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How to mask affilaite link with better looking text or words?

by simonting
14 replies
Hi Guy

I notice most of the web hosting reviews site mask the links nicely, when you mouse over the thumbnail or the link text the status bar show

http://www.domain.com/webhosting.php?id=ixwebhosting

and when u click on it, it open up below link

Web Hosting:IX WEB HOSTING:Best Web Hosting Site:Webhosting Provider

How that can be done?

I am using CJ network for my coming webhosting review site, but i notice the link created from CJ is kind of long and with those funny character. Any idea how i can mask that?

Thank you in advantage

Simon
#affilaite #link #mask #text #words
  • Profile picture of the author Jared Alberghini
    You can try my Free Affiliate Link Cloaker which should do the trick for you.

    - Jared
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  • Profile picture of the author coco28
    try this:

    How To Redirect Affiliate Links | Team Tutorials
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    • Profile picture of the author John Hocking
      Another way is to create 301 redirects for search engines to follow

      This articles will help
      SEO Friendly Affiliate Links
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      • Profile picture of the author simonting
        Hi Jared
        Thanks for the free "Free Affiliate Link Cloaker" will try it up

        Hi Coco28
        The link you posted is what i want exactly, thank you so much!

        Hi John Hocking
        Your link is broken link. Could you please repost the correct link?

        Thanks
        Simon
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        • Profile picture of the author John Hocking
          hmm The link still works for me

          Here is the info you need from it

          Below are a few methods to implement an SEO friendly affiliate link redirection.

          Create a sub folder on your site like

          www.domain.com/go or www.domain.com/recommends

          the create a text file with the extention of the programming
          language you want to use below.

          like productname.php or productname.asp

          copy the code from the section below and change the link
          to your affiliite link.

          upload the file to the new floder you created and
          visit the link in your browser

          www.domain.com/reccomends/productname.php

          301 Redirect in PHP

          <?
          header( "HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently" );
          header( "Location: YourAffiliateLink" );
          ?>

          301 Redirect in ASP

          <%@ Language=VBScript %>
          <%
          Response.Status="301 Moved Permanently" Response.AddHeader "Location", "YourAffiliateLink"
          >

          301 Redirect in ASP .NET

          <script runat="server">
          private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
          {
          Response.Status = "301 Moved Permanently";
          Response.AddHeader("Location","YourAffiliateLink") ;
          }
          </script>
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  • Profile picture of the author simonting
    Hi John

    Thank a lot for the detail reply. You are the man!

    Simon
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  • Profile picture of the author erickz
    hi i use something like the Affiliate Link Cloaker to cloak and paste all the funny letters in a page and then upload that page onto the web. so basically its mask the merchant site name and redirects to them.
    does the redirect 301 command also does the same time?
    what is the prefer method out of these two? quite confusing..
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    • Profile picture of the author Nightengale
      This has been helpful to me too. Thanks.

      I'd like to take this a step further though...

      Supposed I'm promoting the dog training product with this link:

      www.domain.com/reccomends/dogtrainingsecrets.php

      However, I've registered www.MyDogTrainingSecrets.com. I'd like this domain to redirect to the www.domain.com/reccomends/dogtrainingsecrets.php link. But the only thing people see is www.MyDogTrainingSecrets.com.

      How do I do that?

      Thanks,
      Michelle
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      "You can't market here. This is a marketing discussion forum!"
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      • Profile picture of the author jjpmarketing
        Use Mike Filsaime's Power Link Generator. It will create the "recommends" type of links for you and will also track your CTR on these links. It is a great piece of software.

        @Nightengale

        You can do that, by creating both a forward and a mask with your registrar. But if you do something like that, there is a chance that the cookie for the affiliate link will not get dropped. Which means you wouldn't get credit for the sale.
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        • Profile picture of the author Nightengale
          Thanks.

          I already have and use Mike Filsaime's Power Link Generator and know how to use it. Suppose I generate a link that look like MyDomain.com/recommends for a dog training product and I want visitors to see DogTrainingSecrets.com only. So DogTrainingSecrets.com needs to go to MyDomain.com/recommends

          Can I create a forward and a mask with cPanel? If so, how do I do that? It sounds a bit complicated.

          I know I create and use tracking links like this in 1ShoppingCart, but it's expensive and right now, I can't justify the monthly fees for the few things I'd do with it. Surely this isn't a complicated issue.

          Thanks,
          Michelle
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          • Profile picture of the author ericabiz
            Originally Posted by Nightengale View Post

            Thanks.

            I already have and use Mike Filsaime's Power Link Generator and know how to use it. Suppose I generate a link that look like MyDomain.com/recommends for a dog training product and I want visitors to see DogTrainingSecrets.com only. So DogTrainingSecrets.com needs to go to MyDomain.com/recommends

            Can I create a forward and a mask with cPanel? If so, how do I do that? It sounds a bit complicated.

            I know I create and use tracking links like this in 1ShoppingCart, but it's expensive and right now, I can't justify the monthly fees for the few things I'd do with it. Surely this isn't a complicated issue.

            Thanks,
            Michelle
            Hi Michelle,

            Just set it up as an addon domain in cPanel. Then do the following:

            1) Make an index.php page
            2) Put the following code in it:

            Code:
            <?php
header( 'Location: http://www.MyDomain.com/recommends' ) ;
?>
            That's it!

            -Erica
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            Subscribe to my FREE blog at erica.biz to find out how to create your million-dollar business!
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  • Profile picture of the author Charann Miller
    I'm very happy with Samuarai link cloaker. More savvy thieves can't even view your source code to see which affiliate program you're plugging which is why I'm a fan of it.
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