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What does an affiliate do when they lose all their traffic? Sadly, this has been a problem for many affiliates lately. The coupon space, in particular, saw several players receive devastating blows to their traffic following Google's Site Reputation Abuse update, wiping out their visibility in the SERPs. How do you recover from such an event? Brook Schaaf Schaaf, CEO of FMTC shares his thoughts on what affected affiliates could do next. #CJU24

Carl Hendy

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The publishers impacted by Google’s changes were often those who took shortcuts. Many relied heavily on hosting third-party content with minimal value-added, using only a basic disclaimer about checking codes, while leveraging their trust and authority in Google to capture traffic without genuine contributions. However, I know from experience that many discount and coupon code publishers were eager to adopt a more integrated approach that would provide real, additional value to their audiences. Unfortunately, internal hurdles, greed, and "we’ll revisit that later" attitudes often got in the way. I still believe there’s a significant opportunity for publishers to capitalise on coupon code data, but this requires a strategic rethink and a more integrated approach with publishers to truly engage and offer something new to readers.

When I lost all my traffic I got it all back. Blood, sweat and tears. And late nights of deep anxiety and existential crisis.

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