How to Hide Affiliate Program Links in Your Web Sites
Earn More Money with Your Affiliate Programs by Hiding Your Affiliate Links
By K. Taylor, published Apr 06, 2006
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If you have a web site and use affiliate programs, you have probably wondered how to hide or mask the links to your affiliate programs. Many savvy web surfers have become familiar with affiliate links and often just copy and paste the link that they want to visit, removing your referral number in the process. This results in a loss in revenue for the web master and this amount can add up greatly over time.By taking a few extra steps when you add your affiliate links, you can hide the links thus increasing the revenue that your website generates. One of the quickest ways to do this is to create a mouse over. While this does not stop the removal of your affiliate referral number, it does hide it a bit more than if nothing was done. A mouse over is a fairly simple step to add when inserting your links.
Mouse Over
A typical link on your web site would look like this:
<A href="http://www.myaffiliateprogram.com/?xxxx">clickhere
By leaving the link like this, the surfer can see that they are being referred to an affiliate program when they put their mouse over the link. By adding a few more steps, you can change what the surfer sees when they have their mouse over your affiliate link.
Change your code to this to hide the affiliate link:
<A href="http://www.myaffiliateprogram.com?xxxx" onMouseOver= "window.status='YOUR MESSAGE HERE!'; return true" onMouseOut= "window.status=''; return true">Click here</a><BR><BR>
Now when the surfer has their mouse over your affiliate link, they will see what ever message you put into the code where it says, “YOUR MESSAGE HERE”.
Redirection Page
Another way to protect your affiliate revenue is to create a redirection page. You can do this by creating a subdirectory such as this:
www.yoursite.com/subdirectoryhere/. You can call the subdirectory anything that you wish. In this subdirectory, create an index page and insert the following code
<html><body>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;
url=http://www.myaffiliateprogram.com/?XXXX">
</body></html>
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Takeaways
- Surfers will often copy your referral link and remove your ID before continuing onto your program.
- You can use any message you want with a mouse over.
- A redirect page is quick and a great way to protect your affiliate earnings.
Did You Know?
Affiliate programs are a great way for web masters to make money from their web site.
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