How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name

TShooter · 2nd Oct 2008, 08:56 PM

Can someone please tell me where one can go to learn how to "Cloak" a domain name or an affiliate name. I understand there is a difference between a "redirect" an a "cloak". Of course I don't know how to do either, but I'm told cloaking is the better option.

Also when I get business cards printed, do I have the "Cloaked Name" printed or the actual "Domain Name" printed on the cards?

Nathaniel

Doug Gorman · 2nd Oct 2008, 10:31 PM

Nathaniel,

What cloaking does is hides your affiliate links - place this code anywhere in your html of your website between the <body> and </body> tags:

<script>function cloakst1(){window.status="Promised Profit";} zint=setInterval(cloakst1,10)</script>

***That script works on blogs as well

***

Now after you do this, when someone hovers over any link in your site they will not see the url link at the bottom of the computer screen - instead they will see whatever you put in the {window.status="whatever you want";}. So instead of seeing www. pips12334545.affiliate069686 or what ever - they will see "Promised Profit".

YOU absolutely have to put your website url on business cards - you want everyone in the world to know the url of your website. It is the affiliate and other links that you want to cloak.

Hope that helps,

Doug

kkchoon1 · 2nd Oct 2008, 10:52 PM

If you use php, you can create a index.php with

<HTML>
<?php
header('Location:http://youraffiliatelink.vendor.hop.clickbank.net');
?>
</HTML>

Stephen Meyer · 3rd Oct 2008, 12:58 AM

This is what I use.

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<TITLE>Page Title Here</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<FRAMESET rows="100%" border=0 frameborder=0 framespacing=0>
<FRAME name=top src="Your Affiliate Link Here" noresize>
</FRAMESET>
</HTML>

This gives you a page title that shows up in the browser bar and ithides your link.

To use it you go into your Host4Profit account and click on
"File manager". Once there scroll to the bottom and "Create File" by giving your file a name. Be sure to end the name with .html. It would look like "thebestprogramever.html". By ending it with .html that will assure all browsers will open it correctly. Once you have given it a name and clicked create file a window will open. Just copy and paste the code above in the window. Give it a name and add your URL as shown above then click save and it's done.

tplahav · 3rd Oct 2008, 03:29 AM

Hi, You can do it with any account you use, that allows you to edit and create new web pages, so I guess yes.

Tanny

Stephen Meyer · 3rd Oct 2008, 06:56 AM

Originally Posted by nicesurf

Can we do it directly in godaddy account ?

Yes, you can do it with most accounts. All you are doing is crating a new web page that uses html to redirect.

TShooter · 3rd Oct 2008, 03:33 PM

"Wow" ..... this is good stuff. Thanks to all ..... I love it!!!

Nathaniel

luckystar · 4th Oct 2008, 06:28 AM

A cool Html Trick that works on your webpages:
Usually you will keep your links in this
format-

<A href="http://www.youraffiliatelink">clickhere</A>

In this way when you keep your cursor over the
link, you can see your long affiliate link.

Instead of above code, you can keep this code-

<A href="http://www.youraffiliate link" onMouseOver=
"window.status='your text here!'; return true" onMouseOut=
"window.status=''; return true">Click here</a>

Whole of the above line should be in SINGLE line.
When you keep cursor on the link, you can see the
text that you put in the status bar.

Alan Mater · 4th Oct 2008, 08:00 PM

Good info here. Just curious... does anyone at all use Affiliate Link Cloaker in the Web Army Knife? I swear I must be the only one using it... and it works so well and a lot easier than creating redirects and messing with the HTML code. Although, it does not hurt to know the HTML code to do those things. Can be very handy.

Cheers,

Alan

Jeff Casmer · 4th Oct 2008, 08:09 PM

Hi Alan,

I dont but glad its working well for you...

Take care
Jeff Casmer

Alan Mater · 4th Oct 2008, 08:16 PM

Hi Jeff,

It works very well. Don't know why more people don't use it.

Alan

Jeff Casmer · 4th Oct 2008, 08:17 PM

Hi Alan,

Great to hear. As long as you cloak those links you cant go wrong..

the easier the better I say..LOL

Take care
Jeff

Alan Mater · 4th Oct 2008, 08:25 PM

Jeff,

Haha... you got that right. I try to make everything as easy as possible. Time is valuable.

Alan

mythriver · 5th Oct 2008, 02:06 AM

One site I would like to suggest is Tiny URL.com where you can shorten you long URL into a Tiny URL. Among the many advantages of shortening your URL is that it is easy to remember a short name. Another advantage could be to guard against fraudulent activities. In the internet based affiliate marketing business such as Clickbank, it is generally known that some unscrupulous bad guys out there can steal business from you by substituting your unique affiliate name so that you end up promoting business for them. To get around this dilemma, some people use third parties such as TinyURL.com to cloak their long affiliate marketing names. Shortening your name may not guarantee against fraud, but it certainly increases your security by at least adding a layer of protection. Besides TinyURL, you can possibly shorten your long URL as other Forum Warrior members have suggested by the use of HTML in Notepad. Unless you're familiar with HTML, I suggest you visit TinyURL.com and see if this is helpful. For further suggestions of how you can protect yourself in the home base money making business, visit my blog at Plug-In Profit Site - Complete Money Making Site Setup FREE! | Proven Internet Home Business Opportunity.

