To Cloak or Not to Cloak

Discussion in 'ClickBank' started by kingbrend, Feb 22, 2008.

  1. #1
    So I have the ability to cloak all my links and make landing pages look like a person never left my site.

    But my problem is sometimes in Firefox and with landing pages with frames my affiliate ID doesn't show up. It seems 1-10 clicks with Firefox my id doesn't show up and it never shows up if the merchant is using a frame to hide my id for me.

    I Cloak to protect my self my Zango mostly.

    But it seems when my links are cloaked I get less sales...

    I'm experimenting today. None of my links are cloaked. And I have decent sales so far.

    Tomorrow I'll cloak all my links and compare.

    But I want to know, how are your guys doing with your cloaked linking?

    Thanks for your insight..
     
    kingbrend, Feb 22, 2008 IP
  2. eroker

    eroker Active Member

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    I'm trying the same thing, I am currently cloaking and seeing what happens for a few days. Clickbank is so wierd and random, it drives me crazy !!
     
    eroker, Feb 22, 2008 IP
  3. kingbrend

    kingbrend Active Member

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    Any changes once you cloaked your links?
     
    kingbrend, Feb 22, 2008 IP
  4. eroker

    eroker Active Member

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    i did recieve a sale, but just 1 so far. Im gonna have to test it for a little to notice drastic change. I will let it run for a few days and see what happens.
     
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  5. kineticdc

    kineticdc Peon

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    #5
    You will find out if you do it a few times back and forth.
     
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  6. kingbrend

    kingbrend Active Member

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    Well today I'm doing decent so far with No cloaking.

    Tomorrow I'll try cloaking All day and see if there is a differene.

    I'll report my findings.
     
    kingbrend, Feb 22, 2008 IP
  7. eroker

    eroker Active Member

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    same here ..
     
    eroker, Feb 22, 2008 IP
  8. WilsonA

    WilsonA Active Member

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    this changes you make, do they not affect your quality score

    I mean each time you change your ad, it has to be re-approved right?
     
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  9. kingbrend

    kingbrend Active Member

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    I just change my php redirects, not any campaigns.
     
    kingbrend, Feb 22, 2008 IP
  10. kingbrend

    kingbrend Active Member

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    All links cloaked... lets see what happens..
     
    kingbrend, Feb 23, 2008 IP
  11. kingbrend

    kingbrend Active Member

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    from my testing... cloak links are coming through, so far I've made the same amount of sales today then all day yesterday and it's around 4pm here.

    My current cloaking uses frames... I found one tha doesn't I'm going to implement that to see if it's any better.

    Sales looking good.
     
    kingbrend, Feb 23, 2008 IP
  12. markov

    markov Peon

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    #12
    How do you cloak the CB hop links?
     
    markov, Feb 23, 2008 IP
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    are your sales any better?
     
    eroker, Feb 24, 2008 IP
  14. kingbrend

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    I had one less sale then yesterday.

    So I'm working on the non-frame cloaking... which is being a pain because it isn't working with my images, just text links.
     
    kingbrend, Feb 24, 2008 IP
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    kenbrower Well-Known Member

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    I think cloaking might actually end up working against you because a lot of the savvy web surfers will realize that you're hiding the affiliate links, and then become suspicious of spyware etc.
     
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  16. veneficuz

    veneficuz Peon

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    has anyone tried any of the 3rd party link cloakers like affiliatelinkcloaker, phantom etc.. I'm trying some anti-theft stuff in the "CLickbank Odd" Forum, and wanted to know some of the best tools for doing this.

    Veneficuz
     
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    avi007i Peon

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    cloaked links covert best !... thats what many in the industry say ...
     
    avi007i, Feb 24, 2008 IP
  18. kingbrend

    kingbrend Active Member

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    I did better yesterday with no cloaked links... but I'll get it another day of cloaking to see the out come.

    I think it's better, my only problem is the 5% that the link doesn't work.
     
    kingbrend, Feb 24, 2008 IP
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    kingbrend Active Member

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    Actually I got around 150 more hops while using cloaked links today.... hmm
     
    kingbrend, Feb 24, 2008 IP
  20. bl4ckmaN^

    bl4ckmaN^ Well-Known Member

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    #20
    Why do you mean by cloaking?

    What do you do with your links?
     
    bl4ckmaN^, Feb 24, 2008 IP