what is link cloak?

Discussion in 'Commission Junction' started by theharshjha, Jan 24, 2007.

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    i am a new webmaster i want to know more or basics of link cloak.
     
    theharshjha, Jan 24, 2007 IP
  2. frisby

    frisby Well-Known Member

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    Cloaking means, that you link to one page within your site and on this page you redirect user to affiliate link. So visitor can't find out that this is an affiliate link.

    This is in general, not just for CJ.
     
    frisby, Jan 24, 2007 IP
  3. theharshjha

    theharshjha Peon

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    ok well thanks a lot.
     
    theharshjha, Jan 25, 2007 IP
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    Kerunai Active Member

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    landing page right ? or we do actually need a cloaker software as well ?
     
    Kerunai, Jan 27, 2007 IP
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    tradeepak Banned

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    Its not a landing page. Its just a redirect.
     
    tradeepak, Jan 27, 2007 IP
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    Kerunai Active Member

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    could you display more to understand it ?
     
    Kerunai, Jan 29, 2007 IP
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    just immagine a visitor goes to xyz.com and right away it redirects them to abc.com
     
    madmike, Jan 29, 2007 IP
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    Link cloaking can be more involved also...for example some affiliate link cloaking programs will open the advertised site in a full-size frame, making the URL and web page title look like people have never left your site. My understanding is that some vendors prefer you NOT do this, it's OK with others.
     
    theARTeffect, Jan 29, 2007 IP
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    There are multiple ways to cloak links, as mentioned before one is a simple redirect such as:

    You go to www.Yoursite.Com/Offer-URL-Here.php and the page would be a simply redirect to the affiliate URL with your tracking code in it, ex. www.AffiliateURL.Com/YourtrackingId/asdgsdg/

    What theArteffect is talking about is putting an affiliate landing page in an Iframe, im not sure how CJ feels about it but I know Azoogle is fine with it. All you do is simply setup an Iframe that is using the Affiliate landing page with your tracking code in as the source of the content for the iframe.
     
    LazyD, Jan 31, 2007 IP