I wonder if I should cloak the affiliate links on my website or not? Some people say yes, others say no. Can my website get penalized by Google if I have there 2 affiliate links that are not cloaked? - e.g. http://www.company.com/track/myaffid/ad1 - Or should my links look rather like http://www.mywebsite.com/go/company/ ? I was doing some research and I found out that all the websites that are on top positions on Google have their affiliate links cloaked (redirected). So if they are all on the top, I should rather cloak my affiliate links, too, shouldn't I? Now my question is how should I cloak my affiliate links to look like e.g. http://www.mywebsite.com/go/company/ (if mywebsite.com is my website). Should I use the htaccess file or just create folders "go" and "company" and create an index.htm file with the redirect code and place it into the "company" folder? And then link the affiliate link to /go/company/ ?
That is not true. I am looking at one guy who has his website on page one of Google for a very competitive keyword and his website has links that are not cloaked. This makes no difference.
I sometimes cloak my links, especially on my personal blog... But sometimes I simply forget to, and have seen no real difference! It's pretty much a personal choice, since most of the traffic that converts is paid traffic.
yes . its true . i am also Agree With You Dear friend because ia also Got Clocking Effects on My Website Keywords Ranking In before 1 year.
Thank you for your replies. Which Wordpress plugin would you recommend me to cloak my affiliate links if I want to make them look like /go/company/ ?