How to Hide affiliate links on your Site?

13 years ago

use a php redirect. Sounds complicated but its pretty simple.

search for affiliate link cloaking using php or something.

in essence instead of the aff link on your site, you have a link to a php file containing the aff link.

so if your afflink on your site looks like "w w w.hop.youraffid" for example

you put that "w w w.hop.youraffid" in the php redirect file and store it on your webserver.
Then the link you want people to click would look like "yoursite/folder/affiliate.php" obviously you can call the file anything you want so it doesn't scare people away.

once you get the hang of it, its real simple and there are example php files that you can just copy.

hmm i just re read that and it sounds complicated!!

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Wechito

13 years ago

Originally Posted by ricardox

use a php redirect. Sounds complicated but its pretty simple.

search for affiliate link cloaking using php or something.

in essence instead of the aff link on your site, you have a link to a php file containing the aff link.

so if your afflink on your site looks like "w w w.hop.youraffid" for example

you put that "w w w.hop.youraffid" in the php redirect file and store it on your webserver.
Then the link you want people to click would look like "yoursite/folder/affiliate.php" obviously you can call the file anything you want so it doesn't scare people away.

once you get the hang of it, its real simple and there are example php files that you can just copy.

hmm i just re read that and it sounds complicated!!

Maybe this clear it up a little.

TO MAKE A PHP REDIRECT

• Write the following code in a notepad document.

<?php header('Location:

http://35eahyt6mpgt5hhdk4rudp4wd2kcw.hop.7XT73961');

exit();

?>

Replace the red text with your affiliate link
Save the document as .php (not .txt) into the a folder called "recommend" or whatever you want.

To save the document click "save as". In the "name" box write "whatever.php" (without quotes) and in the "type" box choose "all documents".

Upload the folder to the root folder of your site

• Instead of placing the affiliate link in your site, place a link pointing to the .php file

http://www.yourdomain.com/recommends/whatever.php

What we have done he re is building some kind of bypass instead of sending people directly to the URL containing our affiliate ID. The link in our site points to the PHP script which, besides hiding our affiliate ID, looks nice and professional. Then, the PHP script sends the visitors to the affiliate site.

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marketwarrior06

Banned 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Wechito

Maybe this clear it up a little.

TO MAKE A PHP REDIRECT

• Write the following code in a notepad document.

<?php header('Location:

http://35eahyt6mpgt5hhdk4rudp4wd2kcw.hop.7XT73961');

exit();

?>

Replace the red text with your affiliate link
Save the document as .php (not .txt) into the a folder called "recommend" or whatever you want.

To save the document click "save as". In the "name" box write "whatever.php" (without quotes) and in the "type" box choose "all documents".

Upload the folder to the root folder of your site

• Instead of placing the affiliate link in your site, place a link pointing to the .php file

http://www.yourdomain.com/recommends/whatever.php

What we have done he re is building some kind of bypass instead of sending people directly to the URL containing our affiliate ID. The link in our site points to the PHP script which, besides hiding our affiliate ID, looks nice and professional. Then, the PHP script sends the visitors to the affiliate site.

thanks dude,
it was really helpful. thanks for informing me in detail. i have tried it and it worked. any kind of help needed in any field of affiliate marketing then plz knock me

.

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ChrisBa

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Wechito

Maybe this clear it up a little.

TO MAKE A PHP REDIRECT

• Write the following code in a notepad document.

<?php header('Location:

http://35eahyt6mpgt5hhdk4rudp4wd2kcw.hop.7XT73961');

exit();

?>

Replace the red text with your affiliate link
Save the document as .php (not .txt) into the a folder called "recommend" or whatever you want.

To save the document click "save as". In the "name" box write "whatever.php" (without quotes) and in the "type" box choose "all documents".

Upload the folder to the root folder of your site

• Instead of placing the affiliate link in your site, place a link pointing to the .php file

http://www.yourdomain.com/recommends/whatever.php

What we have done he re is building some kind of bypass instead of sending people directly to the URL containing our affiliate ID. The link in our site points to the PHP script which, besides hiding our affiliate ID, looks nice and professional. Then, the PHP script sends the visitors to the affiliate site.

Bingo - use this!

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Mgriff 13 years ago

I use wordpress plugin called "Gocodes". it is very simple to use. I like it because if your affiliate link or affiliate network ever changes, you just have to change the link within gocodes and it will change all of your links at once. Huge time saver.
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- jamiedot 13 years ago
  
  some solid info on this post for people that cant afford to buy but are willing to get their hands a bit dirty.
  
  also looks like most are using WP sites and that being the case, there are always solutions out there as freebie plugins.
  
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Per Action Rob

13 years ago

If it's wordpress just use a simple plugin like pretty link. I prefer to register generic domains for various offers then use the pretty link plugin for redirects like

workfromhomejobs.com/robertallen
workfromhomejobs.com/automatedprofits

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Topper

13 years ago

Originally Posted by ricardox

use a php redirect. Sounds complicated but its pretty simple.

search for affiliate link cloaking using php or something.

in essence instead of the aff link on your site, you have a link to a php file containing the aff link.

so if your afflink on your site looks like "w w w.hop.youraffid" for example

you put that "w w w.hop.youraffid" in the php redirect file and store it on your webserver.
Then the link you want people to click would look like "yoursite/folder/affiliate.php" obviously you can call the file anything you want so it doesn't scare people away.

once you get the hang of it, its real simple and there are example php files that you can just copy.

hmm i just re read that and it sounds complicated!!

