How to Setup an Affiliate Link That Looks Normal

Kathy — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:08:07 +0000

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Have you ever hovered over a banner ad or link only to shy away from clicking on it because the link looked like code written by some pimply faced hacker?

Chances are the link was a tracking link used to record where you were when you clicked. This is how affiliate programs are tracked so the right people get credit for sending traffic and paid.

Here are two examples of typical affiliate links:

https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?ii=68188&c=ib&aff=18667&ev=af7a1c01e8

or like this if they’re trying their best to not scare you out of clicking :

http://tinyurl.com/yqe3jz

They’ll work if and when people click on them, but there is a cleaner, more effective, approach.

Here’s how you can setup affiliate links that should help your overall results:

- Log into your Web host manager (cpanel in my case) and create a new FOLDER and name it ‘more’ (or whatever you prefer). Note: You can set this folder up in your root directory (public_html) or in any subfolder.

- Next open the new “more” FOLDER and create an HTML FILE named “info1001″ or anything you like. You should keep it generic and keep in mind that you may want to create many more links in the future.

This has created a single blank page in the ‘more’ folder. This will result in a link that looks like this when someone scrolls over it:

http://www.yoursite.com/more/info1001.html

Now you have the good looking link ready… but if you want the link to work you will have to insert a little code onto the HTML page you created, which is inside of the new folder.

Here’s the code:
(REPLACE the generic info in all caps with YOUR information.)
—————————————————————

YOUR PAGE TITLE

Redirecting, please wait. If you’re not redirected within a couple of seconds,
click here:

PRODUCT NAME

——————————————————–

Change “YOUR PAGE TITLE” (whatever you want it to be)
Change “YOUR AFFILIATE URL” to the affiliate url given to you from vendor for the item or page (must be precise and complete)
Change “PRODUCT NAME” to your affiliate product name (can be anything)
——————————————
Yes, it takes about 10-15 minutes, but once it’s setup you can reuse it everywhere you want to market that program, product, or service using the easy-to-remember URL you created from scratch.

If this doesn’t work for you try this site:

http://www.forfreedom.ws/affiliate-marketing-for-dummies/how-to-hide-affiliate-links-25/

(NO… that is NOT an affiliate link! Really!)

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How to Setup an Affiliate Link That Looks Normal