Cloaking affiliate links

PinkyX

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I've heard that affiliate links on your website may make it harder to rank a website. Is it true?
If yes, how can I cloak them? (I'd love to not loose any linkjuice too, so I guess no-follow ftw?)
 
It's easy

make a page bounce.php

use php with header relocation redirect

base64 encode the url or something similar and decode it on the fly

OH, and don't forget to robots.txt bounce.php to disallow indexing
 
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I use .htaccess redirects with folders to hide my affiliate links, still I don't know if it's a safe idea from the G point of view..

Yes it is true that G doesn't like sites with affiliate links all over.
 
Not sure what language the demon is speaking but if Wordpress:

Install plugin 'Redirect All Types' and use that to hide your affiliate link behind an internal url page. eg, yoursite.com/download. Then in your XML sitemap plugin, exclude that page from the sitemap and you are good. So google does not crawl the page that redirects your link and customers do not see the affiiate link and just an internal url.
 
It's easy

make a page bounce.php

use php with header relocation redirect

base64 encode the url or something similar and decode it on the fly

OH, and don't forget to robots.txt bounce.php to disallow indexing


I realize this is an old article but i would like to know is it safe to use?
 
if u want to drive traffic to your affiliate urls whether of organic traffic or paid, you need a stable real-time updated cloaker that can handle human reviewers and bots updates. Hit me with a PM if u need such a service.
 
lol I've never cloaked a single link

I've also never had a problem related to uncloaked links >_>

Paranoia!
 
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