Comments on: Affiliate links? Cloak them!

By: Hooshmand Moslemi

Hooshmand Moslemi — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:13:35 +0000

What I usually do is the PHP Redirect method and I'm pretty happy with that.

Here is the code:

If you're not redirected to the proper page in 5 seconds,
Click
Here.

Then, I save the file as an index.php and put it in the folder with the name of that Affiliate Product: http://www.MySite.com/recommends/AffiliateProductName

This method has so far worked well for me and generated a number of sales. As you know, people don't prefer links with affiliate code, so this kind of hiding is more effective.

Also, this way is better for SEO. So, bear that in mind, too!

Thanks for the post!

Regards!

Hooshmand Moslemi

By: dunki

dunki — Sun, 10 May 2009 16:57:53 +0000

What about this plugin, it seems to do the job: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/pretty-link/

By: A Nahwi

A Nahwi — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:30:03 +0000

I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future. Thank you

By: affboy

affboy — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:04:30 +0000

This one is great, free, even can encrypt the link
http://Hide-Affiliate-Links.com/
Its ebook is free ,too.

By: Markus

Markus — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:27:53 +0000

What about this one: http://www.kloeschen.de/empfiehlt/wplinkcloak/ ?
It's not free, but I use it and it works realy good.

I think the comment above mine is spam???

By: eregilkibly

eregilkibly — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:02:48 +0000

Fruher warnte man die Manner davor, ihre Spermien nutzlos zu verschleudern. apotek sildenafil

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By: joost

joost — Wed, 02 May 2007 13:31:42 +0000

What about this.. http://www.wickedfire.com/affiliate-marketing/8126-affliate-link-cloaking-tutorial.html

By: Joost de Valk

Joost de Valk — Wed, 02 May 2007 07:15:25 +0000

Hehe Peter, I am a spotty white hat at work, and I won't ever recommend anyone to cloak while working for Onetomarket.

However, if you're in the affiliate business like most readers over at john chow, there's nothing wrong with getting your hands dirty a bit...

By: Kay in t Veen

Kay in t Veen — Tue, 01 May 2007 20:00:05 +0000

haha thats what i thought as well! your a bad boy joost ;)

By: Peter van der Graaf

Peter van der Graaf — Tue, 01 May 2007 06:29:46 +0000

Hi Joost,

I used to be a cloaking king and never got caught (with cloaking), but you on the other hand have an offwhite-hat reputation. Don't ruin the reputation with such a post. When and if the company you work for gets caught with anything slightly grey, this post will be regurgitated to show OTM is a group of blackhats.

If cloaking is something you practice; Don't preach it!

I've got some cloaking instructions on my blog, but I rarely do cloaking anymore. So for me it is the opposite. But I didn't get caught because I adapted the technique to what search engines and competitors could see.

Hiding affilliate links is against most guidelines and is easily detected by your competition. So I'd recommend against it.

By: Kay in t Veen

Kay in t Veen — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:02:15 +0000

cloaking is toch zwaar black hat :P?