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I'm just curious as to what the purpose is of link cloaking. Obviously it will make your affiliate links easier on the eyes, but I never saw that as something that really mattered. Besides, isn't that the purpose of anchor text?
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It's also possible that some more devious characters could hi-jack your affiliate link if it was in plain text, and replace it with their own. That's the main reason people do it.
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Also people could just chop off your affiliate code and buy it from the main merchant. That's another way you lose your commissions.
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There are services that offer cloak
Here is a link to self help Cloaking & Ranking Your Affiliate Links |
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Hi Mate,
There are several reasons. 1. Nicer looking link 2. Prevents hijacking 3. Hides the fact that its an affiliate link Just make sure that you are not cloaking your affiliate links are not hosted by a 3rd party service such as tinyurl.com, because if their service goes down...so does your affiliate link. You will have no control over your link if the cloak/redirect is hostes elswhere. You are best to cloak an affiliate link and host it yourself with a free service like this Click-2-Cloak ![]() Take Care, Michael Silvester |
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I also like cloaking with a service like Viral Url gives you the opportunity to get extra exposure for your website through their viral bar.
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Back then it seems lots of links were not cloaked. I feared a lack of support if I didn't get the download link or had some other problem. I felt more comfortable buying through the main site. I did not understand affiliate links or what all those characters/numbers after the domain meant. With a constant stream of new people coming online they may do the same thing. | |
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I recommend it, but via a redirct - ie, make it a link on your domain (yoursite.com/recommendedproduct). Now that I'm in the IM field, I know what hoplinks/affiliate links look like, but back when I was just a consumer if the link looked "funny," I wouldn't click it - didn't know what kind of site it was going to take me to (this also applies to things like tinyurl), so I'd Google the product name and buy through the merchant site. So all in all, I believe in the "pretty" link - have always seen CTR improvements when I add them in.
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That might be a great one if they were not asking for your ftp login and password. I don't give that to anyone. Dixie | |
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Cloaking your affiliate links is better because:
1. People don't like to be sold - they like to buy. So when your links are blatant affiliate links, they might not be that interested to click on it. This applies even more to people who are doing internet marketing themselves. 2. Pirates exist Not everyone on the internet is nice and want to give you money. Even if you've done a good job with your strategy, if they see that it's an affiliate link, what people can do is copy-and-paste your link location, change the affiliate to themselves, then visit and make their purchase 3. It's a Recommended Resource This is something similar to point 1... when you cloak affiliate links, it's quite a good/common practice to have it be going to a redirect page because it looks like they are going to a recommended resource instead of a sales page. That's like saying "I'm a financial consultant" instead of "I'm an insurance agent" - the goal is the same but the face value changes dramatically. Asher |
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