paymymortgage4me
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Just wondering which is better to use? Why?
Meta-Refresh or JS Rdirect???
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Essential Clix
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I like meta refresh. If people have scripts blocked on their browser, the JS redirect won't work.
boomboomer
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i've read that future versions of browsers are gonna ignore meta refresh .... these were just discussions though ..
KenWingJitsu
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What's the difference between metarefresh and php-header redirect??? Aren't they the same thing?meta refresh 8/10 javascript 6/10 my2cents php-header-redirect 10/10
This is code for meta refresh:
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="0; URL=http://www.affiliatelink.c0m">
<title>Welcome</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
WHat would php-header redirect be?
loclhero
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Unless I'm mistaken, a php redirect would be done using this:
<?php header("Location: Your AFFILIATE LINK HERE"); ?>
The problem as I understand it is that your aff network will see where the redirect is coming from. For purposes of hiding things, the meta refresh is the only way to go. At least as far as I understand it.
edc
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But if I own both domains, I can send both junk and good traffic to the first domain, forward with a meta refresh to the second domain, and if both domains (especially the first) have decent content on them where is the problem disguising the 'bad' traffic? Kind of a noob question admittedly - am I overlooking something obvious? -e-
booman
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Yep, found this out yesterday and discussed we it in another thread. The suggestion was to double meta-refresh and that may hide the referrer. Gonna test this later.
PHP redirect will always pass the referrer.
oscarslater
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so can someone who hides referrers successfully from CPA companies tell me how to hide my referrer from them as well
I am starting out again in cpa in a much bigger way and need to know how to do this for lots of offers on different networks
I can figure most of it out from here but I need to be sure I am doing this right.
can someone experienced in this post here or even PM with this info
remember i am the noooobiest of nooobs on this forum technically
all the best
os....
I am starting out again in cpa in a much bigger way and need to know how to do this for lots of offers on different networks
I can figure most of it out from here but I need to be sure I am doing this right.
can someone experienced in this post here or even PM with this info
remember i am the noooobiest of nooobs on this forum technically
all the best
os....
IsoRipper
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I posted on the other thread as well, and I will say it again, depending on the cheap traffic you get, a double refresh wont do any good since most of the time, the hit will never arrive and if you are using this to stabilize your conversion rate, you really need to watch out! Also, browsers like IE7 somehow pass the referer even after a double redirect, bein there done that
KenWingJitsu
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Ditto for this request.... and ditto for anyone to explain the .htaccess redirect... whatever that is.
Note: Ruck says he had no trouble with meta-refresh...
What you can do in this case is rather than meta-refresh directly to your affiliate url, you meta-refresh to another php file which first checks the referrer before redirecting. If the referrer passes (like blank or the domain/url you want), then you do your php redirect to the affiliate url. If it doesn't pass, then you send it somewhere else. You may lose 5% of your traffic, but that's not too bad considering the liability of showing those unwanted referrers.
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Here's a couple scenarios:
1) If you're concerned that the cpa network or the advertiser may use or share that data in such a way that competes with you or worse.
2) If you're sending traffic from a source that you're either prohibited from using or that might draw unwanted scrutiny.
3) If you're mixing in junk traffic to juice your stats, and you want your various sources of traffic to blend in.