Sneaky Secret

kindsvater · 10-29-2009, 09:47 PM

Sneakiest Method of Hiding Affiliate Links for 2009

Every Affiliate Marketer *Must Have* This Trick in Their Arsenal to Hide Affiliate Links From Prospective Customers and the Baddest of the Bad - Google

... Just Think of All the Extra Commissions You'll Make by Hiding Your Affiliate Links

Dear Fellow Warriors:

I want to share with you a technique I've implemented over the past year that has made me some easy extra cash.

There have been a lot of threads and posts on the forum of late about hiding affiliate links.

There have also been lots of threads and posts about Google slapping affiliates. How many times have you heard that Google 'hates' affiliates. Are you wondering if Google is about to slap you out of existence right before the big holiday season?

This little trick will solve both of those problems for you.

But first, why the concern about hiding affiliate links from people visiting your website?

Because if you don't hide your affiliate links you'll lose sales. You lose money.

All the tricks you've read about so far, such as php redirects, do not solve your problem. They help, but they're not a solution because the companies making the web browsers make sure that prospective 'clickers' on your affiliate link see that you are not giving them a link to the merchant.

Here's what happens:

A prospective buyer sees your ridiculously long and ugly affiliate link and decides not to click. Customers are not IM experts. They are totally scared of viruses, phishing scams, trojans, and on and on. They won't click if they see something they don't trust.

I know. My mom is one of them.

Or you tell a prospective buyer you're sending them somewhere, like Amazon, for pricing, more details, to make the purchase, etc. The problem is, they see your link and it's NOT to Amazon.

Maybe its a redirect.
Maybe its your tracking link.
Maybe its your affiliate network link.

If you're telling someone you're sending them to amazon.com and the link that pops up in your prospect's web browser status bar says something other than "amazon.com" - you've screwed yourself out of some sales.

I've done plenty of testing on my own sites, and thanks to an affiliate manager that has allowed me to do click and merchant sales tracking that hardly any affiliate program allows - I know you're leaving money on the table.

Ouch.

Then there's the Google problem.

What are we on, slap #126 against affiliate sites?

There's an easy solution - don't let Google know you have affiliate links.

Wow, that was easy, wasn't it!

The problem is, redirects, tracking links, everything else you've probably read about, doesn't help you with Google. Google follows those redirects and knows what you're up to.

JavaScript? Hello - Google has announced it can now 'read' and follow JavaScript links. You need to do more to stay a step ahead of the Google monster.

Here's what you're going to get today ... Secret Affiliate Links.

They're secret because nothing appears in the status bar of web browsers.

Let me save you a ridiculous amount of time researching this.

It used to be that you could include a JavaScript mouseover command in your links so that the web browser's status bar would display what you include in the mouseover - not your link url.

Unfortunately, phishing scammers abused the heck out of this. They had links to their bogus websites but used the mouseover command to display a legitimate url - easily tricking people.

Web browsers no longer allow this.

I've spent waaayyyy too much time researching how to hide the link url from the status bar.

Every solution I found on the net was an absolute fail. The scripts and techniques are hopelessly out of date. They don't work with the latest web browsers. I even saw one script that caused my anti-virus program to go ballistic - and it failed with Internet Explorer anyway.

Then this trick fell into my lap. It was originally a sly method of hiding affiliate links from Google and other search robots.

If they never see your affiliate link - they won't know you're a 'thin' affiliate site!

But this is even better because it can be used to hide the link from the status bar.

What normally happens is that when your mouse hovers over a link on a web page the link is displayed in the status bar.

With this trick, nothing appears in the status bar when you hover over the link, but the link still works fine.

So there's you're double whammy - being able to hide your links from prospective customers and from Google's bots.

Works fine with regular web pages and WordPress. I use it on both.

I have great search rankings for pages I'm using this on.

Today I created 2 videos proving that this works: one video for Firefox and a second video for Internet Explorer. The videos show 2 links on a page to the Warrior Forum - one is a regular link, the other uses the secret sauce.

