What is the best/safest link cloaker?

Discussion in 'Affiliate Programs' started by Webmaster2008, May 1, 2008.

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    I need to shorten/hide my links. What are the legit ones that will not steal my sales?
     
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  2. Sem-Advance

    Sem-Advance Notable Member

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    it really isnt needed but try tinyurl.com

    I have to go see if McDonalds cloaks their business :cool:
     
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    I know its not needed but I would like one for example that you could specify what it shows as you scroll over.

    For example say im promoting LLLL.com could I change the text below to actually show LLLL.com to look legit instead of being a huge ugly link?

    Also I tried tiny url but how do I get it to say what I want (see my sig)
     
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    yourdepo.com
     
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    I just tried clicking the link in my sig and it say "Error: Unable to find site's URL to redirect to." WTF:mad:
     
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    So is tiny url the way to go then???

    Ideally I would like the option for the link text to appear as the url of the website it direct to (but it still goes through my affiliate link)...is this possible?
     
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    Is it possible?
     
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    It's easy. Just create a seperate html file for each of your affiliate URLS. Then insert this code into the file(s) you created:

    <html> 
<head> 
<title>Loading page...</title> 
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="2;URL=YOURAFFILIATEURL"> 
<script> 
url='YOURAFFILIATEURL'; 
if(document.images) { top.location.replace(url); } 
else { top.location.href=url; } 
</script> 
</head> 
<body>

<br>
<a href=YOURAFFILIATEURL>page</a>... 
</body> 
</html>
    HTML:
    Then just point your visitors to that page instead of your actual affiliate URL. It will appear that they are just going to another page on your site but they will be redirected to your affiliate url.

    From what I understand, it is not possible to do this (if you're talking about what URL they see when the cursor is over hyperlink).
     
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