It's happened where the affiliate links getting stolen and losing up to 40% of affiliate commission. All these attempts prey on people to instill in their minds that they may not be getting what they deserve. I know that commission stealing is a problem, and affiliate networks like Clickbank have taken steps to plug the leaks in their systems.But it's wiser to take extra step tp prevent this kind of risk.
What is link hijacking.
Adware and spyware programs that are unknowingly installed on our computer( you never know when you have picked up a spyware program) - It rewrite affiliate links on web pages you visit. This iswhat we known as link hijacking.
you visitors click one of the affiliate links to learn more from your website. If your visitor have spyware on his computer, it can literally intercept the link and replace your affiliate id with the affiliate id of whoever wrote the spyware program.
What people says:
I Use cloaked affiliate links or redirect pages a lot not because I'm afraid of having commission deliberately stolen from right under my nose, but because I'm annoyed at the length and ugliness of affiliate URL's.
21.3.08
META refresh redirect--The HTML Re-Direct
Before I tell you what is META refresh redirect(HTML Re-Direct),It's advise that this method shouldn't use in blogger.It's work in Blogger but Blogger team most likely will get your blog disable because they think you spammed.The disabling is a result of their automated classification system marking it as spam.Anyway You can sent a request to the Blogger team to Restore access of the blog if you think it's not a spam blog.
What is META refresh redirect and how it work?
It works like this: when visitors click on a Web page that contains a META refresh tag inside the HEAD section, they're sent to a different page without actually clicking on a link. This is called page side redirection.
This method will redirect the url to another web page. We have to setup the redirected site by adding a tag into our html script .
The META refresh tag tells the browser to automatically request another page from the server after a certain number of seconds. This is also called "redirecting" because you're sending the visitor to a page other than they one they requested.
Beware !!
The META refresh is an easy way to make sure that visitors go to the page we wish to but search engine spiders usually don't spend a lot of time evaluating them. Often, they'll leave as soon as they encounter a refresh attribute because it's a spammer favorite.
How to place the code
The HTML Re-Direct
Add this tag below the "head"section
This META tag will send a visitor to the new URL after 2 seconds. You can set the timing to 0 seconds and have it jump immediately or set it for 30 seconds or longer.
Similar method by using Javascript Re-Direct .
What is META refresh redirect and how it work?
It works like this: when visitors click on a Web page that contains a META refresh tag inside the HEAD section, they're sent to a different page without actually clicking on a link. This is called page side redirection.
This method will redirect the url to another web page. We have to setup the redirected site by adding a tag into our html script .
The META refresh tag tells the browser to automatically request another page from the server after a certain number of seconds. This is also called "redirecting" because you're sending the visitor to a page other than they one they requested.
Beware !!
The META refresh is an easy way to make sure that visitors go to the page we wish to but search engine spiders usually don't spend a lot of time evaluating them. Often, they'll leave as soon as they encounter a refresh attribute because it's a spammer favorite.
How to place the code
The HTML Re-Direct
Add this tag below the "head"section
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="2; url= http://your-affiliate-link.com/">
This META tag will send a visitor to the new URL after 2 seconds. You can set the timing to 0 seconds and have it jump immediately or set it for 30 seconds or longer.
Similar method by using Javascript Re-Direct .
The url shortening service
There are a number of ways to cloak affiliate links.
One of the easiest ways is to use a url shortening service.
The collections of Free URL Shortening Service
An Example
http://cloakingking.blogspot.com/
One of the easiest ways is to use a url shortening service.
The collections of Free URL Shortening Service
An Example
Turn this URL:
http://www.affiliate.com/buy-RVLSWCUSZ-Wii/dp/B0009VXBAQ/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-2807968-1014504?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1175580663&sr=8-1
The downside of using such service is that if the "re-directer"Stop their service.You will have a number of broken links and might effect your reputation and your page rage as well.But,Not too worry about that.Million people are using it. Most of the time,The "re-directer rarely runaway".And it totally free and easy.
into this nice, tiny URL:
http://zurl.ws/1
http://cloakingking.blogspot.com/
Idea of cloaking
The whole idea of cloaking or redirecting has much to do with people's nature. To be more specific, it's all about psychology. It's interesting that people are hesitant to click affiliate links and tend to cut off the ugly looking part in an affiliate link before pasting it to the browser. Now Let's compare the following two links: http://www.make-you-rich.com/copy.asp?storefront=weishengwu And http://www.make-you-rich.com Which one looks more clickable? The answer is pretty clear.
You can replace long URL's with cloaked links or short, server-side redirects so that people won't feel pitched and won't be turned off by links that are obviously affiliate links. There are several ways to create clean links that you can use to direct buyers to your sales pages. Read through the description below and see which one meets your needs and fall within your skill level.
