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Wow, just my luck. Articlesbase...

by havefunandlive
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Doesn't allow hoplinks anymore. Not even a redirected hoplink.

I just tried to submit an informative, high quality article, and it was rejected because it didn't like my url redirect, calling it a "direct affiliate link".

I've already searched the forums and found that other people are having the same problem, but I don't see a topic on this subject.

Is there any way I can still get my hoplinks on articlesbase, or do I need to switch to hubpages (by the way, do they rank as well as articlesbase on google?)?

This is terrible. I had such success with articlesbase, and now that's unusable for me.
#articlesbase #luck #wow
  • Profile picture of the author bravo75
    If you are able to use redirects, I am sure you know how to build a quick Landing Page. Saying that though, I have never had a problem with redirects with AB. Sometimes articlesbase screws up so just copy your article, close AB in your browser and try again. If that doesn't work then maybe they have recently changed their policy regarding redirects. What's strange with articlesbase is that they let you direct link to CPA offers but not to Clickbank for some reason
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    • Profile picture of the author havefunandlive
      Originally Posted by bravo75 View Post

      If you are able to use redirects, I am sure you know how to build a quick Landing Page. Saying that though, I have never had a problem with redirects with AB. Sometimes articlesbase screws up so just copy your article, close AB in your browser and try again. If that doesn't work then maybe they have recently changed their policy regarding redirects. What's strange with articlesbase is that they let you direct link to CPA offers but not to Clickbank for some reason
      Alright, it looks like they've changed their policy. I just exited firefox, started it again, pasted the article back in and got the same error.

      Sounds like they just made a quick check for the word "clickbank" in url's and redirects, but neglected to call attention to other affiliate networks.
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      • Profile picture of the author Simon Royal
        This isn't so clear for me, are you simply putting your hoplink in your resource box?

        Or are you putting a link to your domain and redirecting from there?

        Alot of the article directories will not allow you to simply put a link to an affiliate product, however they will let you link to a domain and use that as a redirect.

        As mentioned before you could always put up a landing page and "build a list", I would go that route because not capturing the visitors email you are going to have lower conversions and only one time sales.

        Anyhow hope this might help...

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        • Profile picture of the author havefunandlive
          Originally Posted by Simon Royal View Post

          This isn't so clear for me, are you simply putting your hoplink in your resource box?

          Or are you putting a link to your domain and redirecting from there?

          Alot of the article directories will not allow you to simply put a link to an affiliate product, however they will let you link to a domain and use that as a redirect.

          As mentioned before you could always put up a landing page and "build a list", I would go that route because not capturing the visitors email you are going to have lower conversions and only one time sales.

          Anyhow hope this might help...

          Torrance
          It's a redirect, meaning I have a domain and redirect 301 from that domain to my affiliate link. It's in the body of the article.

          This was always okay with articlesbase, until around december, it seems.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jason_V
    If you don't want to buy a domain, you could always just make a quick blogger blog with a brief pre-sale of the product you're trying to promote with your affiliate link at the blogger blog.

    This may actually help you convert better if people see a pre-sell before you send them to the affiliate product.
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  • Profile picture of the author Anup Mahajan
    Try this, create a blogger blog and redirect it your clickbank hoplink.

    Then link to this blog in your article and see if articlebase accepts this

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  • Profile picture of the author bravo75
    The redirects are still working for me but I purchased a generic domain name for all redirects. Maybe that is what you should be doing
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    • Profile picture of the author havefunandlive
      Originally Posted by bravo75 View Post

      The redirects are still working for me but I purchased a generic domain name for all redirects. Maybe that is what you should be doing
      you mean you purchased a .info domain and make subdomains to redirect to your clickbank products with?

      Well, that's strange. There must be some sort of bug in the system, because that's what I'm doing and it's worked on all of my past articles, except for this one.

      I'll try renaming the subdomain and see if it accepts it.

      EDIT: if it doesn't, I'll try redirecting from blogger or trying to landing page with list.
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  • Profile picture of the author bravo75
    Well, I purchased a .com domain and I don't even bother using subdomains because it takes to long to propagete to the internet sometimes which is fatal when using google trends for some of your articles. Also, I find that using my own LP's has a better conversion rate than redirecting visitors for some reason.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jeremy Kelsall
      Easy enough fix

      Figure out what the IP address is that article base is using to click the link from your stats page or whatever...then configure the link to direct that IP address to another site - Meaning when that ip clicks the link it goes to a page with a ton of content/etc on it, that they would obviously approve of....everyone else would redirect to your clickbank hoplink
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    • Profile picture of the author havefunandlive
      Originally Posted by bravo75 View Post

      Well, I purchased a .com domain and I don't even bother using subdomains because it takes to long to propagete to the internet sometimes which is fatal when using google trends for some of your articles. Also, I find that using my own LP's has a better conversion rate than redirecting visitors for some reason.
      What kind of landing pages? The kind with huge bolded words and catchy phrases, or can it just be a review for the product I'm promoting?

      Originally Posted by Jeremy Kelsall View Post

      Easy enough fix

      Figure out what the IP address is that article base is using to click the link from your stats page or whatever...then configure the link to direct that IP address to another site - Meaning when that ip clicks the link it goes to a content with a ton of content/etc on it, that they would obviously approve of....everyone else would redirect to your clickbank hoplink
      That makes sense.

      I'll see if godaddy has this kind of feature or if there are any ways I can go about doing this.
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      • Profile picture of the author bravo75
        Simple Landing Page

        "Want The Phone Of The Future? Surfers Who Participate In This Offer Can Receive A Free Blackberry Thunder."


        >>>Act Now<<<


        That kind of crap has worked very well for me with CPA offers


        Originally Posted by havefunandlive View Post

        What kind of landing pages? The kind with huge bolded words and catchy phrases, or can it just be a review for the product I'm promoting?
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  • Profile picture of the author JackPowers
    How many articles do you have?

    Mine gets approved instantly. The only thing I can not do is have a hoplink in the text. Write 10 or so articles, then you will get auto approval.
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