N00B Question About PHP Jump Scripts

Discussion in 'PHP' started by TruthTrekker, Feb 21, 2008.

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    I joined Sharesale in order to add more products to my site, but I want to cloak the affiliate links. I found a PHP script here:

    http://www.stevedawson.com/article0006.php

    I have a few questions:

    Will the bots crawl the PHP file and, if so, what can I do to prevent it?

    Secondly, is there anything else I should know?
     
    TruthTrekker, Feb 21, 2008 IP
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    Because of the nature of that script, there wouldn't really be anything for SEs to crawl. However, you can create a robots.txt file to disallow spiders from crawling certain pages.

    User-agent:  *
Disallow: /jumper-file-RENAME.php
    Code (markup):
     
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  3. TruthTrekker

    TruthTrekker Guest

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    I'll do that, thanks.

    Creating a robots.txt file seems straightforward enough.

    Also, can I use the same script for an as many affiliate links as I want?

    I hope to alleviate my annoying PHP questions by learning PHP/MySQL down the road - it is on the agenda.:D
     
    TruthTrekker, Feb 21, 2008 IP