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markov
03-01-2007, 06:55 PM
Hey !


I do want to have the pros and cons of using the link cloaker. Is it reliable ? Are there any free tools?
webado
03-01-2007, 07:48 PM
??? What link cloaker, free or otherwsie???

You shouldn't actually cloak anyhting.
StevenofNine
03-02-2007, 02:37 PM
He's talking about this:

http://www.[remove me]addme.com/linkcloaker.htm
markov
03-03-2007, 06:51 PM
Its regarding hiding the affiliate links.
webado
03-03-2007, 11:18 PM
Cloaking, hiding - anything involving affiliate links - that's no good from a search engine's point of view.

If you're asking then you already know the answer.

So not only shouldn't you cloak anyhting but you shouldn't have the need to cloak anything.
adinar
05-08-2007, 07:05 PM
yes you should cloak your affiliate id to prevent others from replacing your affiliate id with theirs so they get the commision rather than you therefore a cloaking device is necessary.As to it's reliability and free tools i think it depends on where you get the free cloaker from
geordie joe
05-08-2007, 08:09 PM
yes you should cloak your affiliate id to prevent others from replacing your affiliate id with theirs so they get the commision rather than you therefore a cloaking device is necessary.As to it's reliability and free tools i think it depends on where you get the free cloaker from

Explain a bit more, how and when are other affiliates going to replace your id with theirs?
webado
05-08-2007, 09:04 PM
I think it's a crock and unnecessary except to that site which must be collecting them in droves.

I went through the exercise and entered a phony domains and some kind of affiliate-looking id expecting to get back a "cloaked" url. Instead I am being sent to extra steps where I have to sign up and I can submit to this or that. Yep, I think now they are in posession of my "affiliate" link www.stuff.com?id=89676876 LOL whatever that may end up being ;)
geordie joe
05-08-2007, 09:31 PM
I think it's a crock and unnecessary except to that site which must be collecting them in droves.

I went through the exercise and entered a phony domains and some kind of affiliate-looking id expecting to get back a "cloaked" url. Instead I am being sent to extra steps where I have to sign up and I can submit to this or that. Yep, I think now they are in posession of my "affiliate" link www.stuff.com?id=89676876 LOL whatever that may end up being ;)

I still don't understand it. So now they have your "Afilliate number" what are they going to do with it? If they use it, it will be you that gets paid, not them.

Seems to me it's like someone finding out where you work, then sneaking in at night and doing your work for you!
Sharron
05-08-2007, 09:43 PM
www.stuff.com?id=89676876 (http://www.stuff.com?id=89676876) LOL whatever that may end up being ;)

I followed that link Christina, then looked at the source code!

This is something from it:


<!-- trafficclub.com -->
<!-- exec: 0.093690156936646 -->
<!-- domain: stuff.com -->
<!-- ip: 12.77.174.4 -->
<!-- fingerprint: 12212d135241ae9ebb6ff09a048dd194 -->
<!-- country: US -->
<!-- service: 12 -->
<!-- rand: 19/100 -->
<!-- count: 1/0 -->
<!-- -->

<!-- OK -->

Me thinks something odd there
webado
05-08-2007, 10:01 PM
No, stuff.com is a domain I just made up LOL

Yeah, some domain would exist for that.

I have no clue what anybody could make of such stuff or would need with it. But if they just need to collect domains and affiliate links, that's one way.

As for my end of business, since I have never been an affiiate of anything they are welcome to make any money I failed making with that ;) Anybody is really.
affboy
06-29-2008, 09:41 AM
This free web tool can cloak your affiliate links, and encrypt,too.
Hide-Affiliate-Links.com
FrankV
06-29-2008, 08:15 PM
One might use "http://www.phpjunkyard.com/php-click-counter.php" to cloak a link. Then you could track the hits it gets as well.
geordie joe
06-29-2008, 08:35 PM
This free web tool can cloak your affiliate links, and encrypt,too.
Hide-Affiliate-Links.com

I think you are a year too late!
Jonboy99
06-04-2009, 06:03 PM
Cloaking affiliate links is a very good idea. A link which looks like an affiliate link tells the person about to click on it that you will get commission; for some reason a lot of people don't like this.

A link cloaker makes you affiliate link look like a normal link and also more managable.

There are good free link cloaking sites around where you don't have to sign up or anything.