Keith Goodrum

Have you seen those cool affiliate link cloakers like this cool affiliate link cloaker for wordpress. I’ve tried several different one paid and free, and none have worked right. Most of them seem to have “issues” with WordPress. (or maybe I’m the one with the “issues”) So, it’s just been a constant parade of link cloaking software for most of the year.

What’s the big deal with a link cloaker?

Affiliate marketing is a powerful revenue source for blogs. This platform makes reviewing and recommending products very easy. But, the big problem with affiliate links is they will get truncated by some when they click on the link.

However, that problem goes away when you cloak the link. Most people don’t mind clicking on an affiliate link, they just don’t like it flaunted in their face.

I finally found a plugin that works, and it’s free. It’s called WP-Affiliate by SEO Adventures. It only works on WordPress 2.5 or higher. I found it easy to install and use. This plugin works from the write page.

How it works

Once installed go the write a post page, and scroll down till you see wp-affiliate links. There you will see a form titled Add Base Category. This is were you add the name of the folder you want. I use “recommends”, and it will make the link look like this:

http://www.keithgoodrum.com/recommends

The next part is titled Categorical Listing Of Links. Here is where you add your affiliate links. You have 2 choices here: Add A Link, Add Sub Category and (Delete Category). Click on the link you want to perform.

To add an affiliate you would click on Add A Link. Add your affiliate link to the form titled Link. Next figure what you want to name your anchor text, and add it to… Yep, that’s right the Anchor Text form. Your link would link will look like this:

http://www.keithgoodrum.com/recommends/really-cool-product

Head on over to http://www.seoadventures.com/ and pick it up today.

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