http://www.barbaraling.com/insights/hide-affiliate-links/ 14+ Years Your Source For Your Marketing and Blogging Success Sat, 10 Dec 2011 18:21:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.barbaraling.com/insights/hide-affiliate-links/comment-page-1/#comment-14750 Barbara Sun, 14 Nov 2010 13:15:09 +0000 http://www.barbaraling.com/?p=1086#comment-14750 Nice!! I'll have to look into tracking stuff like that, good idea! Nice!! I’ll have to look into tracking stuff like that, good idea!

]]> http://www.barbaraling.com/insights/hide-affiliate-links/comment-page-1/#comment-14747 Mitchell Allen Sun, 14 Nov 2010 13:07:16 +0000 http://www.barbaraling.com/?p=1086#comment-14747 Great tip, Barbara. I used to be a member of WealthyAffiliate University and enjoyed their link cloaking service. When I left, I swtiched to the php solution you mentioned and added an extra layer: The $URL variable points to a url-shortening service!   Two benefits: first, the hyperlink can be reused, as can the shortened link (find a service that allows you to edit the long link); second, I now have tracking!   I really like the time-saving first benefit. If a campaign isn't performing well, I just go to the shortening service and swap out landing page urls!  Inspired by WealthyAffiliate, I keep track of all this in a handy Excel spreadsheet :)  I don't record the tracking info, just the php folder location, the short link and the landing page.   Cheers,Mitch Great tip, Barbara. I used to be a member of WealthyAffiliate University and enjoyed their link cloaking service. When I left, I swtiched to the php solution you mentioned and added an extra layer:
The $URL variable points to a url-shortening service!
 
Two benefits: first, the hyperlink can be reused, as can the shortened link (find a service that allows you to edit the long link); second, I now have tracking!
 
I really like the time-saving first benefit. If a campaign isn't performing well, I just go to the shortening service and swap out landing page urls! 
Inspired by WealthyAffiliate, I keep track of all this in a handy Excel spreadsheet  
I don't record the tracking info, just the php folder location, the short link and the landing page.
 
Cheers,Mitch
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