need to use a jQuery code (require a Business Plan or higher).

Hi, would this code be correct to automatically correct certain affiliate links (with certain domain URL), and convert them all automatically to add the sponsored tag to each one?

    <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.min.js"></script>
    <script>
        $(document).ready(function() {
              $('a[href*="https://www.affiliate.com"]').attr('rel', 'sponsored');
        });
    </script>

I have a business plan. Would I inject this code into blog code injection header area? It will convert all links with a new attribute?

On 4/15/2023 at 5:51 AM, sure11 said:

Hi, would this code be correct to automatically correct certain affiliate links (with certain domain URL), and convert them all automatically to add the sponsored tag to each one?

    <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.min.js"></script>
    <script>
        $(document).ready(function() {
              $('a[href*="https://www.affiliate.com"]').attr('rel', 'sponsored');
        });
    </script>

I have a business plan. Would I inject this code into blog code injection header area? It will convert all links with a new attribute?

This code will add rel="sponsored" attribute to https://www.affiliate.com link

If you add to Blog Page Code Injection, it will affect blog page 

If you add to Site wide Code Injection, it will affect all pages

Hey @Tammyb2000 and anyone who might land here looking for an answer.

I was wondering this very same thing a few days ago and wrote a tiny script that allows you to put "&rel=sponsored" or "&rel=nofollow" at the end of any link URL in the Squarespace link editor (or anywhere) and the plugin script will update the anchor tag with the rel attribute. I figured it would help others, so I have published the code and how to use it (with a handy URL generator) for free.

As noted above, it's worth mentioning, that to utilize this plugin (or any other JavaScript solution), you'd need to be on a Squarespace plan that supports JavaScript. Then import the script and once set up, the plugin makes the process almost effortless.

For anyone interested, here's the link to the free plugin for easy access: Excito's Squarespace Affiliate Link Plugin (https://www.excitollc.com/squarespace-plugins/squarespace-affiliate-link-plugin).

Hope this helps!