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seg7575
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#1 · Posted: 18 Jan 2009 18:05
I am totally new to affiliate work.I need your help on how i can use text link on my site instead of the long affiliate link i was given.I will definately apprecite your concern to help me.
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mountainmom5
Joined: 30 Aug 2007
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#2 · Posted: 19 Jan 2009 00:32
Do you know how to use html? Here is what you use to make text clickable and to hide your link
<a href="http://yoururlhere"> Place text here </a>
Good luck!
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Vishal P. Rao
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#3 · Posted: 19 Jan 2009 00:55 · Edited by: Vishal P. Rao
Viola, I think he meant cloaking affiliate link.
Here's a simple technique:
Create a page called product.html and insert the following code:
<html><head> <title>Redirecting...</title> <META http-equiv="refresh" content="0;URL=http://www.youraffiliatelink.com"> </head><body></body> </html>
...and upload it to your website.
Where http://www.youraffiliatelink.com is your affiliate link. To send someone to your affiliate page, simply direct them to the exact url of where product.html is uploaded on your site.
Example: http://www.yourdomain.com/product.html
If product.html is uploaded to the root directory.
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mountainmom5
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#4 · Posted: 19 Jan 2009 01:24
Thanks Vishal!
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Matt Zenittini
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#5 · Posted: 19 Jan 2009 01:26
My favorite way to cloak affiliate links is simply by purchasing a domain name =].
I use godaddy. All you need to do is buy a domain name and forward it to your affiliate link and enable masking. That way if you are promoting say a website that sells candy, you can create your own link like www.myspecialcandy.com or something. when you are really promoting candy.com/affiliatelink. The whole time they are on the website they will see myspecialcandy.com. until they click a link anyway =].
This is a good way to prevent affiliate theft too =].
Good luck!
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seg7575
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#6 · Posted: 19 Jan 2009 02:27
Thanks so much for your prompt response.I will definately give it a try.
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Homeboy
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#7 · Posted: 24 Jan 2009 19:16
Another tool you can use is http://www.tinyurl.com
Just put your long affiliate link into the textbox and they'll give you a short one you can use instead.
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seg7575
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#8 · Posted: 27 Jan 2009 17:52
I really appreciate your concern.I have tried it,and i could see that it is far better than the 45 characters contained in my affiliate link.I also want to know if i can place it on my page?
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Michael Merry
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#9 · Posted: 22 Apr 2010 16:49 · Edited by: Michael Merry
seg7575: re; How to create text links?
I certainly agree that hoplinks are grotesque looking. I was asking your question just a week ago: then I stumbled onto a marvelous resource. I'm a new guy, so I defer to prudence by not attempting to use a text link here.
You can check it out at.. "myspacegens.com".
I'm betting you'll like it
Regards,
MM
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newpage
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#10 · Posted: 4 Aug 2010 01:01
Use a php based link cloaker that also protects your links and won't get overwritten. That will also allow you to create shorter links using the right anchor text.
Don't use a domain to try and hide them and definitely don't use a url shortener. You're wasting your time and losing out on link juice with a shortener. Each link you create is worth money, so create them wisely and they will be worth money.
The url redirect code that Vishal shared above is also not what you want to do either. With all do respect that is easy to overwrite by scripts that do cookie stuffing. PM me and I'll show you a couple things you can check out for yourself.
Always protect your affiliate links.
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