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seg7575
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# Posted: 18 Jan 2009 18:05
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I am totally new to affiliate work.I need your help on how i can use text link on my site instead of the long affiliate link i was given.I will definately apprecite your concern to help me.
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mountainmom5
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# Posted: 19 Jan 2009 00:32
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Do you know how to use html? Here is what you use to make text clickable and to hide your link
<a href="http://yoururlhere"> Place text here </a>
Good luck!
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Vishal P. Rao
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# Posted: 19 Jan 2009 00:55 · Edited by: Vishal P. Rao
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Viola, I think he meant cloaking affiliate link.
Here's a simple technique:
Create a page called product.html and insert the following code:
<html><head> <title>Redirecting...</title> <META http-equiv="refresh" content="0;URL=http://www.youraffiliatelink.com"> </head><body></body> </html>
...and upload it to your website.
Where http://www.youraffiliatelink.com is your affiliate link. To send someone to your affiliate page, simply direct them to the exact url of where product.html is uploaded on your site.
Example: http://www.yourdomain.com/product.html
If product.html is uploaded to the root directory.
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mountainmom5
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# Posted: 19 Jan 2009 01:24
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Thanks Vishal!
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Matt Zenittini
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# Posted: 19 Jan 2009 01:26
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My favorite way to cloak affiliate links is simply by purchasing a domain name =].
I use godaddy. All you need to do is buy a domain name and forward it to your affiliate link and enable masking. That way if you are promoting say a website that sells candy, you can create your own link like www.myspecialcandy.com or something. when you are really promoting candy.com/affiliatelink. The whole time they are on the website they will see myspecialcandy.com. until they click a link anyway =].
This is a good way to prevent affiliate theft too =].
Good luck!
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seg7575
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# Posted: 19 Jan 2009 02:27
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Thanks so much for your prompt response.I will definately give it a try.
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Homeboy
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# Posted: 24 Jan 2009 19:16
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Another tool you can use is http://www.tinyurl.com
Just put your long affiliate link into the textbox and they'll give you a short one you can use instead.
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seg7575
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# Posted: 27 Jan 2009 17:52
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I really appreciate your concern.I have tried it,and i could see that it is far better than the 45 characters contained in my affiliate link.I also want to know if i can place it on my page?
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