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why to cloak link?

by spen
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hi,guys
I don't know, why to cloak a link of affilliate?
thanks
#cloak #link
  • Profile picture of the author Kal Sallam
    Originally Posted by spen View Post

    hi,guys
    I don't know, why to cloak link?
    thanks
    It just looks a lot more professional and friendly.
    More and more people especially in the IM niche are aware of it too.
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    • Profile picture of the author mvirtual
      Originally Posted by Kal Sallam View Post

      It just looks a lot more professional and friendly.
      More and more people especially in the IM niche are aware of it too.

      Yes, that is correct. It looks more professional and people are more likely to click on links which are short and straight to the point.
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  • Profile picture of the author UMS
    Which would you be more inclined to click on?

    http://somesite.com/sdflkjsdfkljsdff...bviuhehwfshfkl

    or

    http://mysite.com/product
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  • Profile picture of the author Brendan Vraibel
    They also can't be tampered with. If you have a link that looks like this: "www.productdomain.com/affiliateID", someone might just remember the regular domain and visit the site later on. Also, it's not likely but if someone wanted to they could just remove your affiliate ID purposely before they click the link so that you won't get a commission. Cloaking the link prevents both possibilities.
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    • Profile picture of the author lukedidit
      May also keep the panda happy.

      I think if you have a lot affiliate links on one page and you set them to nofollow, google may be less likely to see your site as too geared on just selling.

      This is just speculation on my part though, rather then definite fact.
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  • Profile picture of the author MatthewNeer
    Because your link will look MUCH cleaner and won't get your affiliate commissions stolen.

    Ugly Link: The Truth About Skiing and Snowboarding

    Clean Link: http://MatthewNeer.com/snowboarding

    See how sexy that second one looks? Man I love that stuff!

    BTW, that is a real affiliate from Clickbank, but is not meant to be intrusive. Simply used for demonstration purposes. Dunno if you guys wanna buy a snowboard product anyways... lol
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  • Profile picture of the author Shawn Darlin
    Looks professional AND less riskier in terms of SEO. Google isn't too fond of affiliate links.
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  • Profile picture of the author 3D
    Banned
    Because it looks tacky and turns of converts if you have affiliate78483973.hoplink..etc
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  • Profile picture of the author OO
    For two reasons now a days. 1. so Big-G doesn't penalize you with occurring Panda updates, and 2. conversion ratio's are worse due to people being clued in on what affiliate links are.
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  • Profile picture of the author spen
    thank Everyone！
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  • Profile picture of the author barbling
    I personally liked cloaked links because it's 'way more difficult to steal affiliate commissions that way. Not impossible, mind you, but 'waaaay more difficult....
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    • Profile picture of the author Torreylee
      Originally Posted by barbling View Post

      I personally liked cloaked links because it's 'way more difficult to steal affiliate commissions that way. Not impossible, mind you, but 'waaaay more difficult....
      Exactly, I always cloak my links. No two ways about it.
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