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
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
<?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.
thanks for the offer i ended up going with AffiliateLinkTracker hopefully this will help someone else.
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