I know a lot of you guys already know how to cloak affiliate links manually or maybe you already have an affiliate cloaking plugin such as the Ninja Affiliate Plugin (like I do) but if you don’t know how to or don’t want to pay any money, here’s how to do it.
I think there are a few different ways you can go about cloaking affiliate links manually but I think the easiest way is to just redirect your visitors.
First, I would open up a blank notepad and copy and paste the following html code:
<html>
<head>
<title>TITLE OF YOUR AFFILIATE LINK</title>
<meta name=”robots” content=”noindex,nofollow”>
<script> window.location=”YOUR AFFILIATE LINK GOES HERE“; </script>
<meta http-equiv=”refresh” content=”1; url=”YOUR AFFILIATE LINK GOES HERE “>
</head>
<body>
<p align=”center”>You are being taken to the correct page.
<br>If the page doesn’t load after 5 seconds, <a href=”YOUR AFFILIATE LINK GOES HERE“>click here</a>.
</p>
</body>
</html>
Now, this is basically a redirect link with the option of having your visitor link through if the page doesn’t load correctly. But that rarely happens but at least you’ll have the backup just incase.
The only things you have to change are the title of the redirect page and simply insert your affiliate link in the proper areas (which I highlighted in red for you guys).
Once you get that done, just save the notepad document with an easy name to remember for the affiliate link and add “.php” as the extension.
So, say you’re cloaking a link for MarketLeverage or something, just save the notepad document as “marketleverage.php” so it’s easy to remember.
Now that you have the redirect file, you want to put that onto your server. I would suggest creating a subfolder titled “goto” or “go” and put the file in there.
Okay, you’re just about done. Now, when you link to your cloaked affiliate link, just use the URL as “http://www.yoursite.com/goto/marketleverage.php” and whenever someone clicks on that, it will redirect them to your affiliate link.
I hope that’s easy enough for you guys. Let me know if you have any questions!
Nice Post…
I will try that out
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Glad you blog about this, Buddy.
Nice post!!
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Nice writeup. I dont know but I always prefer to use the .php thing althought its very obvious to use it..
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Good think I saw your recent posts. I just read about your post on Ninja Plugin. Thanks for this code, I will definitely try this out.
I have known about this some time ago,, but I still cannot afford their price,, I hope there is something similar that is free,, hehehe
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Thanks for imparting your knowledge. this will truly be helpful especially for the beginners who want to expand their knowledge especially about making this affiliate links.
I will surely try this. I have been searching for this sometime now, thanks for the share it is indeed very helpful.
cool. I kinda needed that.
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Smart idea about links. Exectly what I need.
Yeah believe it or not. Alittle cloaking helps to convert quite abit.
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This is the best tip. Never know that we can cloak affiliate links without the use of software or anything.
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Hi Jay,
What about just using a redirect service like tinyurl.com.
Surely it would be quicker and easier than doing the above every time you want to add an affiliate link?
I don’t believe in cloaking affiliate links. the “smart headed” will always be able to bypass it… I usually just put it out, and say, “This is my affiliate, if you enter it you can help me so I can show you more things you might want to join!”
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nice blog. But I prefer using redirect service and it’s even easier with wordpress plugin like SEO Smart Links.
Very nice information here! The cloak is crucial to get people to click on the link. I’m always afraid to click on links that look like affiliate links.
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I totally agree that affiliate links need cloaking. I set up two sites, one with cloaked and one without and the difference was notable.
I was reading some of your other articles and stumbled accross this one. I never knew you could cloak them as a small affiliate and always assumed the big boys were getting special links. I will definately give it a go as it also stops the competition knowing where to get the affiliate links from sometimes too.