LINK TRACKING + LINK CLOAKING

LINK TRACKING + CLOAKING TABLE OF CONTENTSWHAT IS LINK TRACKING AND LINK CLOAKING?PHP LINK CLOAKINGLINK CLOAKING USING FRAMESHTACCESS LINK CLOAKINGDOWNSIDE OF PHP, FRAMES AND HTACCESS LINK CLOAKINGVIDEO - LINK TRACKING + LINK CLOAKINGLINK TRACKING + LINK CLOAKING SERVICESLINKTRACKRREDIRECT BACONLINK SUPERCHARGERAD TRACKZ GOLDSIMPLYCAST

WHAT IS LINK TRACKING AND LINK CLOAKING?Link Tracking and Link Cloaking are very similar but a little different. It ispossible to perform link tracking separate from link cloaking but many link trackingsolutions also perform link cloaking and vice versa.

LINK TRACKING is the use of a solution (software or hosted) of keeping accurate track ofeverything about links such as:

How many people are clicking on a link.Where they are clicking on the link from (geography + IP address)Other link tracking details depending on the solution you use.

LINK CLOAKING is the use of a solution (software or hosted) so the text of your link (where the linkappears to go) is different from where the link actually goes to. Link Cloaking is usually desired by

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appears to go) is different from where the link actually goes to. Link Cloaking is usually desired byaffiliate marketers because:

Affiliate links look like affiliate links which tend to look ugly, long, hard to remember andsuspicious. Here is a typical affiliate link and what it looks like:

http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?u=322176&b=398024&m=42528&afftrack=whatispedia&urllink=www%2Elinktrackr%2Ecom

WOW - would you click on that?? Me neither. Could you possibly remember that? Not a chance. Ugly?Absolutely!!

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PHP LINK CLOAKINGLink cloaking is actually a pretty simple process. If you have your own web server or web host canperform basic link cloaking with a very simple PHP file. For our example will use the affiliate link

and let'spretend your website name is mywebsite.com Here is how:

1. STEP #1: Create a directory on your website that is meaningful to you. The above affiliate linkactually leads to LinkTrackr link tracking and cloaking website so lets name the folder linktrackr.

2. STEP #2: So now you have a directory on your webserver of mywebsite.com/linktrackr/3. STEP #3: Create a new blank text file. In Windows this is easily accomplished by launching

notepad. 4. STEP #4: Insert the following in that blank text file...(see image below).5. STEP #5: After header('location: you simply insert whatever the ugly affiliate link is you wish

to cloak followed by '); Extremely simple and effective.6. STEP #6: Add absolutely NOTHING more and NOTHING less that what you see below.7. STEP #7: Save the file as index.php8. STEP #8: Upload this file in the mywebsite.com/linktrackr/ directory on your web server.9. STEP #9: Now anytime you want use the link www.mywebsite.com/linktrackr/ and it will redirect

to your affiliate link quickly and seamlessly. Your link is now shorter, prettier and safe fromcommission theft!!

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http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?u=322176&b=398024&m=42528&afftrack=whatispedia&urllink=www%2Elinktrackr%2Ecom

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< ?phpheader("Location: http://youraffiliate.url");? >

you can copy and paste via the above text box. Make sure to replace 'http://youraffiliate.url' with your actual affiliate url

If you don't have a lot of links to cloak then this method is fine. If you do have a lot of links to cloak oryou do not have your own web host domain then you will need another solution. This solution doesnothing for Link Tracking. You could use a free web analytics software program like piwik which is100% free and an excellent link tracking solution. This does require some tech knowledge on your parthowever. If you do not have tech knowledge or don't want to bother and just want to get your linktracking and cloaking done quickly and easily read on...

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LINK CLOAKING VIA FRAMESLink Cloaking with frames is a type of link cloaking where the visitor never really leaves your site. Aframe is a separate html object that can contain the content of another website. The idea of usingframes for link cloaking is to make the frame with and height 100% so it fills the entire browser window.The frame loads the affiliate url while the visitors web browser still shows your website address andpage title. Pretty sneaking and pretty effective.

