Comments on: Affiliate Link Cloaking: Free Tools, Tutorials & Discussions

By: Gene near Detroit

Gene near Detroit — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:01:24 +0000

way back poeple thought a Franchise should be illegal
its the scamers that make affiliate marketing look bad

Can anyone please tell me what is the best link tool to inbed an affiliate id in the url of a linding page im prmoting Thank you Gene

By: BenDamond

BenDamond — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:25:10 +0000

Great article, you have very interesting informations here.I thing there are a lot of affiliate marketers who need tips like this or different ideas of other affiliate marketers.
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By: Matt in Chicago

Matt in Chicago — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:56:12 +0000

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By: Tom- Affiliate Link Cloaker

Tom- Affiliate Link Cloaker — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:04:53 +0000

Im using Cloak n Rotate, very beneficial for a newbie like me.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:00:21 +0000

Why do you need to disallow the redirect folder in robots.txt?

What do you mean anyway?

Is this service ok? http://www.off2url.com

By: m yakub chowdhury

m yakub chowdhury — Thu, 07 May 2009 12:19:29 +0000

Great Blog... adwords conversion rate 60 percent

By: Timon Weller

Timon Weller — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:09:38 +0000

Tiny url and same domain redirects are fine for these type of links, as long as you dissallow the redirect folder in robots.txt…

By: WebTrafficRoi

WebTrafficRoi — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:53:36 +0000

link cloaking IMHO can’t be regarded as an unethical practice.The thing is if you are selling crap to your customers it’s unethical and if you do that with or without cloaking your affiliate links it definitely fits into the category of unethical affiliate marketing.But If you are promoting a good product with or without link cloaking it can’t be said to be unethical.Link cloaking just increases your chances of sale ..

By: Deborah

Deborah — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:32:16 +0000

Regarding Link Cloakers – I am using tinyurl to hide my links. Is there any reason why you did not mention tinyurl ? Is there something I should know about them ?

By: Ambi

Ambi — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:58:09 +0000

The best link cloaker I have found is Jay Jennings’ Cloak And Tracker. It runs on both Mac and PC platforms, which is a rarity, and allows you to change links on the fly as you mentioned above. You could have an ebook with your affiliate links in it that goes viral, and then the site your promoting goes belly up — all you do is change the link via Cloak and Tracker and you’re saving that traffic. And the tracking is an added bonus to boot.

The price was recently lowered to $27 (from $49) so it’s a great deal: http://www.cloak-and-tracker.com

By: Marvin D

Marvin D — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 22:00:04 +0000

I’m an affiliate marketer and as a result I can see both sides of the link cloaking issue. No one should have the right to steal or remove an affiliate ID. In so far as knowing who is posting an ad I see it like this. In the world of bricks and motor retail sales many stores are owner operated under Franchise Agreements with the Corporation that owns the Brand name on the store. Most people that go into a Pizza shop, as an examples, don’t care who the owner is, they just want to buy some Pizza. Affiliate Marketing is much the same. As a marketer you are reselling a product for someone else, it just happens to be over the internet, this is especially true of you are running a PPC or any other paid ad campaign.