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Title is very inaccurate clickbait. Killing affiliate marketing would be a very bad idea for Google.


I run a bunch of websites. Basically, I do some surveys and provide information for consumers. I monetize it through affiliate links. Adsense won't make it profitable enough and people is not willing to pay for that info.

If they drop me in the search results because I use affiliate marketing they are basically cutting 50% of my income. That's a pretty hard hit, specially when I'm not a computer scientist and I can't just look for another job that easy in my country.




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