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| On A Backlinking Journey War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: London/Sofia
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In your experience, what is the best free link cloaker out there today? Thanks in advance Warriors. |
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| John Burnette War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: S.E. USA
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Here's the one I use. Free and Premium version. Powered Exclusively by the scrnch.me URL Shortening Service Thanks, John |
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| Godson of The Godfather War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The NorthEast Kingdom - Vermont, USA
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I've also got a quick & easy free link cloaker service you can try, no signup required: AffiliateNicheMonster.com/affiliate-link-cloaker .jrd |
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| Music video beat maker Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia
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For Wordpress blogs try the 'Simple Link Cloaker' or 'Pretty Link' plugins. Pretty Link will even track the number of clicks.
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| Active Warrior Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: , , .
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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. |
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| Inner Hero Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: NJ
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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');
?> 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. |
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| Hawaii beach bum Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: honolulu, hawaii
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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! |
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| Warrior Member Join Date: Aug 2009
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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 |
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| Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2008
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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.
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| Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Washington DC
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| Free Link Cloaker - Been using it since day one, and it's still the best as far as I'm concerned.
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| Nick Reyes War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Las Vegas, Okc
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If you want to maintain control of all your affiliate links, here a free one. Just Google "Cloaker Buzz".
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| HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Oakland, CA USA.
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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® |
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| Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: United Kingdom.
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100% definitely It's the only one I use and you can't get much cheaper than free Kim Quote: | |
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| HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tampa, FL
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| HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Monticello, GA , USA.
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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 |
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| HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: On the Net
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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! |
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| Big Dreamer Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK
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Is a link cloaker different from a php redirect?
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| Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: AUSTRIA
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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 |
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| HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Vilnius, Lithuania
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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! |
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| Marketing Software Dev. War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: nunya
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i like bit.ly for doing cloaking... short as hell and they provide live tracking so great for twitter
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| Advanced Warrior Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: The Netherlands
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| Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: AUSTRIA
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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 |
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| Rude Nuts Man War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Rude Nuts Man's Mansion
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That was really useful for me Cheers, WF rocks! |
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