I see a running theme in posts here that bloggers who link to their own links are some sort of second cousin to Satan himself. Could you give me some input as to why this is the case?

As a blogger who puts a solid amount of time into a post, I think that it is fine that if the product is presented well and you want to sign up you use my link and I get compensated for it.

Is that fair or unfair?

Credit Card links are some of the most lucrative, and Credit Cards are used for many of our games for travel and whatnot (I'm leaning more to the Whatnot right now personally) so since they do partake in affiliate marketing programs I would imagine it would be OK to post links to them.

Personally, when I apply for a new card I go to Frequent Miler, or another blogger who has recently posted clever content. I seek out their links because I think it is a good reward for them.

However, if I wasn't award of the affiliate marketing game, I wouldn't know to pay back FM I would have to seek his unrelated links, since he has a policy of not being so obvious with them (personally I feel that this policy is motivated in order to avoid the negativity that comes with affiliate links).

So, for the average Joanne, why is a post that has a link, or links to a card offer or other a bad thing?

I'm about to gain the credit card links on my site, and want to see how I can balance out revenue from them with the general feeling from the community.

Thanks,

Matt