1. Directory Redirect
Connect to your web server and create a properly named directory. Then create an index.html and put a redirect code in it.
2. Sub-domain Redirect
Most web hosting providers allow you to have several sub-domains. Simply log on to the control panel, set up your sub-domain and then set up the redirection.
3. Redirect Script
Several scripts are available out there that you can install on your web page to protect and redirect your links. You may need to put the code between the head section.
4. .htaccess
This is only recommended for advanced users because it involves modifying the .htaccess file on your server. Here's how to do it. Create a properly named directory. Put a file called .htaccess by creating it using a text editor. This file should contain the Redirect command, the location of the directory you want redirected relative to the root of your site and the full URL of the location you want that request sent to.
You can find all the above mentioned codes for free. Do your research and then implement it to see how it works. I have put a link for downloading a free e-book containing these codes on my blog.
Besides creating redirect pages, you can cloak your affiliate links using commercial software programs or services. Listed below are popular ones on the market.
5. Software Programs:
Affiliate Link Cloaker and LinkGuardII. These two programs take your long, ugly link and mask it with a redirect link.
6. Services:
NameStick turns long, ugly affiliate or website links and turn them into a short, clean links (cloaked or not cloaked). It allows you to set up domain forwarding and unlimited sub-domains. NameStick forwarding domains and sub-domains are bookmarkable, and you can customize the title visitors see in their bookmark listings. I use NameStick service to create many neat and clean affiliate links to make my business look bigger.
If you're serious about your business, you need to take action right away. Redirect or cloak your links to make them more clickable. You may be surprised by how a little effort on your part can make a big difference to your online business.
By:Wayne Wu
http://www.ecominfozone.com.
spot:http://cloakingking.blogspot.com/
You can replace long URL's with cloaked links or short, server-side redirects so that people won't feel pitched and won't be turned off by links that are obviously affiliate links. There are several ways to create clean links that you can use to direct buyers to your sales pages. Read through the description below and see which one meets your needs and fall within your skill level.
1. Directory Redirect
Connect to your web server and create a properly named directory. Then create an index.html and put a redirect code in it.
2. Sub-domain Redirect
Most web hosting providers allow you to have several sub-domains. Simply log on to the control panel, set up your sub-domain and then set up the redirection.
3. Redirect Script
Several scripts are available out there that you can install on your web page to protect and redirect your links. You may need to put the code between the head section.
4. .htaccess
This is only recommended for advanced users because it involves modifying the .htaccess file on your server. Here's how to do it. Create a properly named directory. Put a file called .htaccess by creating it using a text editor. This file should contain the Redirect command, the location of the directory you want redirected relative to the root of your site and the full URL of the location you want that request sent to.
You can find all the above mentioned codes for free. Do your research and then implement it to see how it works. I have put a link for downloading a free e-book containing these codes on my blog.
Besides creating redirect pages, you can cloak your affiliate links using commercial software programs or services. Listed below are popular ones on the market.
5. Software Programs:
Affiliate Link Cloaker and LinkGuardII. These two programs take your long, ugly link and mask it with a redirect link.
6. Services:
NameStick turns long, ugly affiliate or website links and turn them into a short, clean links (cloaked or not cloaked). It allows you to set up domain forwarding and unlimited sub-domains. NameStick forwarding domains and sub-domains are bookmarkable, and you can customize the title visitors see in their bookmark listings. I use NameStick service to create many neat and clean affiliate links to make my business look bigger.
If you're serious about your business, you need to take action right away. Redirect or cloak your links to make them more clickable. You may be surprised by how a little effort on your part can make a big difference to your online business.
By:Wayne Wu
http://www.ecominfozone.com.
spot:http://cloakingking.blogspot.com/
How to redirect a bunch of links.
A link bunch is combining a bunch of links for you. When you find several links on the web ,you can use linkbunch to put those links in the list and sent it out one short.
With LinkBunch, you take all those links and put them into one "bunch", which is just one single link--the utl is like a TinyURL or SnipURL link- instead of giving out bunch of url . Saves space, and saves a few bytes of bandwidth! :)
LinkBunch is easy to use.Just paste links into the box on the homepage--one link on each line--and click 'Bunch' to bunch them together.
You can also use the Firefox extension that will let you create a bunch of all your open tabs in the browser.
There is a Twitter bot in the works, but it hasn't been finished yet.
You can also use the Firefox extension that will let you create a bunch of all your open tabs in the browser.
There is a Twitter bot in the works, but it hasn't been finished yet.
How to redirect a bunch of links by:http://cloakingking.blogspot.com
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