I have a site that recently received a lot of traffic to a page about a specific type of car. The site is my personal blog (non spam). I am barely making any money with adsense anymore, so i was thinking of new ways to monetize so I put my ebay affiliate link on the images. I wanted to hide my affiliate code, so I used a php file to cloak the link. Will google ding me for this? I am not trying to do anything shady, i just dont want people to find my PID. Thoughts?
right. i am not trying to fool anyone though. i am just trying to hide my aff. link from other affiliates and people that try to change my aff code.
Now how would they change your affiliate code unless your dedicated server or web hosting provider was insecure. Or, if you were using an insecure script or backend platform.
i've heard of people using browser toolbars to change the aff link... but beyond that...i want to hide my aff code from other people so they cant find all my sites. i know it sounds shady...but im only being secure.
Sounds borderline affiliate spam to me, just my honest opinion. Promote the subject, not the product.