Link cloaking question and some titties!

[enwise]

I found a banner I wanna use from NBA on my site but I've read about link cloaking but not sure how it's done. Would I even use link cloaking for a 300x600 ad or is it just for text links?

 

[kingofsp]

Can't believe you posted all of these boobs and have to get any responses.

Personally I think you should mask all of your aff links with php redirects, whether text or banner.

Just create a subfolder, like "http://yoursite.com/banner", and in that sub-folder drop a simple index.php file with the following code:

<?
Header( "HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently" );  Header( "Location: http://youraffiliatelink" );
?>

Then put your banner wherever you want it with the normal code, but change the URL address to
the address of the new subdirectory.

You might also want to add a nofollow attribute to the link. After adding it, your final banner code should look something like this:

<a href="http://yoursite.com/banner" rel="nofollow"><img src="(URL of banner image)"></a>

 

[Edwin]

Check this thread as well to find out how to make your link look like anything you want.

Instead of yourdomain.com/banner/ that redirects to greataffiliateproduct.com you're able to show greataffiliateproduct.com when you hover over the link, but it is in fact the yourdomain.com/banner/ that will be used when you click the link.

That makes really clean looking affiliate URL's.

 

[enwise]

Can't believe you posted all of these boobs and have to get any responses.

Personally I think you should mask all of your aff links with php redirects, whether text or banner.

Just create a subfolder, like "http://yoursite.com/banner", and in that sub-folder drop a simple index.php file with the following code:

<?
Header( "HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently" );  Header( "Location: http://youraffiliatelink" );
?>

Then put your banner wherever you want it with the normal code, but change the URL address to
the address of the new subdirectory.

You might also want to add a nofollow attribute to the link. After adding it, your final banner code should look something like this:

<a href="http://yoursite.com/banner" rel="nofollow"><img src="(URL of banner image)"></a>

Yea I thought the replies would come in quick with all the pics I posted :xmas-smiley-016:

Check this thread as well to find out how to make your link look like anything you want.

Instead of yourdomain.com/banner/ that redirects to greataffiliateproduct.com you're able to show greataffiliateproduct.com when you hover over the link, but it is in fact the yourdomain.com/banner/ that will be used when you click the link.

That makes really clean looking affiliate URL's.

Thx for the link! I'll def take a look since this seems like the best solution I've seen so far.. I'll take a look at hte 2 methods posted and decide which would be best for my site :food-smiley-010:

 

[BlueYonder]

A coder friend has set me up with a php redirect interface for masking that works easy, and he might be able to help you out. p.m. me if you want to hook up with him.

 

[LazyHippy]

Here's a nice little script for redirects with basic tracking - PHP Short URL Script - GentleSource.com

(Make sure to turn it off for the public!)