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| rgov Member
 
 Joined: 23 Nov 2008
 Posts: 50
 
 | # Posted: 1 Jan 2009 10:41 Reply
 
 Does anyone know of a good free link cloaking program?
 
 Thanks
 
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| Newbie Shield 
   Joined: 22 Sep 2007
 Posts: 1497
 
 | # Posted: 1 Jan 2009 20:08 Reply
 
 Hi Randy,
 
 Unless you are forced to use it as with sites like Twitter, I recommend against it. Google is known to penalize link cloaking - anything less than transparent. It will also have a negative impact upon visitor trust.
 
 That said, you might try out a free site such as:
 
 http://tinyurl.com/
 
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| dani_nae Member
 Joined: 15 Dec 2008
 Posts: 40
 
 | # Posted: 2 Jan 2009 20:53 Reply
 
 Newbie, I'm really glad you mentioned the fact that google frowns upon this!  I came across a website that recommended doing this and I just had a bad feeling about it, needless to say I never DID do it, and never looked into it more either!  whew!
 
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| newpage Member
 
 Joined: 13 Aug 2008
 Posts: 21
 
 | # Posted: 3 Jan 2009 02:14 Reply
 
 What are you trying to cloak? There's a good way to do this if you're trying to hide you id. Let me know. And Google won't penalize you either.
 
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| Seth Member
 
 Joined: 17 May 2008
 Posts: 191
 
 | # Posted: 3 Jan 2009 19:00 Reply
 
 you can also use this " http://hopurl.com/  "
   
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| terraferma Member
 
 Joined: 8 Jan 2009
 Posts: 7
 
 | # Posted: 11 Jan 2009 03:57 Reply
 
 Does google penalise you for having links on your site that are link cloaked or if your own site is link cloaked?
 
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