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Best way to protect affiliate links? (4)

06-21-2011 01:45 PM #1 bool (Member)
Best way to protect affiliate links?

Hey guys,

I was wondering what big guys recommend to protect affiliate links?

I usually use just Bitly but it's not an ideal solution. I can't use query strings for tracking additional informations (tid from Clickbank etc.) when I use URL shortener, can I? And everybody can add "+" and see all my stats!

So what's the best solution? URL shortener, cloaker, JavaScript redirect on your own domain or something else?

06-21-2011 02:44 PM #2 matt (Member)

What I do is create a directory and save the following as index.php inside the folder. So you could create a folder called go and save the following redirect in that folder as index.php. Your affiliate link would then be yourdomain.om/go or what ever you called the folder. Hope this made since!

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

06-21-2011 03:53 PM #3 lewis69 (Member)

I believe it would be yourdomain.com/go.php



What I usually do is save the above in notepad as recommends.php so similarly it would be yourdomain.com/recommends.php

06-21-2011 11:36 PM #4 bool (Member)

Yeah, these links seems user friendly but everybody can look at your source code and see affiliate link. And another problem could be if you pushing too much traffic through your domain and don't have enough bandwidth with your current web hosting.

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