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Ezine Articles Redirect

by WaveHawaii
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Howdy!

I was reading about Ezine Articles allowing 'top level redirects'.
Does anyone know what this means?
Is it the same as .htaccess 301 redirects?

I want my Ezine Articles to have 2 hyperlinks; one to my Squidoo lens and one straight to the affiliate site.
Anyone care to comment on their experience with doing this?

Thanks!

Will
#articles #ezine #redirect
  • Profile picture of the author Davion Wong
    That means you can only use a top level domain such as "commissionblueprintreview.com" to redirect to an affiliate site and not a subdomain.

    In your case, hyperlinking to Squidoo lens is ok. As for affiliate site, use a top level domain and redirect it. Use masking pls if you can. Neater that way!

    Originally Posted by WaveHawaii View Post

    Howdy!

    I was reading about Ezine Articles allowing 'top level redirects'.
    Does anyone know what this means?
    Is it the same as .htaccess 301 redirects?

    I want my Ezine Articles to have 2 hyperlinks; one to my Squidoo lens and one straight to the affiliate site.
    Anyone care to comment on their experience with doing this?

    Thanks!

    Will
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    • Profile picture of the author WaveHawaii
      Thanks Davion!

      Good to know stuff.

      Will
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  • Profile picture of the author Zeus66
    Probably the easiest way to do it is to put the following code in between the <head></head> tags in your redirecting domain's source code:

    <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://domain_you_want_to_send_people_to">

    This will create an automatic (after 0 seconds) redirect to the target domain without any delay.

    John
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    • Profile picture of the author halfpoint
      Originally Posted by Zeus66 View Post

      Probably the easiest way to do it is to put the following code in between the <head></head> tags in your redirecting domain's source code:

      <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://domain_you_want_to_send_people_to">

      This will create an automatic (after 0 seconds) redirect to the target domain without any delay.

      John
      Hey John,

      Is there any benefit to doing this rather than just forwarding your domain directly from where you purchased it? For example if I bought a domain at GoDaddy just using their re-direct feature.
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      • Profile picture of the author Zeus66
        Originally Posted by Pat Jackson View Post

        Hey John,

        Is there any benefit to doing this rather than just forwarding your domain directly from where you purchased it? For example if I bought a domain at GoDaddy just using their re-direct feature.
        Yes. If you just forward the domain from your registrar, you can't really use the domain for any other purpose. The upside is you don't have to pay for hosting. I'd go with a .info domain, which is very cheap, if you use the domain forwarding from your registrar. If you plan to use that domain for any other purpose, the meta refresh is better.

        John
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        • Profile picture of the author Joey J
          Is there a way to track what article is getting the clicks/sales?

          Let's say my article links to mydomain.com which redirects to cpa offer.

          Is it possible to put some kind of code or tracking id in the article that will be recorded by the landing page and then forwarded to cpa offer?
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        • Profile picture of the author WaveHawaii
          Hi John - Zeus66,

          So I buy a .info domain and then put the meta refresh in the index.html, right?
          Then I can use that domain for other stuff; subdomains & directories.

          Does that sum it up?

          Thanks,

          Will
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          • Profile picture of the author Zeus66
            Originally Posted by WaveHawaii View Post

            So I buy a .info domain and then put the meta refresh in the index.html, right?
            Then I can use that domain for other stuff; subdomains & directories.
            Will,

            Yes. You need the meta refresh in the index page because ezinearticles only allows redirects from the top level domain name, not an internal page. But since you're still using a web host, you can do whatever you want with the rest of your site. You might want to put content or sales pages or whatever on internal pages, like yourdomain.com/buyacar.html

            If you do the meta refresh, you can use those internal pages. If you use domain forwarding through your domain registrar, you lose the ability to do anything else with your domain. Of course, .info domains are really cheap right now... sometimes you can pick up .biz domains as cheap if you look around. So it may not be a concern for you. Just register an entirely new domain and use it for the stuff you would have put on the one you're thinking of redirecting. Either way.

            John
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            • Profile picture of the author WaveHawaii
              Super clarification.

              Thanks John!

              Will
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    • Profile picture of the author WaveHawaii
      So I would put that code in the index.html file of the first domain, hyperlinked from the EA article? And the 'domain_you_want_to_send_people_to' is the affiliate sales page?

      Here is what I'm thinking. If I have my own domain; BestProductReviews.com. And I have a directory like 'reviews'; so BestProductReviews.com/reviews/

      And my EA article keyword is 'brown dog biscuits' and then I would have a hyperlink in my EA article like: BestProductReviews.com/reviews/brown-dog-biscuits/index.html

      If I put you code in the index.html file in brown-dog-biscuits, and then it redirects to PuppyLoveBiscuits.com, that would work, right? Or am I missing something.

      Thanks,

      Will
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    • Profile picture of the author AndrewL
      Thanks for that code.
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  • Profile picture of the author Lillian
    That is a really good question Jesa8406. I have ezine articles for which I use a redirect domain straight to the affiliate page. Unless someone actually buys the product I have no way to tell.
    Does anyone else know how to tell if someone has clicked?
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    • Profile picture of the author WaveHawaii
      I think you could try your AWSTATS in your CPanel. I haven't looked at it in ages, but Internet marketers use it to help track visitors and from whence they came.

      It would be cool to have a cloaking script that the EA article goes to at the redirecting domain and drops a tracking cookie before going on to the affiliate sales page. There must be something like that.

      Will
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  • Profile picture of the author RayAndLisaJ
    info domains are really cheap right now
    I picked one up at Godaddy the other day for 99 cents.
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  • Profile picture of the author RayAndLisaJ
    After you purchase the domain throug Godaddy your going to forward it to your affiliate link. The option to mask the domain is right there were you forward it.
    As far as
    How to mask a meta refresh index. html as Zeus66 has recommended
    not sure.
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  • Profile picture of the author WarriorNY
    Any idea why they only allow top level domain redirecting? Seems like it could be a waste of a domain name. It would be nice to use the domain name for a real site and have the redirect as a sub-page.
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    • Profile picture of the author WaveHawaii
      Ezine Articles rules defy logic a lot more than you think if you've ever tried to submit a batch of articles as I did recently. I can't tell you how many edits I had to do to get them accepted over a 3 week period.

      Like RayAndLisaJ said, get a .99cent domain. Don't sweat the little stuff. You want your EA article to point to your affiliate sales page and/or your keyword themed Squidoo pre-sales page.

      Aloha,

      Will
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  • Profile picture of the author geoffcruz
    this is the coolest thread i have ever read, i will try that technique, this will definitely remove the process of creating your own landing page.
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  • Profile picture of the author geoffcruz
    help guys,

    i bought a domain in godaddy and tried the forwarding and masking function, i forwarded the domain to my affiliate link. However when it tried it out the site that comes out is the parked domain site of godaddy. can someone tell me where i might went wrong?
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