Alan Mater · 5th Oct 2008, 05:41 AM

I feel it's more beneficial if your cloaked URL has your domain attached. Affiliate Link Cloaker in the WAK will do just this. You don't have to mess with HTML code. Just copy and paste the code it gives you into a new web page and you're good to go. The suggestions above will also give you the same thing pretty much.

I would much rather promote a URL that begins with my domain, rather than a domain like tinyurl.com or something similar. To me that's unprofessional, but that's just my opinion.

Cheers,

Alan

Stephen Meyer · 5th Oct 2008, 06:50 AM

Hey Alan, the HTML I posted above is as simple as copy and paste. About 4 clicks and you are done in less than 3 minutes. It not only hides your affiliate link on the first page but it hides it as you surf your affiliate site. All your visitors ever see is your domain name followed by what you called the link. It is simple and easy.

Besides that, I couldn't get rid of the web Army Knife fast enough, froze my computer 3 times. I hate installing programs when a couple clicks does the trick.

keithngu · 5th Oct 2008, 07:03 AM

I use cloaking software. for me, it's much easier.

tplahav · 5th Oct 2008, 10:39 AM

I say whatever works for you is fine, I use the same code as Steve and it works fine.

As for tinyurl, I got used to see it everywhere, usually related to MLM programs and more in scams. It got to the point when I see a tinyurl I ignore it completely.

I know it is not always the case, but if you want to hide something do it with style, beside the tinyurls are not so tiny anymore

Tanny

Alan Mater · 5th Oct 2008, 11:39 AM

Originally Posted by Stephen Meyer

Hey Alan, the HTML I posted above is as simple as copy and paste. About 4 clicks and you are done in less than 3 minutes. It not only hides your affiliate link on the first page but it hides it as you surf your affiliate site. All your visitors ever see is your domain name followed by what you called the link. It is simple and easy.

Besides that, I couldn't get rid of the web Army Knife fast enough, froze my computer 3 times. I hate installing programs when a couple clicks does the trick.

Hi Steve,

The WAK does the exact same thing. Wonder why it kept freezing for you. I've never had a problem with it. Whatever works, I say. Good you found something that's quick and easy. I know how valuable our times are.

I know that some people fret about even the thought of touching HTML code, so that's why I threw in my scenario. It's more user friendly, if you will

.

Tanny, you kind of said what I was thinking about tinyurl. It's not a bad thing, but I think it's much better for you as a marketer to be promoting your domain name, instead of tinyurl.com. It's one thing to shorten a URL... and a completely different thing to cloak it.

Cheers,

Alan

talfighel · 5th Oct 2008, 02:43 PM

Nathaniel,

Just go to:

YOURSITE.com/menu and log in....

Once you are there, go to "Create file" and name it anything that you want. At the end add a ".php".

Once you are in the page, add:

<HTML>
<?php
header('Location:http://youraffiliatelink.vendor.hop.clickbank.net');
?>
</HTML>

Does this help?

Tal

JimK · 5th Oct 2008, 02:58 PM

I have found that this method doesn't work in FireFox.

Originally Posted by luckystar

A cool Html Trick that works on your webpages:
Usually you will keep your links in this
format-

<A href="http://www.youraffiliatelink">clickhere</A>

In this way when you keep your cursor over the
link, you can see your long affiliate link.

Instead of above code, you can keep this code-

<A href="http://www.youraffiliate link" onMouseOver=
"window.status='your text here!'; return true" onMouseOut=
"window.status=''; return true">Click here</a>

Whole of the above line should be in SINGLE line.
When you keep cursor on the link, you can see the
text that you put in the status bar.

TShooter · 6th Oct 2008, 08:25 AM

Thanks Tal, I will give this a try also ....... great information and greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Nathaniel

magentawave · 13th Oct 2008, 01:02 PM

Originally Posted by Doug Gorman

Nathaniel,

What cloaking does is hides your affiliate links - place this code anywhere in your html of your website between the <body> and </body> tags:

<script>function cloakst1(){window.status="Promised Profit";} zint=setInterval(cloakst1,10)</script>

***That script works on blogs as well

***

Now after you do this, when someone hovers over any link in your site they will not see the url link at the bottom of the computer screen - instead they will see whatever you put in the {window.status="whatever you want";}. So instead of seeing www. pips12334545.affiliate069686 or what ever - they will see "Promised Profit".

YOU absolutely have to put your website url on business cards - you want everyone in the world to know the url of your website. It is the affiliate and other links that you want to cloak.

Hope that helps,

Doug

Hi Doug,

Well I got all excited when I saw what a simple way you explained here on how to cloak an affiliate link because I was just about to spend money on a program like Ninja Link Cloaker. So I immediately pasted
<script>function cloakst1(){window.status="Promised Profit";} zint=setInterval(cloakst1,10)</script> into the bottom of the HTML section of a blog post and I can still very clearly see my butt ugly affiliate link in the bottom of the browser. Have any idea why that didn't work? Does it matter that my affiliate link is a 'nofollow' link?

