Cloaking Affiliate Links - Yea or Nay?

**PR_Glen** · 12-05-2013, 08:03 AM

if they don't already, they will catch on eventually, just like anything else.

**TheDA** · 12-05-2013, 08:16 AM

All my links for the past 10 years or so have been cloaked - adult and mainstream, never done me any harm.

When I first started doing it I could see an immediate increase in CTR.

**pinkz** · 12-05-2013, 08:27 AM

imo your better of with nofollow aff links

**AHarper** · 12-05-2013, 09:03 AM

Originally posted by pinkz

imo your better of with nofollow aff links

What he said

**wehateporn** · 12-05-2013, 09:54 AM

Originally posted by PR_Glen

if they don't already, they will catch on eventually, just like anything else.

I was thinking that too

**wehateporn** · 12-05-2013, 09:55 AM

I bet there are loads of surfers avoiding clicking on cookies, do you have any idea of the % increase you had?

Originally posted by TheDA

All my links for the past 10 years or so have been cloaked - adult and mainstream, never done me any harm.

When I first started doing it I could see an immediate increase in CTR.

**wehateporn** · 12-05-2013, 09:55 AM

Originally posted by pinkz

imo your better of with nofollow aff links

That's what I normally use

**PR_Glen** · 12-05-2013, 10:56 AM

Originally posted by wehateporn

I bet there are loads of surfers avoiding clicking on cookies, do you have any idea of the % increase you had?

That may be true in the past, but I think people are pretty used to seeing ref codes of some kind no matter where they go these days. People who are primed to buy aren't normally tooling around with things like codes and cookies, they just want the goods fast.

**AHarper** · 12-05-2013, 01:27 PM

Originally posted by PR_Glen

That may be true in the past, but I think people are pretty used to seeing ref codes of some kind no matter where they go these days. People who are primed to buy aren't normally tooling around with things like codes and cookies, they just want the goods fast.

I agree with you. Additionally, Google recommends setting sponsor links as nofollow instead of cloaking. There's a thread about Plugrush / cloaking here at gfy...

**icymelon** · 12-05-2013, 02:50 PM

there is a redirect plugin on wordpress and its fine to use. Check out youtube for Matt Curts video on it. He implied it is a good practice.

**X_X_ROB_X_X** · 12-05-2013, 03:27 PM

**robwod** · 12-05-2013, 03:47 PM

A strong argument for using a links redirection script/database (flatfile or otherwise) is to make it infinitely more efficient to maintain the myriad of programs that change links, backends, etc.

Some of use use such a script to also capture click information such as referring url, zone/placement/campaign, and related parameters, which further assist in determining effective placement and conversion tweaking.

If you use a redirection system of any kind, I would certainly recommend adding robots.txt file rule to instruct robots not to follow your redirection file or folder, and I'd also recommend adding a nofollow attribute to the outgoing link.

**DBS.US** · 12-05-2013, 04:29 PM

all the cool kids are doing it

**sandman!** · 12-05-2013, 04:53 PM

as long as your smart about it

**kane** · 12-05-2013, 06:01 PM

Originally posted by X_X_ROB_X_X

That is what I do. It also makes it easier if you ever need to change a link.

**mromro** · 12-05-2013, 07:11 PM

can't you just use the pretty link plugin?

**Seth Manson** · 12-05-2013, 09:13 PM

cloak it with a 302 redirect

**pinkz** · 12-06-2013, 03:41 AM

Originally posted by X_X_ROB_X_X

Call me a thick cunt but is this not some form of link cloaking?

Cloaking Affiliate Links - Yea or Nay?

Cloaking Affiliate Links - Yea or Nay?

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