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Link Masking – A good Idea ??

casino1784 asked 4 years ago
Hi Folks!

Today I started to mask all links to online casinos on one of my casino affiliate sites.

Why? Everyone who is at top 3 position in google for my keywords is masking links or uses php redirects.

So far, it’s only a test.

What are you thinking? Anyone here who is cloaking links?

Cheers, Matt :hattip:

6 Answers
casinotime answered 4 years ago
I am doing the same test using php redirect and i can see were people click.

I was surprised to see many come in and leave without clicking anything!!

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alexross answered 4 years ago
waste of time imo.. do it in future, don’t worry about running around manually changing all the existing links all over your site. If however all your links are generated by a script or whatever, sure- add nofollow.

(I remember Matt Cutts saying that PR sculpting has very limited benefits)

mikih34 answered 4 years ago
How do you mask these links, php ok, but how can u mask? (tinyurl , etc. ?)?

Tx

alexross answered 4 years ago
well u can use a masking plugin if ur using wordpress as ur CMS fwiw

mikih34 answered 4 years ago
How does this work.. its interesting.
Does it hide the affiliate links ?

szury answered 4 years ago
I heared that affiliate links may be considered paid links by google.

For link masking use php,java redirection or add nofollow.
I recommend the former for several reasons.