How to hide affiliate links

Hi I would like to place affiliate links in my site but it should not be shown to others.

If they hover on the link, it should show some other URL and but it should redirect to the affiliate URL. Is that Possible?

 

1. You can use javascript for redirecting the links, hovering on the link in this case will not show the target url.

2. You can use a redirect page on your website, point all the links to this page with a parameter that will enable this page to find the desired target URL.

3. Some affiliate softwares support "Directlinks" feature. this means that you can set tracking to assign any visitor which arrived from your domain to your affiliate account, without having to add the affiliate id parameters.

We use Post Affiliate Pro which supports this feature and our affiliates do find it useful and helpful.

 

1. Use tinyurl or bit.ly.

2. Use Mouseover Link Hider script. It's free.

3. Use PHP Link Cloaker. ($19.95)

 

try using tiny url.

This will show tinyurl as the link and will get redirected to your affiliate link as well.

Cheers!!!!

 

try services like http://su.ly i hope it wil do

 

301 redirect the affiliate link using .htaccess so it looks like the link is located on the same domain.

 

use bit.ly and you can track everything

 

If you are using Wordpress self hosted domain to promote the products or for your blog, then you can use "GoCodes" wordpress plugin to make use of the redirection.

You can cloak the affiliate url with something like this:

www.yourblogname/xx/productname

productname would be the affiliate url which is cloaked and does not give out your affiliate ids.

 

Edit your .htaccess to set redirect for your affiliate links or try php code.

 

Do you use wordpress blog, if you use it than probably you can use GOCODE plugin, it will redirect the affiliate link and work very effective

 

Why don't you use google short links? Its a great google apps.

Or use this simple code

<a href="http://www.your-affiliate-program/" onClick="this.href='http://your-affiliate-links'" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">your-affiliate-program</a>

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You can do this by javascripts or by htaccess

 

Thank you very much. Yes I am using the self hosted wordpress and I will use the one you suggested

 

This Javascript code has always worked well for me:

 <a href="http://what-the-users-will-see-when-hover.com" onclick="parent.location.href='http://link with your affiliate url'; return event.returnValue=false">Anchor Text</a>

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Let me know if it worked or not

 

Do these javascript codes work for all browsers? cuz i have been trying a few.. and some work in IE and not mozilla and the opposite.

 

Great.......Thanx for all

 

the above ideas are great, depending on the browser.. but here is a surefire method that will work. setup a php file for your affiliate link. lets say you are promoting nike. make the file nike.php and here is the code.

<?php header("location: http://www.salviamap.com/"); ?>

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-replace salviamap w/ your affiliate link. then when someone hovers over the link it will say "nike.php" and when they click they will be sent thru by your affiliate link code in the php file. this should double conversions easily.

 

The javascript and <? php ?> are all just similar to meta refreshes. Right?

 

Maybe you should try this code.

<a href="index.html" onmouseover='window.status=""; return true;'>TEST</a>

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This tutorial explains it pretty well with free techniques to hide your aff. links.