Search Engine Optimization-How to hide your affiliate link with redirects
A is visit page and forwards a address. Chances are, an affiliate, you’re going very this technique. has of uses:
Why redirects?
1) friendlier
Instead your (rather unfriendly) affiliate a page, can page site redirects affiliate link. when to through link, provide the (much friendlier) address redirect your website. means can address emails/newsletters and look attractive readers. example:
http://example123.rspanish.hop.clickbank.net/
could
http://example.com/recommends/rocketspanish/
Instead trying people ugly (http://example123.rspanish.hop.clickbank.net/), instead to non-intimidating http://example.com/recommends/rocketspanish/ address. page to affiliate anyway, but never look it.
2) It commission hijacking
Redirects also way "cloaking" your so people don’t it think, "hmm… click affiliate link, I the click my link get myself!" your less other affiliates.
3) can a editing later!
By setting for affiliate links, you’re safe merchant their or system. You’ll need the one place, of all pages to links. set for products, not products, you’ll be easily affiliate an ever for product. Handy!
PHP redirects:
The way it simply following code blank page, and to the want to. (Which usually affiliate link).
<?php header( 'Location: http://www.youraffiliatelink.goes.here.com' ) ; ?>
IMPORTANT: This to into in view, and must go completely page: There shouldn’t anything the page, even <html> </html> tags. need save the a .php file.
Meta-refresh redirects:
Another might the refresh. It this:
<meta HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" content="0; url=http://www.youraffiliatelink.goes.here.com">
In this code, is you redirect to, the "content="0; to of page before redirecting. this example, "0" means will instantly.
This method than method, allows add to if want. Redirect have "if this doesn’t redirect seconds, here" message nice browsers. it’s necessary, (and really affiliates). You’re off the method.
Note the redirects we’ve in are for affiliate links. They’re not for pages website search it. way pages pagerank search is "301 redirect", we’ll later lessons.
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