I forgot to add the nofollow on the a href link

Selected answers from the Dumb SEO Questions Facebook & G+ community.

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  Michael Martinez: Not very likely but somewhat remotely conceivable.
  
  Google has identified a lot of affiliate domains. If they recognize whatever site you`re linking to - or if their algorithms determine in some other way that your links are for affiliate marketing - you should be okay.
  
  Even so, you`re allowed to link to any generally safe, useful site. At worst the links would probably only be ignored.
  
  One possible outcome is that the links might pass PageRank to the merchant site, deducting a small amount of PageRank from your internal flow. Not really a bad thing as using "rel=`nofollow`" on affiliate links probably results in that deduction in anyway.
  
  To the best of my knowledge, Google has never said it removes affiliate links from its PageRank flow calculations. That might be an interesting question to ask them.
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  Andy Trigg: Thanks Michael. In a way I was hoping there was a penalty in the sense that it would at least explain a big drop in visitors and give hope of a restoration 😁 I’m not sure what google would make of 2 identical links on most pages, one to follow and one nofollow
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  Michael Martinez: Here is a bit of anecdotal evidence.
  
  In the past when I have seen a FEW (out of many) affiliate marketers complain about inexplicable lost Google traffic, upon reviewing their sites (most don`t share their sites) I concluded that they may have had too many calls to action.
  
  One guy had a link between every paragraph in his otherwise useful articles.
  
  Googlers have advised people (on a general basis) to keep the affiliate promotions to a minimum.
  
  So, two links? I dunno.
  
  But I always review Google`s quality guidelines (NOT the quality raters guide) when I am in doubt.
  
  https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/35769?hl=en
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  Andy Trigg: Cheers. It’s a shame I can’t just concentrate on writing the good articles and that’s all 🙂 I’ve no idea what Google is on about. Earlier today I thought I ought to no follow and no index a page dedicated solely to promoting an affiliate’s subscription service as I have a link to it on over 350 pages. But just before I did it I tried a search for “should I subscribe to (name of affiliate)” and I was number 3 on the first page. So I thought what the??
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  Michael Martinez: Andy Trigg Google`s official policy on affiliate content is that they don`t mind it as long as the site is adding value in some way.
  
  While that has opened the door to review article spam, they`re encouraging people to:
  
  1) Express their opinions
  
  2) Share their experiences with products/services
  
  3) Provide examples of how to use products/services
  
  4) Anticipate and answer user questions
  
  There`s a lot of room for creating value - more than just the four types of talking points I list above.
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  Andy Trigg: Thanks. That makes sense. The affiliate I promote is 100% on topic with my site and 100% genuine recommendation