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Are These Affiliate Links And Cloaked?

by Boris_yo
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Take a look at http://wordpress.org/hosting/

Scroll down a bit and see images of each hosting company that they recommend. I am wondering if these are affiliate links?

I suspect they are because usually when i left click on link and hold button, in status bar (which is located on left hand bottom in Firefox) i see the url, but this time when i clicked and held button, nothing appeared in status bar.

I checked the source code and they seem to use <div class> which is associated probably with external CSS file.

Anyway, can you confirm they use affiliate links? And if they do, how can i do same thing to hide my affiliate links?

Thanks!
#affiliate #cloaked #firefox #links
  • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
    If you look at the source code you will see they are direct links, not affiliate links. They may have some kind of arrangement, but what does it matter?
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    Just when you think you've got it all figured out, someone changes the rules.

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    • Profile picture of the author Boris_yo
      I want to create the perfect cloaked affiliate link. Here is what i want:

      1) I want affiliate link which points to home page of affiliate program or wherever i choose to.
      2) I want status bar cloaked to show where link points according to my choosing (see above) even when visitor clicks and holds mouse (this can be checked whether link has been cloaked).
      3) I don't want to tinker with any scripts or trackers.

      This is what i call the perfect cloaked affiliate link.
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