I tried it with both Firefox and IE.

Thanks.
Steve

Didi · 13th Oct 2008, 02:19 PM

Hello,

When it comes to cloaking our affiliate links, which is the better option, using a free cloaking software or using a paid one? Need plenty of advice on this as I'm a newbie in internet marketing.

Didi

geraldlum · 4th Nov 2008, 09:36 AM

Originally Posted by Alan Mater

Good info here. Just curious... does anyone at all use Affiliate Link Cloaker in the Web Army Knife? I swear I must be the only one using it... and it works so well and a lot easier than creating redirects and messing with the HTML code. Although, it does not hurt to know the HTML code to do those things. Can be very handy.

Cheers,

Alan

I'm searching for a easy to use cloaker. Which one do you recommend??

JustVisiting · 4th Nov 2008, 09:53 AM

Originally Posted by JimK

I have found that this method doesn't work in FireFox.

You may have javascript disabled in Firefox?
Some folk seem to disable javascipt, I often do this because I can view my own adsense web sites without seeing the ads and therefore not breaking Googles t&c's.

This is why I prefer .php file redirects.

)

chngoi · 5th Nov 2008, 03:19 AM

Well, I had got the same feeling about this tinyurl, very scams looking URL, but I've been advised to use this from dayone, is it very important to cloak or hide all our CB affiliate link? Does it affect our sales lot if we show our actual affiliate name? Need some advise here. Thanks

Originally Posted by tplahav

I say whatever works for you is fine, I use the same code as Steve and it works fine.

As for tinyurl, I got used to see it everywhere, usually related to MLM programs and more in scams. It got to the point when I see a tinyurl I ignore it completely.

I know it is not always the case, but if you want to hide something do it with style, beside the tinyurls are not so tiny anymore

Tanny

JustVisiting · 5th Nov 2008, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by chngoi

Does it affect our sales lot if we show our actual affiliate name? Need some advise here. Thanks

When selling internet marketing and related products to other marketers then it is advisable to cloak...however...it is still very easy to steal the referrers commission, whatever system is used. It all comes down to ethics.

Offering an additional relevent bonus to a purchaser is the best way to keep your commission.

In my experience for *non-internet marketing products* it makes little difference whether you cloak or not, although the referral URL looks prettier.

Also, CB has now altered their affiliate payout terms so it's not possible for a purchaser to qualify for a payout if they only buy products using their own PayPal account or CC.

Patrician · 5th Nov 2008, 12:06 PM

I just want to mention (not sure if anyone has above) that if your PIPS site was installed after May 2008, (any PIPS ID higher than 22712), all the affiliate links are already cloaked by your PIPS affiliate ID.

So there is no need to cloak your site - maybe only your individual affiliate links for the core affiliate programs if you are advertising them separately from your PIPS site.

JJonesRN3 · 5th Nov 2008, 12:18 PM

Hi,

I tried several times to delete army knife, but I can't get rid of the program. Can someone please tell me how to eliminate army knife from my hard drive?

To your success and happiness.

Patrician · 5th Nov 2008, 12:46 PM

To Remove a Program:

If you have already used the add/delete programs in your Windows Control Panel,

Go to ccleaner.com and download the free cleaner application. After it is installed, run the scan on your applications and delete the files (these are temporary files that are unncessary and cookies, etc).

Then run the Registry cleaner and 'fix all issues'.

Reboot your PC.

If it is still there, then VERY CAREFULLY you can try to remove any remnants from your Registry:

Click the Windows Start button in the left lower corner.

Click 'Run'

When the box comes up, type 'regedit' (without the ' ')

A box will come up with file names on the left that start with 'HKEY_'

Click the plus sign next to the folders for two of these to see the files in them.

First: 'HKEY_LOCAL MACHINE' and 'SOFTWARE' and if you don't see a file by the name of Web Army Knife, then click the minus sign to close the directories.

Try again with 'HKEY_CURRENT USER' and 'Software'

At either place if you see a folder called 'Web Army Knife', CAREFULLY right click the file folder with your mouse and choose 'delete' from the mouse menu.

CAREFUL NOT TO DELETE ANY OTHER FOLDER OR FILE THERE - you can tell which one is highlighted. Make sure only that one folder is highlighted.

If you delete the wrong file, you can cause some program to stop working and there is nothing we can do about it once the file is gone. I am not responsible if this happens.

Alan Mater · 5th Nov 2008, 02:48 PM

Michael,

Yes, I use the WAK to cloak any affiliate site. It's very easy to use and doesn't require any scripting or coding of any kind. Works in all browsers and encrypts the page source code as well.

Alan

Racey1 · 7th Nov 2008, 05:35 AM

Originally Posted by Patrician

I just want to mention (not sure if anyone has above) that if your PIPS site was installed after May 2008, (any PIPS ID higher than 22712), all the affiliate links are already cloaked by your PIPS affiliate ID.

So there is no need to cloak your site - maybe only your individual affiliate links for the core affiliate programs if you are advertising them separately from your PIPS site.

