Hello, Could anyone tell me how DigitalPoint mask their ads when a link such as ads.digitalpoint.com/go.php?k=SOMEKEYWORD is clicked? Do they use <?php header( 'Location: http://www.cashlagoon.com/?ref=176054' ) ; ?> Code (markup): Or a different way? Thank you in advance
The underlying redirect is done with a HTTP redirect (like your example has), but ours are far more complex than a simple static redirect based on a keyword. Advertisers bid on the keywords and we send them to the highest bidder. http://forums.digitalpoint.com/advertising.php
Yep, I'm interested purely in the method used for the redirection at the moment, thanks for that! Does security software have any effect on it? For example, could some people's browsers or internet security packages warn them they are being redirected to a different location and block them?
Redirects are not uncommon... I've never seen a browser that blocks them. Think of all the URL shorteners these days like http://bit.ly http://goo.gl/ etc... all those would be blocked too.