Is Text Link Ads SERIOUS!

Well I have changed all my link... I am lucky I had to do it only in 4 places the rest is automated.

 

Just curious to know, How to create a Redirect File ?

 

The easiest way to do it is to create a php file. Let's call it textlinkads.php.

Open up a text editor and insert the following code:

<script>document.location.href="http://www.text-link-ads.com/?ref=XXXXX";</script>

Code (markup):

Obviously you replace XXXXX with your TLA referral code. Save the file as textlinkads.php and FTP to your webserver.

Now whenever you want to send people to TLA via your affiliate link, you simply direct them to www.yourdomain.com/textlinkads.php. Personally I like to set up a separate directory called "recommends" so that my readers know that I'm only sending them to sites that I personally endorse so, in that case, my URL would be www.mydomain.com/recommends/textlinkads.php

If ever the affiliate URL changes then you only need to change one file rather than find all the links within your site. This approach is also useful if you're recommending generic services such as webhosting. Let's say that you're currently recommending Host A. You create a file called webhosts.php and insert your affiliate link. If ever you fall out with Host A or find a better hosting partner, you simply change webhosts.php to include your affiliate link to Host B and that's the job done

 

I was shocked to see them using them anyway. Why put your entire affiliate system on the reliability of a third party "short url" company? Seems madness.

They should've just added their own tinyurl script - it's trivial to do, and it'd sit on their own servers (which need to be up for the referal to work anyway!).

I imagine the tinyurls will still work even if they stop using them (since they're just redirects), so there shouldn't be any rush to update.

 

I use a redirect file but still having to change each file over many sites is a pain. I am sure I have probably missed some.

Changing to TinyURL was a bit strange, thats why I checked on their site first. Imagine if someone redirected that TinyURL and stole all those commissions.

I do hope they are not changing them again.

 

its pretty simple I even posted about it on my blog because of emails I was receiving

http://www.ianfernando.com/2007/a-simple-way-to-create-a-re-direct-link/

 

I would suggest they will be since they canned the TinyURL format within days of emailing everyone

 

This is where it pays off to use an ad-server of your own... Such as PHPAdsNew (or whatever it's new name is... OpenAds?)

Chuckun

 

I use openads and it pretty good I can say - I just need to get use to it as it is pretty confusing at times, like creating zones for every banner?