Hi Pat

Have not altered my site yet, I joined after the date you say.

However on the front Page my afiliate number is printed for everyone to see. Also when you hover over various adverts the link shows up.

Can these be cloaked?

Rosalie

Alan Mater · 7th Nov 2008, 08:37 AM

Originally Posted by Racey1

Hi Pat

Have not altered my site yet, I joined after the date you say.

However on the front Page my afiliate number is printed for everyone to see. Also when you hover over various adverts the link shows up.

Can these be cloaked?

Rosalie

Hi Rosalie,

Yes, they can all be cloaked. It will take some time to do, but I feel it should be done. I have mentioned the WAK to use to cloak affiliate pages. Others have mentioned how to do this as well and mask the identity of your links. Whichever way is up to you.

Alan

Patrician · 7th Nov 2008, 11:58 AM

ROSALIE,

They are cloaked by your PIPS affiliate number. That is what you see when you hover over the affiliate links - your PIPS ID.

There is no problem with people knowing your PIPS ID - this is a free program and they couldn't steal anything that is free - there are no commissions.

Alan with all due respect I really don't know why someone would need to cloak something that is already cloaked and further, I feel it may not work correctly.

Please BE specific about what to cloak. The sales pages for each affiliate program are what can be cloaked.

THERE IS NO REASON TO CLOAK THE LINKS ON THE PIPS WEBSITES, WHICH ARE ALREADY CLOAKED IF THEY JOINED AFTER MAY 2008.

Alan Mater · 7th Nov 2008, 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by Patrician

ROSALIE,

They are cloaked by your PIPS affiliate number. That is what you see when you hover over the affiliate links - your PIPS ID.

There is no problem with people knowing your PIPS ID - this is a free program and they couldn't steal anything that is free - there are no commissions.

Alan with all due respect I really don't know why someone would need to cloak something that is already cloaked and further, I feel it may not work correctly.

Please BE specific about what to cloak. The sales pages for each affiliate program are what can be cloaked.

THERE IS NO REASON TO CLOAK THE LINKS ON THE PIPS WEBSITES, WHICH ARE ALREADY CLOAKED IF THEY JOINED AFTER MAY 2008.

Pat,

Keep in mind I'm not the one that asked the question and was only trying to help in answer the question that was asked. I took a look at Rosalie's website, and to me, the links are not cloaked.

To me, cloaking a link would be taking that URL and changing it to something like yourdomain.com/freesetup.html. That's an example of the free setup URL that is on the website. The PIPS ID would not be seen that way. And yes, it WOULD work.

You are taking that "landing page" and essentially making it your own, giving it a new domain name. It will be seen as coming from your domain and not the pluginprofitsite.com domain.

If you feel it's not necessary to cloak those links, that's fine. But the question was asked, and I was only providing an answer.

It's not a matter of whether or not they need to, it's a matter of whether they want to. The question was how to get rid of the ID in the link, and that's what my answer was for. Some people may want their link pointing to their domain and not the pluginprofitsite.com domain.

Hope that clears it up,

Alan

Patrician · 7th Nov 2008, 02:25 PM

I am referring to for instance if you look at SFI - you hover - you do not see whatever the SFI affiliateID is, what you see is pluginprofitiste.com/main-####/sfi.html

That is an already cloaked SFI link.

I am looking at her site and I see a cloaked link on every single affiliate program.

I understand you are trying to help and I do appreciate that.

My concerns are related to the fact that newbies need to stay focused on what is critical - training and promoting their website. They don't need to do unnecessary things or buy unnecessary products.

I know the level of expertise of most newbies in this program and I know they are challenged on several levels. I would just like to see them avoid anything that makes it more of an uphill battle.

Patrician · 7th Nov 2008, 05:24 PM

OK I just realized how you see something I don't see, Alan. That's because I am getting tunnel vision. I am looking at the stock PIPS site - I never deal with custom services.

I realize now there is stuff added to her site 'after market' - and yes those are not cloaked and maybe should be.

Alan Mater · 7th Nov 2008, 08:52 PM

Pat,

I understand the links you're talking about, and you're right. Glad to see you noticed what I saw

. Wasn't sure if it was just me or not lol.

I also understand your perspective about newbies needing to be focused on the bigger task at hand. You're absolutely right that they should focus more on marketing and building their business and not customizing stuff just yet. But, at some point it should be done.

Racey1 · 9th Nov 2008, 03:12 PM

Sorry guys did not mean to cause world war three but to me the links are not linked and I'm glad that you see it to, thought I was going of my trolly.

Pat please dont shout, it is not nice.

Suzanne added pages I'll contact her and ask her why links not clocked.

Rosalie

mythriver · 10th Nov 2008, 10:21 PM

I suggest that you try TinyURL.com. I have used their service, and I am satisfied.

To your success!

farh* · 10th Nov 2008, 10:53 PM

Wish i knew that before.

Alan Mater · 11th Nov 2008, 06:12 AM

I would suggest NOT using Tinyurl.com. It looks unprofessional and when you really start growing your business you'll wish you hadn't. You want your links pointing to your domain, not anyone elses.

