Comments on: Stop Losing Money! – The Importance of Masking Affiliate Links & How to do it Right

By: Victor

Victor — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:09:59 +0000

I use this code instead

1. Paste in Notepad, change the link to your aff code and save the Notepad file as index.php.

2. Create new folder in your public_html directory. Something like, ‘go’ or ‘recommend’. Then in that folder, create another new folder such as ‘myproduct’.

3. Upload the index.php file to the ‘myproduct’ folder.

4. So, your link will look like this. http://www.yoursite.com/go/myproduct

Note that you will not see the ‘index.php’. This looks more professional.=)

By: thebest

thebest — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:03:51 +0000

that’s fantastic. u r awesome so do i

By: Beth

Beth — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 23:38:47 +0000

Also, how can i cloak my affiliate links without having a website or blog of my own? Can anyone give me an answer please? Thank you!

By: Beth

Beth — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:39:21 +0000

Hello, how exactly do i do that? I’m new to affiliate marketing, can you explain how to do that step by step? I really would appreciate it, thank you!

By: Brenda

Brenda — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:45:54 +0000

novice to the max……I know what you are saying but I am still confused on how to get there……I am starting one at the moment affiliate program through clickbank and I know I want to do others and I would like to learn this little trick here……

thanx
B

By: Dehost

Dehost — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:43:53 +0000

Very interesting that you come up with that idea. I will try this new idea to my blog.
Thanks for sharing.
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By: dailor

dailor — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:05:05 +0000

Oops, sorry but php code isn’t visible in tag. "?php header( 'Location: http://somesite.tld/youraffID' ) ; ?" placed again in index file (index.php) on any product directory. This will protect redirection content to be exposed, if someone try to “Save Link As…” or “Save Target As”. Against search engines you just have to ban redirection link in robots.txt file on your site:User-agent: * Disallow: /anyproduct/index.php

By: dailor

dailor — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:56:46 +0000

Thanks to Jim for this good piece of code…, but wait (no, I won’t to promote anything to you ).

In addition to this little, but effective trick, I’ll advise you not just to create some redirecting page like this http://tripperish.com/test_product/redirect.html. In Firefox for example, it is easy to any selfish-computer-familiar user just to right click on redirection link and “Save Link As…”. Then all your hardwork to mask an hide (& seek ) the aff-link is vain.

That I advise you is to create separate directory for each product and place your redirection link in index (default) file, but when you point to it just point to product directory (let browser to seek himself for redirection link ) like this: http://tripperish.com/test_product. If you try to “Save Link As…” you’ll save just the page that is point of masking/redirection…, but wait (even now I won’t to promote anything to you ).

The mentioned trick isn’t work in IE, even you are masked aff-link in index file. Right click and “Save Target As…” will expose your aff-link unfortunately .

That I prefer PHP redirection like this:

placed again in index file (index.php) on any product directory. This will protect redirection content to be exposed, if someone try to “Save Link As…” or “Save Target As”. Against search engines you just have to ban redirection link in robots.txt file on your site:
User-agent: * Disallow: /anyproduct/index.php