Help with Affiliate Links for Images!

Hello,

I am very frustrated with trying to add my affiliate links to my site and blog post. I see that squarespace does not offer a ton of options and help on this. My issue is adding affiliate links the proper way like google wants them with the nofollow or sponsored in the links. So for example, I know how to add the code to a code block or mark down block so that my text has the affiliate link the proper way. I have been using this: <a href="http://affiliatelinkhere.com/" rel="sponsored" target="_blank">your link in text</a>

But what if I want to use that proper code linked to an image? So when the reader clicks on an affiliate image that I have uploaded to my site, how do I link that image so that it is properly formatted for googles criteria? I want them to be able to click on the product image and go to the affiliate site, but ensuring that it has the nofollow or sponsored in it.

thanks!!

Heather

Just add to image then share link to a page where you added, we can give the code to add rel="sponsored" & target="_blank" for all affiliate image links

Hey @mindandmantra!

@tuanphan posted an answer on another discussion for making all external links nofollow. You can use that code to do sponsored.

If you are looking to mark affiliate links as sponsored on an individual link basis, I have made a plugin to make that a lot easier and it would work with images too. I discussed it here.

It's worth mentioning, that to utilize the plugin I made (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.

If you're 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 that helps!

On 10/26/2023 at 4:09 AM, Inspirerd said:

Hey @mindandmantra!

@tuanphan posted an answer on another discussion for making all external links nofollow. You can use that code to do sponsored.

If you are looking to mark affiliate links as sponsored on an individual link basis, I have made a plugin to make that a lot easier and it would work with images too. I discussed it here.

It's worth mentioning, that to utilize the plugin I made (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.

If you're 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 that helps!

The code is great!