(Um, yeah, I'm no video guru.)

You can see when the mouse hovers over the link the link url appears in the status bar for the regular link, but not the other one.

Darn slick!

Secret Affiliate Link Videos

Since this could be considered a little Blackish Hattish, depending on how you want to use this, it's offered on a BH site - not one of my regular marketing sites. You can also get a listing of all the WSOs for this site by Clicking Here

Here's your deal:

The secret is offered to the public for $14. Not a bad price for the amount of money this could make you.

As a fellow Warrior - a mere $7. You need to use this case-sensitive coupon code on the order page: 9EB904

Good marketing with this, and I hope this trick is as awesome for you as it has been for me. You really wouldn't believe how long I've searched for a solution like this that hides urls from the status bar.

ORDER HERE

- Brian

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rayt · 11-01-2009, 10:05 AM

Hi Brian,

I'm bad at tech stuff. Does this WSO help guide me for the set up?

Thanks.

kindsvater · 11-02-2009, 10:50 PM

This tells you exactly what you need to do. If you can create and upload a text file to your web server you can do this. It's very easy.

abundantliving · 11-12-2009, 10:10 AM

Hi Brian, I've been on the fence about your WSO since you posted it. I finally thought I'd write and ask you the questions I have...

1. You mention this is "BlueFarttish." Does that mean the search engines will see this as BlueFart if I'm using it to simply hide affiliate links on my site so my visitors feel comfortable purchasing from my site?

2. After watching the videos several times, I still have a question... does this hide the affiliate link in the browser URL at the top of the browser, or will the affiliate link still show once someone has clicked on my link?

Thanks for getting back to me with answers.

11/17/09:

Never mind. I'm tired of waiting for an answer.

11-01-2009, 10:05 AM	#2
rayt HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 163 Thanks: 7 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts	Re: Sneaky Secret - Hiding Link URLS from the Status Bar Hi Brian, I'm bad at tech stuff. Does this WSO help guide me for the set up? Thanks.

11-02-2009, 10:50 PM	#3
kindsvater Senior Warrior Attorney War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Jedi Temple Posts: 2,905 Blog Entries: 32 Thanks: 70 Thanked 2,179 Times in 641 Posts	Re: Sneaky Secret - Hiding Link URLS from the Status Bar This tells you exactly what you need to do. If you can create and upload a text file to your web server you can do this. It's very easy.

11-12-2009, 10:10 AM	#4
abundantliving Holly Cotter War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Shady Side, MD, USA. Posts: 1,884 Thanks: 2 Thanked 348 Times in 248 Posts Social Networking	Re: Sneaky Secret - Hiding Link URLS from the Status Bar Hi Brian, I've been on the fence about your WSO since you posted it. I finally thought I'd write and ask you the questions I have... 1. You mention this is "BlueFarttish." Does that mean the search engines will see this as BlueFart if I'm using it to simply hide affiliate links on my site so my visitors feel comfortable purchasing from my site? 2. After watching the videos several times, I still have a question... does this hide the affiliate link in the browser URL at the top of the browser, or will the affiliate link still show once someone has clicked on my link? Thanks for getting back to me with answers. 11/17/09: Never mind. I'm tired of waiting for an answer.