To perform link cloaking with frames is also fairly simply with basic html skills:

STEP #1: Open your favorite html editor or a blank text file.STEP #2: Insert the following code as shown in the image below.STEP #3: Save the page as something.htm (any name you want followed by .htm or .html).

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<html><head>

<style type="text/css">html { overflow: hidden; } body { border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0; } #AffFrame { border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0; }</style>

<title>Title of Web Page</title></head>

<body>

<iframe name='AffFrame' id='AffFrame' src='http://youraffiliate.url' width='100%' height='100%' scrolling='no' frameBorder='0'><p>Your browser does not support iframes.</p></iframe>

</body></html>you can copy and paste via the above text box. Make sure to replace 'http://youraffiliate.url' with your actual affiliate url

One thing to keep in mind if you are using this cloaking to hide your affiliate links many affiliatenetworks do not approve of frames so make sure it is ok first or you could get banned from the affiliatenetwork.

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.HTACCESS LINK CLOAKINGThis method of link cloaking is a bit more risky or complicated. If the above two methods of link cloaking(php link cloaking and frames cloaking) make you feel uncomfortable then this one is not for you.

An htaccess file is a file on your web server or web host that provides one centralized location forspecial directives or commands. The htaccess is actually strange in that an htaccess file is literallynamed .htaccess with nothing in front of the dot.

Doing an htaccess cloak is a simple matter of adding one simple line to this file. Make sure yousave/backup a copy of the .htaccess file on your server now just in case.

How to do cload/redirect via htaccess:

STEP #1: If your web site has an .htaccess (root directory) download it.STEP #2: Make a copy of this file so the one you just downloaded serves as your backup.STEP # 3: If there is no .htaccess on your web server then open a blank notepad. DO NOT USEWORDPAD OR HTML EDITOR.STEP #4: Insert the line of text into the file as shown in the image below. In the image below thereare actually four affiliate links cloaked - one per line.STEP #5: Make sure the file is saved EXACTLY as .htaccess with nothing in front of the dot.

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Redirect /SomeDirectoryForAffiliateProduct http://www.fullaffiliatelink.url?23454kertdfg

you can copy and paste via the above text box. Make sure to replace 'http://www.fullaffiliatelink.url?23454kertdfg' withyour actual affiliate url

To further clarify - lets say you have the website bestproducts.com. Lets pretend you are promotingthe affiliate product All Natural Pain Relief Cream. Lets pretent the affiliate link is hop.clickbank.net/fafwe9wrsksf34wriwe434drdf. (doesn't get any uglier than Clickbank links does it?).

The link you would enter in your .htaccess file would be:

Redirect /naturalpainreliefcream http://hop.clickbank.net/fafwe9wrsksf34wriwe434drdf

In other words:

1. The word Redirect2. Followed by one single space.3. Followed by a /4. Followed by any word or phrase (no spaces) meaningful to you.5. Followed by another single space.6. Followed by the full affiliate link.

The link you provide to people in this example is - bestproducts.com/naturalpainreliefcream - whenpeople click on that they will be taken to the affiliate link automatically.

The biggest benefit to this method for link cloaking and redirecting is you can place as manyredirects/lines as you wish in the .htaccess file!! Even if you have a thousand affiliate links. In additionif at any time you need to alter, add or remove affilate links they are all located in one central place.

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DOWNSIDE TO PHP, FRAME OR HTACCESS LINK CLOAKING1. None of these three methods allow link tracking.2. All three methods require at least a bit of tech knowledge.

four separate links cloaked/redirected one per line.

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2. All three methods require at least a bit of tech knowledge.3. Laborious and tedious if you have lots of links to cloak and redirect.

If any of the three issues are a problem for you then for a few bucks you can get software or webservice that has tons of features way beyond just simple link cloaking and url redirection. Have a lookat the Link Tracking and Cloaking Solutions section.

