Recognizing Thin Affiliates

To help determine if a page is a thin affiliate, you can do the following:

• Look for original content on the page. The quality of an affiliate page or site depends on how much added value, usefulness, or original/additional information is available on the page that is not easily available elsewhere on the web. If the page has the same "cookie-cutter" text or functionality found on dozens or hundreds of other sites, it is more likely to be spam.

• Look at the domain registrants. If clicking a button takes you to another page, check to see "whois" the registrant (or owner) of the two domains. If the registrant is the same, the page is typically not a thin affiliate. Please follow the instructions for checking "whois" in Section 12.3.8.
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