Alan

PMA · 11th Nov 2008, 08:40 AM

I am very glad this question was asked. I see there's a variety of ways in which to cloak our affiliate links and that everyone is very passionate about their choice.

Although I like a lot of what is listed here, it's rather difficult to choose which option will work best for me. There seems to be advantages in all of the suggestions. Therefore, I will seek advice from my 6 Mentors at PIPS Power Group and make a decision.

Pat, thanks for the info regarding the cloaked PIPS links. It's good to know that they are continuing to make improvements to the Plug-In Profit Site.

Margie Franklin
The Home Biz Diva

chngoi · 13th Nov 2008, 01:28 AM

I think somehow our PIPS and other affiliate links are looking good.

Kmarion · 15th Nov 2008, 09:59 AM

There are lots of scripts and expensive software. I have tried many different techniques. Some of the software, like PowerLinker and Ninja Cloaker are quite expensive. But if you want to use your own script that provides both cloaking and a re-direct, I suggest you try the free one here: freeaffiliatecloaker dot com This script is absolutely free and it's yours to use however you like (as long as you don't try to sell it) without license fees or paying for software updates. Enjoy!

JackTheLad · 15th Nov 2008, 10:05 AM

Great info. As if I expected less!

mugwum0 · 20th Nov 2008, 11:50 AM

Some cj.com vendors offer ONLY javascript links with remotely hosted images. How can one cloak the status bar, mouse over, destination for such? I'd really like to cover their image with a simple button.jpg.

jayann725 · 19th Sep 2009, 08:28 PM

Originally Posted by Stephen Meyer

This is what I use.

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<TITLE>Page Title Here</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<FRAMESET rows="100%" border=0 frameborder=0 framespacing=0>
<FRAME name=top src="Your Affiliate Link Here" noresize>
</FRAMESET>
</HTML>

This gives you a page title that shows up in the browser bar and ithides your link.

I am new at this, so if this question seems dumb please excuse my ignorance, but I want to cloak my affiliate link from clickbank... Am I supposed to create a new website to be able to add that code you recommended and that will have it direct people to my affiliate site or do I just host that code alone and use it somehow on my emails to refer people to? I'm not sure how it works. Please advise. Thanks.

JimHardin · 19th Sep 2009, 08:46 PM

I have to say it amazes me how much I learn at this forum everytime I come here. The members here are great and so willing to help new people. I really appreciate it.

As far as cloaking I have tried creating subdomains and redirects and it works pretty well. Though I like the information above about cloaking as it hides your information well.

2nd Oct 2008, 08:56 PM	#1
TShooter New Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: 2008 Location: Columbus, OH , USA. Posts: 18 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name Share on: Can someone please tell me where one can go to learn how to "Cloak" a domain name or an affiliate name. I understand there is a difference between a "redirect" an a "cloak". Of course I don't know how to do either, but I'm told cloaking is the better option. Also when I get business cards printed, do I have the "Cloaked Name" printed or the actual "Domain Name" printed on the cards? Nathaniel
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Doug Gorman Doug Gorman Join Date: 2007 Location: Indiana, USA Posts: 140 Thanks: 25 Thanked 23 Times in 11 Posts	Re: How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name Share on: Nathaniel, What cloaking does is hides your affiliate links - place this code anywhere in your html of your website between the <body> and </body> tags: <script>function cloakst1(){window.status="Promised Profit";} zint=setInterval(cloakst1,10)</script> *That script works on blogs as well * Now after you do this, when someone hovers over any link in your site they will not see the url link at the bottom of the computer screen - instead they will see whatever you put in the {window.status="whatever you want";}. So instead of seeing www. pips12334545.affiliate069686 or what ever - they will see "Promised Profit". YOU absolutely have to put your website url on business cards - you want everyone in the world to know the url of your website. It is the affiliate and other links that you want to cloak. Hope that helps, Doug
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kkchoon1 Banned Join Date: 2007 Location: Kuala Lumpur, WP, Malaysia. Posts: 74 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name Share on: If you use php, you can create a index.php with <HTML> <?php header('Location:http://youraffiliatelink.vendor.hop.clickbank.net'); ?> </HTML>