10-29-2009, 09:47 PM	#1
kindsvater Senior Warrior Attorney War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Jedi Temple Posts: 2,905 Blog Entries: 32 Thanks: 70 Thanked 2,179 Times in 641 Posts	Sneaky Secret - Hiding Link URLS from the Status Bar Sneakiest Method of Hiding Affiliate Links for 2009 *Every Affiliate Marketer Must Have* This Trick in Their Arsenal to Hide Affiliate Links From Prospective Customers and the Baddest of the Bad - Google ... Just Think of All the Extra Commissions You'll Make by Hiding Your Affiliate Links Dear Fellow Warriors: I want to share with you a technique I've implemented over the past year that has made me some easy extra cash. There have been a lot of threads and posts on the forum of late about hiding affiliate links. There have also been lots of threads and posts about Google slapping affiliates. How many times have you heard that Google 'hates' affiliates. Are you wondering if Google is about to slap you out of existence right before the big holiday season? This little trick will solve both of those problems for you. But first, why the concern about hiding affiliate links from people visiting your website? Because if you don't hide your affiliate links you'll lose sales. You lose money. All the tricks you've read about so far, such as php redirects, do not solve your problem. They help, but they're not a solution because the companies making the web browsers make sure that prospective 'clickers' on your affiliate link see that you are not giving them a link to the merchant. Here's what happens: A prospective buyer sees your ridiculously long and ugly affiliate link and decides not to click. Customers are not IM experts. They are totally scared of viruses, phishing scams, trojans, and on and on. They won't click if they see something they don't trust. I know. My mom is one of them. Or you tell a prospective buyer you're sending them somewhere, like Amazon, for pricing, more details, to make the purchase, etc. The problem is, they see your link and it's NOT to Amazon. Maybe its a redirect. Maybe its your tracking link. Maybe its your affiliate network link. If you're telling someone you're sending them to amazon.com and the link that pops up in your prospect's web browser status bar says something other than "amazon.com" - you've screwed yourself out of some sales. I've done plenty of testing on my own sites, and thanks to an affiliate manager that has allowed me to do click and merchant sales tracking that hardly any affiliate program allows - I know you're leaving money on the table. Ouch. Then there's the Google problem. What are we on, slap #126 against affiliate sites? There's an easy solution - don't let Google know you have affiliate links. Wow, that was easy, wasn't it! The problem is, redirects, tracking links, everything else you've probably read about, doesn't help you with Google. Google follows those redirects and knows what you're up to. JavaScript? Hello - Google has announced it can now 'read' and follow JavaScript links. You need to do more to stay a step ahead of the Google monster. Here's what you're going to get today ... Secret Affiliate Links. They're secret because nothing appears in the status bar of web browsers. Let me save you a ridiculous amount of time researching this. It used to be that you could include a JavaScript mouseover command in your links so that the web browser's status bar would display what you include in the mouseover - not your link url. Unfortunately, phishing scammers abused the heck out of this. They had links to their bogus websites but used the mouseover command to display a legitimate url - easily tricking people. Web browsers no longer allow this. I've spent waaayyyy too much time researching how to hide the link url from the status bar. Every solution I found on the net was an absolute fail. The scripts and techniques are hopelessly out of date. They don't work with the latest web browsers. I even saw one script that caused my anti-virus program to go ballistic - and it failed with Internet Explorer anyway. Then this trick fell into my lap. It was originally a sly method of hiding affiliate links from Google and other search robots. If they never see your affiliate link - they won't know you're a 'thin' affiliate site! But this is even better because it can be used to hide the link from the status bar. What normally happens is that when your mouse hovers over a link on a web page the link is displayed in the status bar. With this trick, nothing appears in the status bar when you hover over the link, but the link still works fine. So there's you're double whammy - being able to hide your links from prospective customers and from Google's bots. Works fine with regular web pages and WordPress. I use it on both. I have great search rankings for pages I'm using this on. Today I created 2 videos proving that this works: one video for Firefox and a second video for Internet Explorer. The videos show 2 links on a page to the Warrior Forum - one is a regular link, the other uses the secret sauce. (Um, yeah, I'm no video guru.) You can see when the mouse hovers over the link the link url appears in the status bar for the regular link, but not the other one. Darn slick! Secret Affiliate Link Videos Since this could be considered a little Blackish Hattish, depending on how you want to use this, it's offered on a BH site - not one of my regular marketing sites. You can also get a listing of all the WSOs for this site by Clicking Here Here's your deal: The secret is offered to the public for $14. Not a bad price for the amount of money this could make you. As a fellow Warrior - a mere $7. You need to use this case-sensitive coupon code on the order page: 9EB904 Good marketing with this, and I hope this trick is as awesome for you as it has been for me. You really wouldn't believe how long I've searched for a solution like this that hides urls from the status bar. ORDER HERE** - Brian .