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HippoJaw/HippoJump, Market Samurai or WP Plugins for URL Shortening/Link Cloaking?

by magiclady420
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I am trying to decide which is the best choice for tracking, link cloaking or URL shortening for my affiliate links. I know of PrettyLinks, Bit.Ly, HippoJaw/HippoJump and Market Samurai. Does anyone have any insight as to which one is better, or what the main differences are between them? I am looking for the best way to gather tracking data about conversions and traffic, and be able to shorten/cloak my links and also protect them from being changed or hijacked.

Thanks!
#cloaking #hippojaw or hippojump #market #plugins #samurai #shortening or link #url
  • Profile picture of the author Nomad Warrior
    you may want to purchase a course like CB2 - they give a really god explanation of each
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    • Profile picture of the author magiclady420
      Originally Posted by Nomad Warrior View Post

      you may want to purchase a course like CB2 - they give a really god explanation of each
      Actually I do have CB2 which is where I found out about most of this originally. I'm just confused as to which one is best - they all seem to do very similar things, and I'm not clear on what the differences are. Also curious of anyone else's experience with any of them and if they have preferences.

      Thanks!
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    • Profile picture of the author magiclady420
      Actually I think the biggest problem that I have is that I'm a Noob, and I am suffering from information overload! There are so many great options, products, approaches to all this. Trying to navigate your way through can get a bit overwhelming.
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  • Profile picture of the author jkadams
    I am not sure you really need any of them to cloak your links. I use php redirection to hide my affiliate link. You have an active link on your website to (for example) website.com/go/product. Now if you create an index.php file that redirects to your affiliate link, and place it in the /go/product directory) no one will see it.

    I have used hippojaw to track real time stats of my AdWords traffic. It is excellent for this.
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