What is the best free link cloaker out there today?

Terry Kyle · 08-08-2009, 06:06 PM

In your experience, what is the best free link cloaker out there today?

Thanks in advance Warriors.

globalpro · 08-08-2009, 07:58 PM

Here's the one I use. Free and Premium version.

Powered Exclusively by the scrnch.me URL Shortening Service

Thanks,

John

Jagged · 08-08-2009, 08:58 PM

Free Link Cloaker

One of the best & most popular is from a fellow warrior...

Jared Alberghini · 08-08-2009, 09:15 PM

I've also got a quick & easy free link cloaker service you can try, no signup required:

AffiliateNicheMonster.com/affiliate-link-cloaker

.jrd

Glenn72 · 08-08-2009, 09:18 PM

For Wordpress blogs try the 'Simple Link Cloaker' or 'Pretty Link' plugins. Pretty Link will even track the number of clicks.

Salespectus · 08-09-2009, 02:12 AM

Hi,

Best free link cloaker out there today?

Do you just need simple URL shortening and redirecting or do you also want tracking features?
This is because nowadays you have a lot of options for cloaking your links. With that in mind, here we go:

cli(dot)gs
Packed with a lot of features.
Short URLs with analytics, social media monitoring, and geotargeting.
Free registration.
Current length of shortened URL: 20 characters

is(dot)gd
Simply shrinks URL and redirects.
Free with no registration.
Current length of shortened URL: 18 characters

tinyurl(dot)com
Simply shrinks URL and redirects.
This the first popular free URL cloaker.
Most people are familiar with it.
Current length of shortened URL: 25 characters
Free with no registration.

bit(dot)ly
Shortens, shares and tracks links.
Free registration.
Current length of shortened URL: 20 characters

snipurl(dot)com
Simply shrinks URL and redirects.
Allows you to shrink a lot of URLs in one step with the multi-snip tool.
Free registration.
Current length of shortened URL: 25 characters

All the best.

barbling · 08-09-2009, 02:26 AM

You can also simply create a php file in your directory that has the contents:

Code:

<?php
    header ('Location: http://affiliate.vendor.hop.clickbank.net');
     ?>

That's how I cloak a good number of my affiliate links.

Additionally, if you want to direct someone to a domain, you can buy said domain name and include a redirect that automatically embeds your affiliate link.

Ninja Affiliate is a paid Wordpress plugin that makes monetizing past, present and future Wordpress links very easy indeed...you might want to consider that in the future.

muteki · 08-09-2009, 10:13 PM

you can try www(dot)leadsleap(dot)com

free link cloaker, click thru stats, and also some free exposure. pm me if you have any questions.

Aloha!

John65 · 08-10-2009, 03:02 AM

I use off2url.com. It's free and provides a link shortening / cloaking service. No registration required, but you can register (free) which allows you to edit your links after creating them.

Cheers
John

abelacts · 08-10-2009, 03:09 AM

I used to create my own PHP redirect files but I find it troublesome. For my blogs that use Wordpress, I now use Pretty Link. I like it as it has the click stats.

Steve Mount · 08-10-2009, 03:00 PM

Free Link Cloaker - Been using it since day one, and it's still the best as far as I'm concerned.

reynic · 08-11-2009, 02:19 AM

If you want to maintain control of all your affiliate links, here a free one. Just Google "Cloaker Buzz".

gcintermed · 08-12-2009, 12:13 AM

A lot of the sites mentioned above simply do URL redirection, which just shortens and redirects the link without hiding where the browser ultimately lands. Then there is "link masking" which hides the destination link from humans (good for affiliate links) and finally "link cloaking" which hides the destination link from search engines for SEO purposes.

Here's a good article which explains the differences and suggests some solutions....
Guide to Link Cloaking, Masking, and Url Redirection - ShoeMoney®

Kim Standerline · 08-12-2009, 04:40 AM

100% definitely

It's the only one I use and you can't get much cheaper than free

Kim

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jagged

Free Link Cloaker

One of the best & most popular is from a fellow warrior...

Michael Forey · 08-23-2009, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Glenn72

For Wordpress blogs try the 'Simple Link Cloaker' or 'Pretty Link' plugins. Pretty Link will even track the number of clicks.

If you're using Wordpress pretty links is the best. If you want to make a keyword linked you simply add the pretty link to SEO Smart Links.

