When You Say "Affiliate" Top Social Networking Platforms Think…

When I post something on a social networking website (Google+, LinkedIn, Facebook, or Twitter) if I refer to a specific business or person, I always try to “tag” their name. …wherever possible, I should add. Sometimes it is easy, sometimes not. Having seen some surprising results in the past few months, today I decided to type in “affiliate” into each of the top social networking platforms that I use, and take screenshots of what I see. Here is what I have found out:

Google+ thinks

…that I imply Google Affiliate Network which got “retired” back on July 31, 2013.

LinkedIn+ suggests

…three companies, only one of which (Affiliate Window) is, actually, “affiliate” in the sense that I imply.

Facebook, on the other hand

…is smart(er) and, first of all, suggests the people that you are connected with, pages that you like, and groups that you have joined. So I had to ask a non-affiliate marketing friend of mine to take a screenshot of the matches that others would see, and here is what she sent me:

Twitter suggests

…a list of affiliate-related accounts to follow, and the top 10 of them look as follows (with Google Affiliate Network again listed among the top matches):

Some of the above make it hard(er) to find and tag specific companies and organizations at times. Others (like the Twitter example) are right on the money with their suggestions.