Yesterday I talk about whether referral links should be disclosed.
One of the publisher concern is that referral link is bypassed whether unintentionally, intentionally or even maliciously.
Today, I want to introduce you a way to forward your referral link and at the same time hiding (or cloaking) your referral link.
It is fairly easy if you follow closely the following instructions. Two methods will be presented.
The first requires your server to run PHP. If you are using WordPress blog, then your server has PHP and you an use this method. The second method works on any website.
Method 1: Using PHP forward
- Create a folder. I use go. So all my links will be something like http://seekingrevenue.com/go/referral-site.php
- In the folder create a file, name it referral-site.php for example, text-link-ads.php.
- Edit the file and put in the following code
<?php
header(’Location: http://your-referral-link.com/?id=12345′);
?>
- Replace
http://your-referral-link.com/?id=12345with your referral link - Use the new link link in your content.
Method 2: Using HTML redirect
- As above, create a folder. I use go. Your links will be something like http://seekingrevenue.com/go/referral-site.html
- In the folder create a file, name it referral-site.html for example, text-link-ads.html.
- Edit the file and put in the following code”
<html>
<meta http-equiv=”refresh”
content=”0;URL=http://your-referral-link.com/?id=12345″> </html>
- Replace
http://your-referral-link.com/?id=12345with your referral link - Use the new link link in your content.
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