Mike

dollarware · 09-11-2009, 11:48 AM

I dont know if this is the best cloaker, but it is free and easy with screenshots and instructions.

Free Download http://ultimatelinktracker.com

Shortens
Cloaks
Counts hits.

It is a script that you install on your webserver.
You get a twenty-three page pdf file that give you all the instructions.
It has lots of screen shots so that you can just follow along in the process.

The installer is automated.

If you never installed a script on your webserver, you should try this one.

You have to Create a database.

That shouldn't scare you off. In reality all that you do to create a database is enter a name you want to use.

You have to Create a User. Again, just create a name.

If you have CPanel hosting, especially with Theme X, there is a silent video that shows you the simple steps. If you make a mistake, you just delete the user or the database and go again.

The automated installer file creates all the database tables automatically for you in the install process.

Then you learn the location where you login as administrator and create your links. You come back to add more or edit them or check the link hit counts. Everything is together in one are.

You get to use "recommends" links also likes, uses, prefers, suggests if you like one of those better. Start with the recommends because that is the default that the installer file creates to begin with.

If you are familiar with installing scripts, then this is a piece of cake.

Pass it on to other newbies in your downline.

http://ultimatelinktracker.com

john

Terry Kyle · 09-12-2009, 08:10 PM

Many thanks for the suggestions offered.

GautamSaha · 09-12-2009, 09:29 PM

Hi Jared:
Why are you specifically recommending this WSO to me in your sig?
Did anyone bought your WSO and what result they got?

Any feedback from fellow warriors?

Cheers!

AnnaHamer · 09-13-2009, 12:40 PM

Is a link cloaker different from a php redirect?

Mark Zimmermann · 10-23-2009, 04:25 AM

Yea, that´s the same thing i was thinking about. What is the difference between cloaking and redirects?
And how can i make a redirect?

Great Thank To all

Gerardas Norkus · 10-23-2009, 09:11 AM

You can create a PHP file in your directory that redirects to your affiliate site, like barbling suggested:

<?php
header ('Location: http://affiliate.vendor.hop.clickbank.net');
?>

However, my experience has shown that it is still possible to steal your commissions if you choose to use the redirect like this.

What I do is I use the .htaccess file in my directory. And in it I type the following:

redirect 301 anyofyourfilesthatyouwillpromote.html your_affiliate_link_like_http://affiliate.vendor.hop.clickbank.net

If you do so, there's no way to see the vendor ID for your visitors and steal your commissions.

Hopefully, this will help you!

divinewind · 10-23-2009, 10:56 AM

i like bit.ly for doing cloaking... short as hell and they provide live tracking so great for twitter

KatyaSenina · 10-23-2009, 08:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Terry Kyle

In your experience, what is the best free link cloaker out there today?

Thanks in advance Warriors.

I use Pretty Link. I think it's great.

Mark Zimmermann · 10-24-2009, 05:09 AM

So what is the big difference between cloaking and redirect or is it OK if i only use redirect´s, or could that be bad??

THANK´s

Irmscher · 02-23-2010, 02:01 PM

That was really useful for me

Cheers, WF rocks!

08-08-2009, 06:06 PM	#1
Terry Kyle On A Backlinking Journey War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: London/Sofia Posts: 815 Blog Entries: 3 Thanks: 417 Thanked 760 Times in 170 Posts	What is the best free link cloaker out there today? In your experience, what is the best free link cloaker out there today? Thanks in advance Warriors.

08-08-2009, 07:58 PM	#2
globalpro John Burnette War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: S.E. USA Posts: 1,049 Thanks: 661 Thanked 208 Times in 175 Posts	Re: What is the best free link cloaker out there today? Here's the one I use. Free and Premium version. Powered Exclusively by the scrnch.me URL Shortening Service Thanks, John

08-08-2009, 08:58 PM	#3
Jagged Ken Perry War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Tucson, Phoenix AZ Posts: 844 Blog Entries: 11 Thanks: 151 Thanked 406 Times in 197 Posts Social Networking	Re: What is the best free link cloaker out there today? Free Link Cloaker One of the best & most popular is from a fellow warrior...

