Question : Follow or NoFollow affiliate links?

Hello Experts,


I have a website which most of out links are pointing to affiliate websites. Most of the links appear on multi pages. I use PHP redirect to mask these links (EX: www.mydomain.com/links/affiliate1.php )and then setup redirect on affilite1.php to the affiliate website.

What do you think is the best practice in SEO eyes?
- Should I setup "nofollow" on all affiliate links?
- Should I use robots.txt to noindex these links?
- Should I just leave the way it's right now .. followed & indexed ?



Looking forward for your inputs.
Thanks

Answer : Follow or NoFollow affiliate links?

It depends on the affiliate page.  If it has a good reputation and is related to your site, don't nofollow.

If it has a shady reputation or you are unsure, use nofollow.

Linking to sites "in bad neighborhoods" can hurt your site's rank.