Affiliate Link Cloaker Software ?

[Fraserb]

Hi,

Can anybody help me. I'm rather new to all this and am currently doing a bit of research on IM.

From what I've seen out there if you sign up to any affiliate program you get a rather ugly affiliate link.

I believe their is software out there that hides or 'cloaks' the link to something else.

Can anybody tell me when I eventually get the courage what should I be using and why. Obviously to start off with I would prefer something free but would be happy to spend $ if this makes all the difference.

Thanks in advance,

Fraser
:-)

[Zubair Zm]

Fraser
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[GeorgR.]

I wont promote my own product ...but be careful with URL shortener services, not always reliable. There are some free, simple cloakers around if you do some googling.

[KatyaSenina]

Use prettylink....please don't use bit.ly and all these other weird looking cloakers.

Prettylink is free and looks reliable

[Janet Sawyer]

If you really want free, then google jump.php

If you want tracking and testing - you'll need something more superior, but jump.php works.

[be strong]

Originally Posted by Fraserb

Hi,

Can anybody help me. I'm rather new to all this and am currently doing a bit of research on IM.

From what I've seen out there if you sign up to any affiliate program you get a rather ugly affiliate link.

I believe their is software out there that hides or 'cloaks' the link to something else.

Can anybody tell me when I eventually get the courage what should I be using and why. Obviously to start off with I would prefer something free but would be happy to spend $ if this makes all the difference.

Thanks in advance,

Fraser
:-)

prosper202 is free with training videos and a support forums

you can't beat free with superior video training and a forum filled with marketers

in fact, prosper202 is built by marketers who have programming skills

give it a try

[steveniam]

You can use a simple PHP script to redirect a user from the page they entered to a different web page.

<?php
header("Location: http://www.myaffiliatelink.com");
?>

Replace the above url with your affiliate link. Create a folder and name it "recommend" (for example) and save the above as "index.php" into the "recommend' folder. Upload the whole folder to your server.

Now when someone click on your http://www.mywebsite.com/recommend it will redirect to your affiliate link at http://w w w.myaffiliatelink.com

[ktpasco]

Originally Posted by GeorgR.

I wont promote my own product ...but be careful with URL shortener services, not always reliable. There are some free, simple cloakers around if you do some googling.

I use the Simple Link Cloaker Wordpress plugin and it's fantastic. Only thing is I can;t track my links and check the CTR =(

[MemberWing]

If you're using Wordpress try AFLinker plugin. It allows you to automatically "wrap" keywords and keyphrases within your pages with cloaked (neat looking) affiliate redirects of your choice. AFLinker also could "wrap" your images with cloaked affiliate clickable links.
Less work, more automation and no ugly affiliate links to confuse visitors, lose commissions or be punished by search engines.

Gleb

[Danny Cutts]

Originally Posted by steveniam

You can use a simple PHP script to redirect a user from the page they entered to a different web page.

<?php
header("Location: http://www.myaffiliatelink.com");
?>

Replace the above url with your affiliate link. Create a folder and name it "recommend" (for example) and save the above as "index.php" into the "recommend' folder. Upload the whole folder to your server.

Now when someone click on your http://www.mywebsite.com/recommend it will redirect to your affiliate link at http://w w w.myaffiliatelink.com

thats the way I do it works every time!

Danny

[MemberWing]

That works wonderful if you feel geeky, familiar with PHP and want to manually insert affiliate redirects into every page and article on your site.

For lots of webmasters this is not an option.

Gleb

[Danny Cutts]

Originally Posted by MemberWing

That works wonderful if you feel geeky, familiar with PHP and want to manually insert affiliate redirects into every page and article on your site.

For lots of webmasters this is not an option.

Gleb

how is it a problem its no different from placing the link!

You just make a folder called recommends then it that folder put another folder called diet or what ever then open note pad bang the above code in call it index.php and thats it all you do is link to www.yourdomain.com/reccomends/diet/

and thats it! its not rocket science just simple ftp

I understand for some it will take a bit of think but still its very easy

Danny

[Jason Ong]

If you're on WordPress and want something lightweight to do the job, you could try the GoCodes redirection plugin.

[um1001]

Originally Posted by Danny Cutts

thats the way I do it works every time!

Danny

This way works but if I may suggest Pretty Link (if you're using Wordpress) - it will give you some nice stats and let you figure out who's clicking what. Plus, it's dead simple to setup and you can use different "types" of cloaking.

My 2 cents

[Paid Surveys]

My personal view is that you should avoid link cloaking. Be open with your website/blog visitors. Also link cloaking software isn't always reliable so you could be losing clicks and never even realise it.

[um1001]

Originally Posted by Paid Surveys

My personal view is that you should avoid link cloaking. Be open with your website/blog visitors. Also link cloaking software isn't always reliable so you could be losing clicks and never even realise it.

With respect: I disagree totally. I've never had any trouble with link cloaks (and I pay pretty close attention) and you don't have to be "shady" about the process.

hxxp://yoursite.com/link

is nicer for everyone than

hxxp://1637eq0n8rhy2k7faaaa33333aa.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=TOPAD

(note:NOT real affiliate links )

[Tor-Sigurd D.R]

You don't need any "link" cloaker, it's a waste time and money because you can do it your self in a snap.

<html><head>
<title>Your KEYWORD</title>

<frameset rows="1, *" border="0">
<frame noresize="noresize" src="1.html" />
<?php

$_SERVER['FULL_URL'] = 'YOUR AFFILIATE LINK HERE';
if($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] > ' ')
{ $_SERVER['FULL_URL'] .= '?'.$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']; }
print "<frame noresize=\"noresize\" src=\"" . $_SERVER['FULL_URL'] . "\" />";
?>
</frameset>

<?php
header('Location: YOUR AFFILIATE LINK HERE');
?>

</html>

Save this code to productname.php
Make a folder "go" in your root folder of your domain, and add that .php file there.

[Fraserb]

Thanks for all the info !

I guess there is a lot out there...all I really want is when I start doing some affiliate marketing the link looks clean rather than the ugly one you see in emails.

I will look at all the above.

Thanks once again.

Fraser
:-)

[Fraserb]

I'm not yet this far down the line, but thanks for the info

[SageSound]

Take a look at this for some more info:

Link Cloaking For Smarties

-David

[Fraserb]

Thanks for all your help....it certainly seems to be a mindfield but one I hope I can mster thanks to you all.

Fraser
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