{"id":2899,"date":"2010-05-17T10:51:23","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T19:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/?p=2899"},"modified":"2019-02-13T11:25:35","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T19:25:35","slug":"how-to-cloak-your-affiliate-links-the-easy-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/how-to-cloak-your-affiliate-links-the-easy-way\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Cloak Your Affiliate Links the Easy Way"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"I used to cloak my links the old-fashioned way, using simple HTML redirects. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The html page would be coded as follows:<\/p>\n

<html>
\n<head>
\n<title>YOUR PAGE TITLE<\/title><\/p>\n

<meta http-equiv=”refresh” content=”0;url=http:\/\/YOUR AFFILIATE URL”>
\n<\/head>
\n<body>
\n<p>Redirecting, please wait. If you're not redirected within a couple of seconds, click here:<br \/>
\n<a href=”http:\/\/YOUR AFFILIATE URL”>PRODUCT NAME<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/p>
\n<\/body>
\n<\/html><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The contents of the page would appear like this:<\/p>\n

If you are not redirected within a couple of seconds, click here:<\/p>\n

PRODUCT NAME\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Then I moved to using PHP redirects, one page for each affiliate link, such as the following which would have been linked from http:\/\/yourdomain.com\/go\/affiliatelink1<\/em><\/p>\n

Here is the code used for that page:<\/p>\n

<?php
\nheader( ‘Location: http:\/\/affiliatelink1.com' ) ;
\n?><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nowadays, I use a much simpler technique that puts all my affiliate links on one php page, i.e. link.php, which resides in the root directory.<\/strong><\/p>\n

<?php<\/p>\n

$path = array(
\n‘affiliatelink1' =>\u00c2\u00a0 ‘http:\/\/affiliatelink1.com',
\n‘affiliatelink2' =>\u00c2\u00a0 ‘http:\/\/affiliatelink1.com',
\n‘affiliatelink3' =>\u00c2\u00a0 ‘http:\/\/affiliatelink1.com',<\/p>\n

);<\/p>\n

if (array_key_exists($_GET[‘id'], $path))
\nheader(‘Location: ‘ .$path[$_GET[‘id']]);
\n?><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To make the links work, you must add the following to your .htaccess file:<\/p>\n

RewriteEngine On
\nRewriteRule ^go\/([\/_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)$ link.php?id=$1<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The links are then called using the following linking format:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/yourdomain.com\/go\/affiliatelink1<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Note, you don't have to create a ‘go' folder and you may call it anything you like, i.e. recommends, go, links… whatever. <\/p>\n

For example, if youed want to use ‘links' rather than ‘go', then change ^go\/<\/em> to ^links\/<\/em><\/p>\n

And that's how to cloak your affiliate links the easy way!<\/p>\n

Comments, questions or suggestions? Please leave a comment below!<\/p>\n

Cheers,
\nRos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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