08-08-2009, 09:15 PM	#4
Jared Alberghini Godson of The Godfather War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The NorthEast Kingdom - Vermont, USA Posts: 2,163 Blog Entries: 25 Thanks: 786 Thanked 1,065 Times in 441 Posts Social Networking	Re: What is the best free link cloaker out there today? I've also got a quick & easy free link cloaker service you can try, no signup required: AffiliateNicheMonster.com/affiliate-link-cloaker .jrd

08-08-2009, 09:18 PM	#5
Glenn72 Music video beat maker Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 153 Thanks: 35 Thanked 14 Times in 11 Posts Social Networking	Re: What is the best free link cloaker out there today? For Wordpress blogs try the 'Simple Link Cloaker' or 'Pretty Link' plugins. Pretty Link will even track the number of clicks.

08-09-2009, 02:12 AM	#6
Salespectus Active Warrior Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: , , . Posts: 32 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: What is the best free link cloaker out there today? Hi, Best free link cloaker out there today? Do you just need simple URL shortening and redirecting or do you also want tracking features? This is because nowadays you have a lot of options for cloaking your links. With that in mind, here we go: cli(dot)gs Packed with a lot of features. Short URLs with analytics, social media monitoring, and geotargeting. Free registration. Current length of shortened URL: 20 characters is(dot)gd Simply shrinks URL and redirects. Free with no registration. Current length of shortened URL: 18 characters tinyurl(dot)com Simply shrinks URL and redirects. This the first popular free URL cloaker. Most people are familiar with it. Current length of shortened URL: 25 characters Free with no registration. bit(dot)ly Shortens, shares and tracks links. Free registration. Current length of shortened URL: 20 characters snipurl(dot)com Simply shrinks URL and redirects. Allows you to shrink a lot of URLs in one step with the multi-snip tool. Free registration. Current length of shortened URL: 25 characters All the best.

08-09-2009, 02:26 AM	#7
barbling Inner Hero Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 855 Blog Entries: 20 Thanks: 714 Thanked 654 Times in 289 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: What is the best free link cloaker out there today? You can also simply create a php file in your directory that has the contents: Code: <?php header ('Location: http://affiliate.vendor.hop.clickbank.net'); ?> That's how I cloak a good number of my affiliate links. Additionally, if you want to direct someone to a domain, you can buy said domain name and include a redirect that automatically embeds your affiliate link. Ninja Affiliate is a paid Wordpress plugin that makes monetizing past, present and future Wordpress links very easy indeed...you might want to consider that in the future.

08-09-2009, 10:13 PM	#8
muteki Hawaii beach bum Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: honolulu, hawaii Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Social Networking Contact Info	Re: What is the best free link cloaker out there today? you can try www(dot)leadsleap(dot)com free link cloaker, click thru stats, and also some free exposure. pm me if you have any questions. Aloha!

08-10-2009, 03:02 AM	#9
John65 Warrior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: What is the best free link cloaker out there today? I use off2url.com. It's free and provides a link shortening / cloaking service. No registration required, but you can register (free) which allows you to edit your links after creating them. Cheers John

08-10-2009, 03:09 AM	#10
abelacts Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 563 Thanks: 15 Thanked 42 Times in 26 Posts	Re: What is the best free link cloaker out there today? I used to create my own PHP redirect files but I find it troublesome. For my blogs that use Wordpress, I now use Pretty Link. I like it as it has the click stats.

08-10-2009, 03:00 PM	#11
Steve Mount Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Washington DC Posts: 2,285 Thanks: 132 Thanked 124 Times in 63 Posts Contact Info	Re: What is the best free link cloaker out there today? Free Link Cloaker - Been using it since day one, and it's still the best as far as I'm concerned.

08-11-2009, 02:19 AM	#12
reynic Nick Reyes War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Las Vegas, Okc Posts: 53 Thanks: 119 Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: What is the best free link cloaker out there today? If you want to maintain control of all your affiliate links, here a free one. Just Google "Cloaker Buzz".

