How do you hide referrers from your CPA network

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black_ice007

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I have a site that has the following html code:

<frameset rows="100%,*" border="0">

<frame src="MY AFFILIATE ID" frameborder="0" />
<frame frameborder="0" noresize />

</frameset>

I'm trying to understand whether the CPA network will know where my traffic is coming from. I'm basically loading the CPA networks offer landing page into a frame on my site. Is this the best way to hide referrers?
 
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They still see where it comes from.

You can do it this way.

Don't put your affiliate link into the source. Create a php file on your server (get a free one if you need one. Look in my signature if you need some free hosting) and put this code in the index.php file

<?php
$header = "Location: YOUR AFFILIATE LINK\n";
$header = "Referer: \n";
header($header);
?>

I haven't tested it yet but it should work
 
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Just played with the code and it doesn't work. Will keep playing and let you know.
 
You could use this meta refresh:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns=" http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="0;URL=http://www.afflink.com">
<title>Title</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

That should work, as far as I understand. This was taken from Ruck's blog btw.
 
how about refresh in php?

header( 'refresh: 1; url=http://urlgoeshere' );
 
meta refresh works i was hoping this guys php code would work above (not the refresh one) but it doesnt a php solution would rock my world
 
what? my method won't work? :)

originally i used to use:

<?
header("Location:http://www.affiliatelinkgoeshere");
?>

but switched to

<?
header( 'refresh: 1; url=http://www.affiliatelinkgoeshere' );
?>

then looked at the http header plugin from firefox to see and less info was passed with the 2nd method.

hope i'm right. right?
 
What about an image redirect or php redirect to another php file on your server, and inside the php file it will be...


<?php
header('Location: http://anonym.to/?http://www.yourafflink.com/12345-54321');
?>

Would that remove the referrer??
 
I just checked out Ruck's blog at

hxxp://cashtactics.net/01/07/sneaky-links-meta-refresh-vs-php-redirect/

It gives me everything i needed to know about hiding the referrer!!

Thanks alot people.
 
So will the meta refresh work if you were to use the forum image stuffing technique?
 
Hello all,

I just tested this with a CPA network of mine that actually shows the referrer information in my panel and I found that it no longer shows the referrer information of people coming to my site. So this WORKS!!!!


<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns=" http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="0;URL=AFFILIATE URL HERE">
<title>SITE TITLE HERE</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
 
black_ice007 said:
Hello all,

I just tested this with a CPA network of mine that actually shows the referrer information in my panel and I found that it no longer shows the referrer information of people coming to my site. So this WORKS!!!!


<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns=" http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="0;URL=AFFILIATE URL HERE">
<title>SITE TITLE HERE</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
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Do you mind sharing which CPA network you were able to test this out with? I'm trying to use this code as well, but I don't know how to test to see if it's working.
 
theres a guy who wrote a detailed blog about it.
Code: 
slightlyshadyseo.com
 
This method is obvious, you will be banned because the guy can see your code in the source page .......
 
thats true cabal, i could be wrong but the point is i think when the guy looks thru his logs, he has no clue where the traffic is even coming from right?
 
The other problem (besides code being out in open), is that sometimes showing NO referrer information causes red flags for the networks. If they question your traffic/payout, then they will attempt to find your landing pages and look at the code.

Anyone know a good explanation to give networks as to why referrer info would be blank?
 
You can also use http://www.cloakdomain.com to cloak your links on the fly.
 
44blackhatters said:
Anyone know a good explanation to give networks as to why referrer info would be blank?
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I am interested in this as well, as most of my sites are using the meta refresh trick.

On another note:
Is their a way to pass false header information on? Sort of like inject a fake header tag so if your affiliate will not see a blank link or if the did track back the link they would see a clean page?

MUCH THANKS!!!
 
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