What Link Cloaker Do You Use?

Discussion in 'Affiliate Programs' started by narsticle, Dec 26, 2007.

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    I am looking to shorten some of my URL's that I post on blogs. I need software that has a backend that I can install on my site to shorten the URL's, count how many clicks each gets and also mask what the referring URL is to the affiliate network.

    Any software suggestions?

    Thanks
     
    narsticle, Dec 26, 2007 IP
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    lowprofilejoe Active Member

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    What scripting language can your server support? I have a one line php script that I use. I'd be happy to share, if you'd like
     
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    lowprofilejoe Active Member

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    <?php header( 'Location: http://www.somewebsite.com' ) ;?>

    save as redirect.php

    Now change your links to redirect.php instead of the long affiliate id.

    So, I have a file named "giftcard.php" which has the following line of code inside of it:
    <?php header( 'Location: http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=ErsSRpNFxU0&offerid=7537.10000225&type=3&subid=0' ) ;?>

    All I do is link to giftcard.php.

    On a side (ethical) note, I keep all my redirects in a folder named "go". I then disallow that folder in my robots.txt file.
     
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    narsticle Peon

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    thanks for the offer i ended up going with AffiliateLinkTracker

    hopefully this will help someone else.
     
    narsticle, Dec 26, 2007 IP
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    My pleasure. I'm a coder at heart, so I wouldn't even have thought of going through a company like that. Interesting. Thanks for sharing
     
    lowprofilejoe, Dec 26, 2007 IP