08-12-2009, 12:13 AM	#13
gcintermed HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Oakland, CA USA. Posts: 407 Thanks: 46 Thanked 112 Times in 80 Posts	Re: What is the best free link cloaker out there today? A lot of the sites mentioned above simply do URL redirection, which just shortens and redirects the link without hiding where the browser ultimately lands. Then there is "link masking" which hides the destination link from humans (good for affiliate links) and finally "link cloaking" which hides the destination link from search engines for SEO purposes. Here's a good article which explains the differences and suggests some solutions.... Guide to Link Cloaking, Masking, and Url Redirection - ShoeMoney®

09-11-2009, 11:48 AM	#16
dollarware HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Monticello, GA , USA. Posts: 109 Thanks: 18 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts	Re: Another free link cloaker. I dont know if this is the best cloaker, but it is free and easy with screenshots and instructions. Free Download http://ultimatelinktracker.com Shortens Cloaks Counts hits. It is a script that you install on your webserver. You get a twenty-three page pdf file that give you all the instructions. It has lots of screen shots so that you can just follow along in the process. The installer is automated. If you never installed a script on your webserver, you should try this one. You have to Create a database. That shouldn't scare you off. In reality all that you do to create a database is enter a name you want to use. You have to Create a User. Again, just create a name. If you have CPanel hosting, especially with Theme X, there is a silent video that shows you the simple steps. If you make a mistake, you just delete the user or the database and go again. The automated installer file creates all the database tables automatically for you in the install process. Then you learn the location where you login as administrator and create your links. You come back to add more or edit them or check the link hit counts. Everything is together in one are. You get to use "recommends" links also likes, uses, prefers, suggests if you like one of those better. Start with the recommends because that is the default that the installer file creates to begin with. If you are familiar with installing scripts, then this is a piece of cake. Pass it on to other newbies in your downline. http://ultimatelinktracker.com john

09-12-2009, 08:10 PM	#17
Terry Kyle On A Backlinking Journey War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: London/Sofia Posts: 815 Blog Entries: 3 Thanks: 417 Thanked 760 Times in 170 Posts	Re: What is the best free link cloaker out there today? Many thanks for the suggestions offered.

09-12-2009, 09:29 PM	#18
GautamSaha HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: On the Net Posts: 443 Thanks: 301 Thanked 69 Times in 55 Posts	Re: What is the best free link cloaker out there today? Hi Jared: Why are you specifically recommending this WSO to me in your sig? Did anyone bought your WSO and what result they got? Any feedback from fellow warriors? Cheers!

09-13-2009, 12:40 PM	#19
AnnaHamer Big Dreamer Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Posts: 302 Thanks: 75 Thanked 26 Times in 20 Posts Social Networking	Re: What is the best free link cloaker out there today? Is a link cloaker different from a php redirect?

10-23-2009, 04:25 AM	#20
Mark Zimmermann Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: AUSTRIA Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Contact Info	Re: What is the best free link cloaker out there today? Yea, that´s the same thing i was thinking about. What is the difference between cloaking and redirects? And how can i make a redirect? Great Thank To all

10-23-2009, 09:11 AM	#21
Gerardas Norkus HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Vilnius, Lithuania Posts: 110 Thanks: 34 Thanked 9 Times in 6 Posts Contact Info	Re: What is the best free link cloaker out there today? You can create a PHP file in your directory that redirects to your affiliate site, like barbling suggested: <?php header ('Location: http://affiliate.vendor.hop.clickbank.net'); ?> However, my experience has shown that it is still possible to steal your commissions if you choose to use the redirect like this. What I do is I use the .htaccess file in my directory. And in it I type the following: redirect 301 anyofyourfilesthatyouwillpromote.html your_affiliate_link_like_http://affiliate.vendor.hop.clickbank.net If you do so, there's no way to see the vendor ID for your visitors and steal your commissions. Hopefully, this will help you!

10-23-2009, 10:56 AM	#22
divinewind Marketing Software Dev. War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: nunya Posts: 32 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post Social Networking Contact Info	Re: What is the best free link cloaker out there today? i like bit.ly for doing cloaking... short as hell and they provide live tracking so great for twitter

10-24-2009, 05:09 AM	#24
Mark Zimmermann Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: AUSTRIA Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Contact Info	Re: What is the best free link cloaker out there today? So what is the big difference between cloaking and redirect or is it OK if i only use redirect´s, or could that be bad?? THANK´s

02-23-2010, 02:01 PM	#25
Irmscher Rude Nuts Man War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Rude Nuts Man's Mansion Posts: 364 Thanks: 19 Thanked 390 Times in 36 Posts Social Networking	Re: What is the best free link cloaker out there today? That was really useful for me Cheers, WF rocks!