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Stephen Meyer Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: 2007 Location: Ada,OK , USA. Posts: 910 Thanks: 107 Thanked 336 Times in 222 Posts	Re: How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name Share on: This is what I use. <HTML> <HEAD> <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <TITLE>Page Title Here</TITLE> </HEAD> <FRAMESET rows="100%" border=0 frameborder=0 framespacing=0> <FRAME name=top src="Your Affiliate Link Here" noresize> </FRAMESET> </HTML> This gives you a page title that shows up in the browser bar and ithides your link. To use it you go into your Host4Profit account and click on "File manager". Once there scroll to the bottom and "Create File" by giving your file a name. Be sure to end the name with .html. It would look like "thebestprogramever.html". By ending it with .html that will assure all browsers will open it correctly. Once you have given it a name and clicked create file a window will open. Just copy and paste the code above in the window. Give it a name and add your URL as shown above then click save and it's done.
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4th Oct 2008, 06:28 AM	#8
luckystar HyperActive Warrior Join Date: 2008 Location: , , Nigeria. Posts: 201 Thanks: 11 Thanked 31 Times in 23 Posts	Re: How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name Share on: A cool Html Trick that works on your webpages: Usually you will keep your links in this format- <A href="http://www.youraffiliatelink">clickhere</A> In this way when you keep your cursor over the link, you can see your long affiliate link. Instead of above code, you can keep this code- <A href="http://www.youraffiliate link" onMouseOver= "window.status='your text here!'; return true" onMouseOut= "window.status=''; return true">Click here</a> Whole of the above line should be in SINGLE line. When you keep cursor on the link, you can see the text that you put in the status bar.
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4th Oct 2008, 08:00 PM	#9
Alan Mater Freelance Proofreader War Room Member Join Date: 2008 Location: Pennsylvania, US Posts: 1,564 Thanks: 55 Thanked 154 Times in 135 Posts Blog Entries: 2	Re: How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name Share on: Good info here. Just curious... does anyone at all use Affiliate Link Cloaker in the Web Army Knife? I swear I must be the only one using it... and it works so well and a lot easier than creating redirects and messing with the HTML code. Although, it does not hurt to know the HTML code to do those things. Can be very handy. Cheers, Alan
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4th Oct 2008, 08:09 PM	#10
Jeff Casmer Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,037 Thanks: 31 Thanked 250 Times in 192 Posts Blog Entries: 5	Re: How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name Share on: Hi Alan, I dont but glad its working well for you... Take care Jeff Casmer
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4th Oct 2008, 08:16 PM	#11
Alan Mater Freelance Proofreader War Room Member Join Date: 2008 Location: Pennsylvania, US Posts: 1,564 Thanks: 55 Thanked 154 Times in 135 Posts Blog Entries: 2	Re: How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name Share on: Hi Jeff, It works very well. Don't know why more people don't use it. Alan
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4th Oct 2008, 08:17 PM	#12
Jeff Casmer Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,037 Thanks: 31 Thanked 250 Times in 192 Posts Blog Entries: 5	Re: How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name Share on: Hi Alan, Great to hear. As long as you cloak those links you cant go wrong.. the easier the better I say..LOL Take care Jeff
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4th Oct 2008, 08:25 PM	#13
Alan Mater Freelance Proofreader War Room Member Join Date: 2008 Location: Pennsylvania, US Posts: 1,564 Thanks: 55 Thanked 154 Times in 135 Posts Blog Entries: 2	Re: How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name Share on: Jeff, Haha... you got that right. I try to make everything as easy as possible. Time is valuable. Alan
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5th Oct 2008, 02:06 AM	#14
mythriver New Warrior Member Join Date: 2008 Location: , , USA. Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name Share on: One site I would like to suggest is Tiny URL.com where you can shorten you long URL into a Tiny URL. Among the many advantages of shortening your URL is that it is easy to remember a short name. Another advantage could be to guard against fraudulent activities. In the internet based affiliate marketing business such as Clickbank, it is generally known that some unscrupulous bad guys out there can steal business from you by substituting your unique affiliate name so that you end up promoting business for them. To get around this dilemma, some people use third parties such as TinyURL.com to cloak their long affiliate marketing names. Shortening your name may not guarantee against fraud, but it certainly increases your security by at least adding a layer of protection. Besides TinyURL, you can possibly shorten your long URL as other Forum Warrior members have suggested by the use of HTML in Notepad. Unless you're familiar with HTML, I suggest you visit TinyURL.com and see if this is helpful. For further suggestions of how you can protect yourself in the home base money making business, visit my blog at Plug-In Profit Site - Complete Money Making Site Setup FREE! \| Proven Internet Home Business Opportunity.
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5th Oct 2008, 05:41 AM	#15
Alan Mater Freelance Proofreader War Room Member Join Date: 2008 Location: Pennsylvania, US Posts: 1,564 Thanks: 55 Thanked 154 Times in 135 Posts Blog Entries: 2	Re: How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name Share on: I feel it's more beneficial if your cloaked URL has your domain attached. Affiliate Link Cloaker in the WAK will do just this. You don't have to mess with HTML code. Just copy and paste the code it gives you into a new web page and you're good to go. The suggestions above will also give you the same thing pretty much. I would much rather promote a URL that begins with my domain, rather than a domain like tinyurl.com or something similar. To me that's unprofessional, but that's just my opinion. Cheers, Alan
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5th Oct 2008, 06:50 AM	#16
Stephen Meyer Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: 2007 Location: Ada,OK , USA. Posts: 910 Thanks: 107 Thanked 336 Times in 222 Posts	Re: How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name Share on: Hey Alan, the HTML I posted above is as simple as copy and paste. About 4 clicks and you are done in less than 3 minutes. It not only hides your affiliate link on the first page but it hides it as you surf your affiliate site. All your visitors ever see is your domain name followed by what you called the link. It is simple and easy. Besides that, I couldn't get rid of the web Army Knife fast enough, froze my computer 3 times. I hate installing programs when a couple clicks does the trick.
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5th Oct 2008, 07:03 AM	#17
keithngu Active Warrior Join Date: 2008 Location: , , . Posts: 36 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name Share on: I use cloaking software. for me, it's much easier.
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5th Oct 2008, 10:39 AM	#18
tplahav HyperActive Warrior Join Date: 2007 Location: , , Israel. Posts: 305 Thanks: 16 Thanked 39 Times in 30 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Re: How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name Share on: I say whatever works for you is fine, I use the same code as Steve and it works fine. As for tinyurl, I got used to see it everywhere, usually related to MLM programs and more in scams. It got to the point when I see a tinyurl I ignore it completely. I know it is not always the case, but if you want to hide something do it with style, beside the tinyurls are not so tiny anymore Tanny
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5th Oct 2008, 02:43 PM	#20
talfighel VIP Warrior War Room Member Join Date: 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada. Posts: 6,896 Thanks: 168 Thanked 1,535 Times in 1,249 Posts	Re: How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name Share on: Nathaniel, Just go to: YOURSITE.com/menu and log in.... Once you are there, go to "Create file" and name it anything that you want. At the end add a ".php". Once you are in the page, add: <HTML> <?php header('Location:http://youraffiliatelink.vendor.hop.clickbank.net'); ?> </HTML> Does this help? Tal
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6th Oct 2008, 08:25 AM	#22
TShooter New Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: 2008 Location: Columbus, OH , USA. Posts: 18 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name Share on: Thanks Tal, I will give this a try also ....... great information and greatly appreciated. Thanks Nathaniel
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13th Oct 2008, 02:19 PM	#24
Didi HyperActive Warrior Join Date: 2008 Location: Singapore Posts: 106 Thanks: 6 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	Re: How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name Share on: Hello, When it comes to cloaking our affiliate links, which is the better option, using a free cloaking software or using a paid one? Need plenty of advice on this as I'm a newbie in internet marketing. Didi