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LINK TRACKING + CLOAKING SERVICESThe above methods for link cloaking are fine unless you have a lot of cloaking todo then it can become laborious. Link Cloaking and Link Tracking services shownbelow are pretty inexpensive and pretty good. Below is a list of the very best Link

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below are pretty inexpensive and pretty good. Below is a list of the very best LinkTracking and Link Cloaking services....

[ LINKTRACKR - link tracking + link cloaking - LINKTRACKR ]LinkTrackr is one of the best and leastexpensive link tracking and cloaking sites thereis.

LinkTrackr Features:Affiliate link cloaking.Conversion tracking.A/B split testing.External pixel tracking.Wordpress cloaking.Ad tracking reports.Viral marketing tools.Custom domain url.30 day money back guarantee.

LinkTrackr has 4 Plans:

Basic - up to 100 links - up to 10,000 clicks per month - advanced viral cloaking - brandeddomains - customer home page - $9 per month.

Pro - up to 500 links - up to 50,000 clicks per month - advanced viral cloaking - branded domains- customer home page - conversion tracking - $19 per month.

Hyper - up to 1,000 links - up to 100,000 clicks per month - advanced viral cloaking - brandeddomains - customer home page - conversion tracking - $39 per month.

Extreme - up to 5000 links - up to 500,000 clicks per month - advanced viral cloaking - brandeddomains - customer home page - conversion tracking - $69 per month.

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[ REDIRECT BACON - link tracking + link cloaking REDIRECT BACON ]Redirect Bacon is a link cloaker and tracker

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Redirect Bacon is a link cloaker and trackersoftware program you install on your own webserver. Step by step instructions are included oryou can have the Redirect Bacon staff set thetracking software up for you on your web host.

Redirect Bacon Features:URL redirects and cloakingSelf hosted software.Split testing.Professional analytics.No monthly or recurring fees.Free lifetime updates.One time payment $39.30 day money back guarantee.

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[ LINK SUPERCHARGER - link tracking + link cloaking - LINK SUPERCHARGER ]Link Supercharger is also a software basedlink tracking and cloaking program that pridesitself on being extremely simple and user friendlyto use and set up. Setting up Link Superchargeris a simple matter of uploading one single file,adding a username and password and loggin in.

Link Supercharger Features:Extremely easy to setup and use.Hit counter for link tracking stats.Edit links destination quick and easy.Create 'HOT PAGES' feature (SEOoptimized pages with list of relatedSupercharged links).Simple one click social sharing.One time payment - $15.9560 day money back guarantee.

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[ AD TRACKZ GOLD - link tracking + link cloaking - AD TRACKZ GOLD ]Ad Trackz Gold is one of the most powerful linktracking and cloaking programs. Althoughadvertised as an ad tracker ads and affiliate linksare one in the same.

To use Ad Trackz Gold create a new campaign. Atracking link is create which you can publish asyour affiliate links (or ads). Instead of sendingyour visitors to yoursite.com send them to yourtracking link. Every time anyone clicks on thetracking link the tracking app records the hit andsends the visitor to yoursite.com or whateverdestination url you want to send them to.

Ad Trackz Gold Features:Link cloaking.Link tracking.Split testing.PPC land pages.Conversion tracking.Keyword tracking.Export statistics.One time payment $77.60 day satisfaction money back guarantee.

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[ SIMPLYCAST - link tracking + link cloaking - SIMPLYCAST ]

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SimplyCast has many tools to automate anaffiliate marketers job and SimplyCast web linkstracking and cloaking is just one of them.

SimplyCast Link Track + Cloak Features:Link click analysis including click throughrates.Link cloaking and shortening.Unlimited links tracking.Sort by keyword.Comprehensive reporting.

SimplyCast Links Tracking has 2 types of accounts:

Send Based

Basic - 1 million clicks (5 sub accounts) - $3 month.Professional - 1 million clicks (50 sub accounts) - $13.10 month.Basic - 1 million clicks (100 sub accounts) - $602.15 month.

Pay-As-You-Go1 million clicks - $18 - all the way up to 200 million clicks - $913.

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