Affiliate marketing rules the online business market. One reason for that is its ease of operation and potential reach. It’s not unusual to see brands use blogs and websites as funnel points for their affiliate marketing programs. From an aggregate standpoint, affiliate marketing exploits blogging on many lucrative levels.
However, the development isn’t always great news – for users, at least. Blog articles now have outrageous amounts of backlinks and SEO keywords. For the average internet reader, it makes for robotic, inorganic content. Sadly, those kinds of content have the reputation of getting people to click on more links.
As a blogger, your chances of making money are limited, and affiliate marketing unlocks more earning potential for you, even if it means you have to chuck your content complete with SEO keywords and links.