5th Nov 2008, 12:06 PM	#29
Patrician OffTheWallflowerChild War Room Member Join Date: 2004 Location: USA Posts: 2,776 Thanks: 6,161 Thanked 2,625 Times in 1,763 Posts	Re: How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name Share on: I just want to mention (not sure if anyone has above) that if your PIPS site was installed after May 2008, (any PIPS ID higher than 22712), all the affiliate links are already cloaked by your PIPS affiliate ID. So there is no need to cloak your site - maybe only your individual affiliate links for the core affiliate programs if you are advertising them separately from your PIPS site.
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5th Nov 2008, 12:18 PM	#30
JJonesRN3 Active Warrior Join Date: 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 60 Thanks: 38 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name Share on: Hi, I tried several times to delete army knife, but I can't get rid of the program. Can someone please tell me how to eliminate army knife from my hard drive? To your success and happiness.
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5th Nov 2008, 12:46 PM	#31
Patrician OffTheWallflowerChild War Room Member Join Date: 2004 Location: USA Posts: 2,776 Thanks: 6,161 Thanked 2,625 Times in 1,763 Posts	Re: How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name Share on: To Remove a Program: If you have already used the add/delete programs in your Windows Control Panel, Go to ccleaner.com and download the free cleaner application. After it is installed, run the scan on your applications and delete the files (these are temporary files that are unncessary and cookies, etc). Then run the Registry cleaner and 'fix all issues'. Reboot your PC. If it is still there, then VERY CAREFULLY you can try to remove any remnants from your Registry: Click the Windows Start button in the left lower corner. Click 'Run' When the box comes up, type 'regedit' (without the ' ') A box will come up with file names on the left that start with 'HKEY_' Click the plus sign next to the folders for two of these to see the files in them. First: 'HKEY_LOCAL MACHINE' and 'SOFTWARE' and if you don't see a file by the name of Web Army Knife, then click the minus sign to close the directories. Try again with 'HKEY_CURRENT USER' and 'Software' At either place if you see a folder called 'Web Army Knife', CAREFULLY right click the file folder with your mouse and choose 'delete' from the mouse menu. CAREFUL NOT TO DELETE ANY OTHER FOLDER OR FILE THERE - you can tell which one is highlighted. Make sure only that one folder is highlighted. If you delete the wrong file, you can cause some program to stop working and there is nothing we can do about it once the file is gone. I am not responsible if this happens.
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5th Nov 2008, 02:48 PM	#32
Alan Mater Freelance Proofreader War Room Member Join Date: 2008 Location: Pennsylvania, US Posts: 1,564 Thanks: 55 Thanked 154 Times in 135 Posts Blog Entries: 2	Re: How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name Share on: Michael, Yes, I use the WAK to cloak any affiliate site. It's very easy to use and doesn't require any scripting or coding of any kind. Works in all browsers and encrypts the page source code as well. Alan
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7th Nov 2008, 11:58 AM	#35
Patrician OffTheWallflowerChild War Room Member Join Date: 2004 Location: USA Posts: 2,776 Thanks: 6,161 Thanked 2,625 Times in 1,763 Posts	Re: How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name Share on: ROSALIE, They are cloaked by your PIPS affiliate number. That is what you see when you hover over the affiliate links - your PIPS ID. There is no problem with people knowing your PIPS ID - this is a free program and they couldn't steal anything that is free - there are no commissions. Alan with all due respect I really don't know why someone would need to cloak something that is already cloaked and further, I feel it may not work correctly. Please BE specific about what to cloak. The sales pages for each affiliate program are what can be cloaked. THERE IS NO REASON TO CLOAK THE LINKS ON THE PIPS WEBSITES, WHICH ARE ALREADY CLOAKED IF THEY JOINED AFTER MAY 2008.
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7th Nov 2008, 02:25 PM	#37
Patrician OffTheWallflowerChild War Room Member Join Date: 2004 Location: USA Posts: 2,776 Thanks: 6,161 Thanked 2,625 Times in 1,763 Posts	Re: How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name Share on: I am referring to for instance if you look at SFI - you hover - you do not see whatever the SFI affiliateID is, what you see is pluginprofitiste.com/main-####/sfi.html That is an already cloaked SFI link. I am looking at her site and I see a cloaked link on every single affiliate program. I understand you are trying to help and I do appreciate that. My concerns are related to the fact that newbies need to stay focused on what is critical - training and promoting their website. They don't need to do unnecessary things or buy unnecessary products. I know the level of expertise of most newbies in this program and I know they are challenged on several levels. I would just like to see them avoid anything that makes it more of an uphill battle.
