SEO Safe way to use affiliate links?

Question

I don't want to dilute the SEO of related sites by having variables in them, since the referral links are part of a network which is SEO savvy.

Is there a way to add the code via javascript on click or hover?

Or is this a pointless concern? To the best of my knowledge google does not like variables in URLs and considers them as separate (duplicate) pages.

This question appears to be off-topic because it is about SEO which is off-topic at Stack Overflow. — John Conde, Jun 27 '13 at 01:38

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 27 '13 at 01:43

Changing a link on hover is completely possible. A simple way to do it would be as follows (assuming you're using jQuery):

<a href="http://www.example.com/index.php" data-query="?foo=bar">link</a>

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function () {
        $('a').hover(function () {
            if ($(this).attr('data-query'))
                $(this).attr('href',$(this).attr('href') + $(this).attr('data-query'));
            $(this).attr('data-query','');
        });
    });
</script>

Thank you very much. I'll work with that. – Orangeman555 Jun 27 '13 at 02:24 — Orangeman555, Jun 27 '13 at 02:24

SEO Safe way to use affiliate links?

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