Originally Posted by Wechito

Maybe this clear it up a little.

TO MAKE A PHP REDIRECT

• Write the following code in a notepad document.

<?php header('Location:

http://35eahyt6mpgt5hhdk4rudp4wd2kcw.hop.7XT73961');

exit();

?>

Replace the red text with your affiliate link
Save the document as .php (not .txt) into the a folder called "recommend" or whatever you want.

To save the document click "save as". In the "name" box write "whatever.php" (without quotes) and in the "type" box choose "all documents".

Upload the folder to the root folder of your site

• Instead of placing the affiliate link in your site, place a link pointing to the .php file

http://www.yourdomain.com/recommends/whatever.php

What we have done he re is building some kind of bypass instead of sending people directly to the URL containing our affiliate ID. The link in our site points to the PHP script which, besides hiding our affiliate ID, looks nice and professional. Then, the PHP script sends the visitors to the affiliate site.

Originally Posted by Per Action Rob

If it's wordpress just use a simple plugin like pretty link. I prefer to register generic domains for various offers then use the pretty link plugin for redirects like

workfromhomejobs.com/robertallen
workfromhomejobs.com/automatedprofits

Thanks for the info. I working with WordPress and I've heard of the "pretty link" plugin but I've also heard that in some cases that the plugin doesn't help in the SERPS, anyone know if thats true or not, any personal experiences?

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throlsonllc

13 years ago

If your using wordpress get maxblogpress link cloaker called ninja affiliate. Been using it for years!

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Topper 13 years ago

Originally Posted by throlsonllc

If your using wordpress get maxblogpress link cloaker called ninja affiliate. Been using it for years!

Sounds pretty good, is this "OK" in Googles eyes? In other words is this plugin considered 100% whitehat? Does it violiate any rules or TOS with Google?
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- photodrew 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Topper
  
  Sounds pretty good, is this "OK" in Googles eyes? In other words is this plugin considered 100% whitehat? Does it violiate any rules or TOS with Google?
  
  Yes. Haven't had any problems. It's basically like URL shortening
  
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egyhawk

13 years ago

If your using wordpress get maxblogpress link cloaker called ninja affiliate. Been using it for years!

i use this too works so good

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egyhawk

13 years ago

If your using wordpress get maxblogpress link cloaker called ninja affiliate. Been using it for years!

i use this too works so good

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imback

13 years ago

I can approve of Ninja Affiliate!

Ill give it my seal of approval!

CHAD

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Topper 13 years ago

Originally Posted by imback

I can approve of Ninja Affiliate!

Ill give it my seal of approval!

CHAD

Thanks for seal of approval. Anyone got a link to this wordpress plugin? And is it free?
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Topper

13 years ago

Anyone got the Link to the wordpress plugin?

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HosoiLover96

13 years ago

if you know any html or you can actually use a free html editor off the internet:

just go into the code of the webpage and make a hotlink.

basically a hotlink is your affiliate code that looks like regular text if you want.

ex.

<a href="youraffiliatelink.com">This video helped me achieve my weight loss goals!</a>

this code "Hides" your aff link.

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Carl Brown

13 years ago

Here's the code I use. It creates an invisible frame:

Code:

<html>
<head>
<script>window.status = ' ';</script>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us">
<title>--TITLE--</title>
<meta name="keywords" content>
<meta name="description" content>
</head>
<frameset border="0" frameborder="0" marginleft="0" margintop="0" marginright="0" marginbottom="0" rows="100%,*">
<frame src='--URL--" scrolling="auto" frameborder="no" border="0" noresize>
<frame topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" frameborder="no" border="0" noresize>
<noframes>
<body>
</body>
</noframes>
</frameset>
</html>

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Topper

13 years ago

Originally Posted by HosoiLover96

if you know any html or you can actually use a free html editor off the internet:

just go into the code of the webpage and make a hotlink.

basically a hotlink is your affiliate code that looks like regular text if you want.

ex.

<a href="youraffiliatelink.com">This video helped me achieve my weight loss goals!</a>

this code "Hides" your aff link.

Thanks, I'll try to use this method.

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msaqib301

13 years ago

you should ask from google. it will help you out .

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lamavridis

13 years ago

I agree Maxblogpress Ninja Affiliate is a really great plugin to cloak your links and make them look much nicer. Moderately priced as well Maxblogpress really puts out great porducts. I have more information on the plugin at my website plus they offer a 60 day money back so if you are unhappy with it send it back.
Lisa

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humbledmarket Banned 13 years ago

thanks for the great tip. just wanted to post here so i could reference back to it later
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humbledmarket

Banned 13 years ago

Hey the Above code actually didn't work (gave an error on the exit() line) but here is one that works. Just tried it out:
<?php
header("....................................."); /* Redirect browser */

/* Make sure that code below does not get executed when we redirect. */
exit;
?>

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ozworks

13 years ago

Hi, if it has not been posted, there is a free WP pluging "Wordpress Affiliate Links" and it's Free...

Hope this helps...

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queeni

13 years ago

you can use wp plugin (link cloaking plugin) if you are on wordpress platform

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mustas4

13 years ago

Try Affiliate Link Magic at Affiliate Link Magic- The Most Powerful Affiliate Software On The Planet! an excellent tool.....
This not just cloak your link it will also build your list.

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