by gotdmw
14 replies
how does everybody cloak there links??

is redirect 301 a cloak? is this the best way to cloak?
#cloaking
  • Profile picture of the author Neil Morgan
    It depends if you want to just cloak or track too.

    To cloak only, you can do it youself.

    Create a text file called "whatever.php" and put in it:

    <?php
    header("Location: YOUR AFFILIATE LINK HERE");
    exit;
    ?>

    Upload it to your website and send people to:

    http://www.yoursite.com/whatever.php

    If you want to cloak AND track clicks, use something like:

    Adtrackz Special Offer

    [Not affiliate link]

    Cheers,

    Neil
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    • Profile picture of the author gotdmw
      Originally Posted by Neil Morgan View Post

      It depends if you want to just cloak or track too.

      To cloak only, you can do it youself.

      Create a text file called "whatever.php" and put in it:

      <?php
      header("Location: YOUR AFFILIATE LINK HERE");
      exit;
      ?>

      Upload it to your website and send people to:

      http://www.yoursite.com/whatever.php

      If you want to cloak AND track clicks, use something like:

      Adtrackz Special Offer

      [Not affiliate link]

      Cheers,

      Neil

      isnt this the same but more work as a redirect 301?
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  • Profile picture of the author AnnaHamer
    <?php header( "HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently" );
    header('Location: http://intended-address.com'); ?>


    I don't know why they are the best, but it works for me.
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  • Profile picture of the author Lightlysalted
    I don't cloak my links, I like people to know that the link they clicked on is an affiliate one, then they can make the choice
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    • Profile picture of the author AnnaHamer
      Originally Posted by Paid Surveys View Post

      I don't cloak my links, I like people to know that the link they clicked on is an affiliate one, then they can make the choice
      I cloak mine, because I heard it makes it harder for hackers to steal your sales.
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      • Profile picture of the author gotdmw
        ya i thought redirect 301 was the correct way to do this???
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        • Profile picture of the author gotdmw
          can anybody else offer there advice on this?
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  • Profile picture of the author RNMKR
    There is no incorrect way ... If they are really really trying to see if you are cloaking, there are ways to find out
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  • Profile picture of the author fypnlp
    I don't know if your doing click bank or cpa. But i asked a similiar question and someone recommended to me tracking 202 on this forum. It's a little bit tricky at first but once you get the hand of it, it works like gang busters.

    hope this helps
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    • Profile picture of the author gotdmw
      ya im promoting affiliate offers, trying to cloak for google and thieves?

      nobodys commenting on "redirect 301" does nobody use this but me?
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  • Profile picture of the author AnnaHamer
    I don't know how or why, just trust other WF members that said it was the best way. Maybe one day I will read why. Just been busy.
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  • Profile picture of the author Brad Lindsay
    Cloaking your affiliate links also allows you to easily track your click throughs
    which is an important part of your marketing.

    You could use a free online tracking product for this such as statcounter.com
    which simply requires you to embed a simple tracking code at the bottom of
    your index.php file.

    Example index.php file :
    (p.s. Make sure there is NO space or blank line before the start of the php
    code i.e. <?php... otherwise you will get a PHP error!)

    <?php
    /* Redirect browser */
    header("Location: http://yourfullaffiliatelinkgoeshere");
    ?>
    <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 TRANSITIONAL//EN">
    <html>
    <head>
    <title>Page Title Goes Here</title>
    </head>
    <body>

    <!-- Start of StatCounter Code -->

    <!-- End of StatCounter Code -->
    </body>
    </html>
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    • Profile picture of the author gotdmw
      so nobody uses redirect 301's huh??? or is it the same thing? i dont use that php code i just go in and apply a redirect 301
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  • Profile picture of the author BenQ
    I use samurai cloaker. very easy to use.
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