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7th Nov 2008, 05:24 PM	#38
Patrician OffTheWallflowerChild War Room Member Join Date: 2004 Location: USA Posts: 2,776 Thanks: 6,161 Thanked 2,625 Times in 1,763 Posts	Re: How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name Share on: OK I just realized how you see something I don't see, Alan. That's because I am getting tunnel vision. I am looking at the stock PIPS site - I never deal with custom services. I realize now there is stuff added to her site 'after market' - and yes those are not cloaked and maybe should be.
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7th Nov 2008, 08:52 PM	#39
Alan Mater Freelance Proofreader War Room Member Join Date: 2008 Location: Pennsylvania, US Posts: 1,564 Thanks: 55 Thanked 154 Times in 135 Posts Blog Entries: 2	Re: How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name Share on: Pat, I understand the links you're talking about, and you're right. Glad to see you noticed what I saw . Wasn't sure if it was just me or not lol. I also understand your perspective about newbies needing to be focused on the bigger task at hand. You're absolutely right that they should focus more on marketing and building their business and not customizing stuff just yet. But, at some point it should be done.
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9th Nov 2008, 03:12 PM	#40
Racey1 Active Warrior Join Date: 2008 Location: Spain Posts: 84 Thanks: 3 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name Share on: Sorry guys did not mean to cause world war three but to me the links are not linked and I'm glad that you see it to, thought I was going of my trolly. Pat please dont shout, it is not nice. Suzanne added pages I'll contact her and ask her why links not clocked. Rosalie
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10th Nov 2008, 10:21 PM	#41
mythriver New Warrior Member Join Date: 2008 Location: , , USA. Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name Share on: I suggest that you try TinyURL.com. I have used their service, and I am satisfied. To your success!
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10th Nov 2008, 10:53 PM	#42
farh* New Warrior Member Join Date: 2008 Posts: 17 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name Share on: Wish i knew that before.
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11th Nov 2008, 06:12 AM	#43
Alan Mater Freelance Proofreader War Room Member Join Date: 2008 Location: Pennsylvania, US Posts: 1,564 Thanks: 55 Thanked 154 Times in 135 Posts Blog Entries: 2	Re: How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name Share on: I would suggest NOT using Tinyurl.com. It looks unprofessional and when you really start growing your business you'll wish you hadn't. You want your links pointing to your domain, not anyone elses. Alan
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11th Nov 2008, 08:40 AM	#44
PMA New Warrior Member Join Date: 2007 Location: , , USA. Posts: 14 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name Share on: I am very glad this question was asked. I see there's a variety of ways in which to cloak our affiliate links and that everyone is very passionate about their choice. Although I like a lot of what is listed here, it's rather difficult to choose which option will work best for me. There seems to be advantages in all of the suggestions. Therefore, I will seek advice from my 6 Mentors at PIPS Power Group and make a decision. Pat, thanks for the info regarding the cloaked PIPS links. It's good to know that they are continuing to make improvements to the Plug-In Profit Site. Margie Franklin The Home Biz Diva
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13th Nov 2008, 01:28 AM	#45
chngoi Brian Ngoi Join Date: 2008 Location: Malaysia. K.L Posts: 37 Thanks: 25 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name Share on: I think somehow our PIPS and other affiliate links are looking good.
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15th Nov 2008, 09:59 AM	#46
Kmarion New Warrior Member Join Date: 2008 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: How do I "Cloak" a domain/affiliate name Share on: There are lots of scripts and expensive software. I have tried many different techniques. Some of the software, like PowerLinker and Ninja Cloaker are quite expensive. But if you want to use your own script that provides both cloaking and a re-direct, I suggest you try the free one here: freeaffiliatecloaker dot com This script is absolutely free and it's yours to use however you like (as long as you don't try to sell it) without license fees or paying for software updates. Enjoy!
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