enigma1
msg:3926361 | 10:07 am on Jun 4, 2009 (gmt 0) |
you should structure the urls subject to the visitor's request. Taking into account things like the ip, date, time, http headers with the link you present to the visitor with some custom encoding can eliminate chances of abuse. Another way is using some sort of handshaking between 2 servers that is completely transparent to visitors. For instance if instead of a link I use a form with a post method, then the servers can communicate first and finally redirect headers are issued to the visitor. Disadvantages with these approaches is that both ends need to have the encoding/decoding methods deployed, something hard to do unless you are really popular or you're the owner of both ends in some way.
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aced84
msg:3926480 | 1:45 pm on Jun 4, 2009 (gmt 0) |
Wow thanks enigma1, never know there are such things exist.. But probably this is not the kind of cloaking that I was mentioning. Probably what I was trying to say is URL redirecting here. What I am trying to do, is just to cloak a product's affiliate link, say a ClickBank product. The original affiliate link could be something like :
[myClickBankID.merchantA.example.net...] and I am trying to cloak it using my website's URL , say :
http://www.example.com/recommends/merchantA/ [google.com] ... When people click on my link, they will be redirect to [myClickBankID.merchantA.example.net...] . Also, I am trying to do it with the 2 methods (framed and unframed) above. Between the two methods which I have posted in my initial post, which would be a better method ? Any suggestion please?
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aced84
msg:3927122 | 8:41 am on Jun 5, 2009 (gmt 0) |
Well, after some study on this case, I think I would go for the PHP Redirect method. It seems to be working just fine. Anyway, thanks for your input given here.
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aced84
msg:3927172 | 10:27 am on Jun 5, 2009 (gmt 0) |
But even if I were to use the php redirection method, there are two codes that I came across. <?php
header('Location: h-t-tp://www.YourAffiliateURLHere.com/');
?> AND <?php
$url =
"YourFullAffiliateURL";
header("Location: $url");
exit();
?> Can anyone please tell me what's the difference between the two codes?
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enigma1
msg:3927185 | 11:29 am on Jun 5, 2009 (gmt 0) |
The difference is the first method won't work well while the 2nd does. Not because the var assignment but of the exit command. The header alone doesn't guarantee the redirect ot be immediate unless it is the end of the script. While the 2nd does exits specifically so anything below that won't be executed. btw the 2nd method with the $url var it should include the full url. $url = 'http://www.example.com';
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aced84
msg:3927231 | 1:52 pm on Jun 5, 2009 (gmt 0) |
Wow thanks enigma1, that helps a lot !
So that means, if I am going to use the 2nd code, it would be something like this : <?php
$url =
"http://www.example.com/recommends/affiliate1234/";
header("Location: $url = 'http://www.example.com/recommends/affiliate1234/'");
exit();
?> Is that the correct way to do so ? I am sorry, but I am not a programming guy here, and I know nothing about php language. Thanks in advance for your input :)
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enigma1
msg:3927358 | 4:53 pm on Jun 5, 2009 (gmt 0) |
Just use the $url in the header since you have the variable already.
<?php
$url =
"http://www.example.com/recommends/affiliate1234/";
header("Location: " . $url);
exit();
?>
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aced84
msg:3927672 | 4:33 am on Jun 6, 2009 (gmt 0) |
I got it. Thank you very much enigma1 :) It helps a lot
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aced84
msg:3927675 | 4:47 am on Jun 6, 2009 (gmt 0) |
I noticed a small difference between the code I found and the code which you've provided, enigma1, I have tried both, and they both worked. Note the difference in the bolded area part. <?php
$url =
"YourFullAffiliateURL";
header("Location: $url");
exit();
?> ============================================================ <?php
$url =
"YourFullAffiliateURL";
header("Location: " . $url);
exit();
?> So it's ok if I am going to use your code, right ?
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enigma1
msg:3927775 | 10:13 am on Jun 6, 2009 (gmt 0) |
yes sure it should be fine. It's just when I use php vars I set them up outside string quotes to avoid problems with single quotes that sometimes you may forget and use.
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aced84
msg:3927800 | 12:38 pm on Jun 6, 2009 (gmt 0) |
Alright thanks a lot. Off to set the code into my server now. Have a nice day
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aced84
msg:3928153 | 8:34 am on Jun 7, 2009 (gmt 0) |
Hi enigma1, it's me again. ClickBank has their own encryption page, but after clicking on the link, and landed on the affiliate product's page, it will still show my affiliate name (?hop=ClickbankUsername), for example..
http://example.com/?hop=ClickbankUsername Is there anyway that I can hide the (?hop=ClickbankUsername), using any php script ? Thanks in advance [edited by: incrediBILL at 11:35 am (utc) on June 19, 2009]
[edit reason] exemplified URLs [/edit]
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enigma1
msg:3928157 | 9:03 am on Jun 7, 2009 (gmt 0) |
You can hide it if the protocol supports passing the info via the /POST parameters. So instead of having links you setup a form (that looks like a link) which will pass the parameters to the server once the client clicks the link. <form name="some_form_name" action="http://www.example.com/some_link.htm" method="post"><input type="hidden" name="hop" value="ClickbankUsername" /><input type="submit" name="some_button" value="link to click" /></form> As I mentioned earlier depends on the protocol that is in place. If you need to pass parameters by other means or to communicate with another server see the curl library and the fsockopen function for this. [php.net...]
[php.net...]
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aced84
msg:3928301 | 5:29 pm on Jun 7, 2009 (gmt 0) |
Wow, again, thanks for that . It sounded too technical for me, but never mind, I will further dig into those related information on which you've given me. Thanks a lot.
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awphooey
msg:3936520 | 6:23 am on Jun 19, 2009 (gmt 0) |
Hello, I know that this is an old thread, but im new to cloaking, does this code blank the referrer? <?php
$url = "http://example.com/offer1/";
header("Location: " . $url);
exit();
?> [edited by: incrediBILL at 11:35 am (utc) on June 19, 2009]
[edit reason] exemplified URLs [/edit]
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enigma1
msg:3936546 | 7:48 am on Jun 19, 2009 (gmt 0) |
No it doesn't, actually, the client referrer typically remains unchanged during a redirect from the server (to whatever was set before).
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