{"id":7586,"date":"2019-05-12T20:09:23","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T20:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/?p=7586"},"modified":"2019-05-13T08:53:02","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T08:53:02","slug":"cloaking-and-shortening-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/cloaking-and-shortening-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloaking And Shortening Links #1 All You Need To Know Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cloaking<\/span><\/strong> and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">shortening links<\/span><\/strong> is something you <strong>must<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">understand<\/span> if you want to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">make money<\/span> with affiliate marketing.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Affiliate links<\/span> are the <strong>most<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">important<\/span> thing in the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">universe<\/span> for an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">affiliate and you must<\/span> handle them with <strong>care.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In this article, I am going to tell you <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">exactly<\/span><\/strong> <strong>how you can cloak links<\/strong> the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">right<\/span> way and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">what are<\/span> the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">most popular<\/span><\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">URL<\/span> shortener <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">services<\/span>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>I am going to tell you why you should <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">always prefer<\/span> cloaked links to URL shortener services.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">completely<\/span> understand <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">what<\/span> is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">cloaking<\/span><\/strong>, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">why<\/span><\/strong> you must <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">cloak<\/span> your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>links<\/strong><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">how<\/span> to do it <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">correctly<\/span><\/strong> on any <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>platform.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7613\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/question-mark.jpg?resize=640%2C352&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/question-mark.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/question-mark.jpg?resize=300%2C165&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/question-mark.jpg?resize=768%2C422&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/question-mark.jpg?resize=1024%2C563&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/question-mark.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/cloaking-and-shortening-links\/#What_Is_Link_Cloaking\" >What Is Link Cloaking?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/cloaking-and-shortening-links\/#Why_You_Should_Cloak_Links\" >Why You Should Cloak Links?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/cloaking-and-shortening-links\/#Different_Types_Of_Redirects\" >Different Types Of Redirects<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/cloaking-and-shortening-links\/#How_To_Cloak_Links\" >How To Cloak Links<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/cloaking-and-shortening-links\/#Most_Popular_URL_Shortener_Services\" >Most Popular URL Shortener Services<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/cloaking-and-shortening-links\/#Conclusions\" >Conclusions<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Is_Link_Cloaking\"><\/span>What Is Link Cloaking?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Link <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">cloaking<\/span><\/strong> explained with <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">easy words<\/span><\/strong> is the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">process<\/span> of <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">creating<\/span><\/strong> a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">better-looking\/more-efficient<\/span> link that goes <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">somewhere<\/span> else.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you are in<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> affiliate marketing<\/span> <\/strong>you might know that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">affiliate links<\/span> are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">usually<\/span> very <strong>long<\/strong> <strong>URLs<\/strong> with a lot of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">parameters<\/span> inside.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">instance<\/span>, this is an <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">affiliate link<\/span><\/strong> for <strong>ExpressVPN<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkev.com\/?a_aid=rawdawg&amp;data1=marcodiversi&amp;data2=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><code>https:\/\/www.linkev.com\/?a_aid=rawdawg&amp;data1=marcodiversi&amp;data2=blog<\/code><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">meanwhile, this <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">one is the same<\/span> <strong>link<\/strong> but cloaked, where I have<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0full control<\/span> and on<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0my domain<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><code><a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/zx\/expressvpn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/zx\/expressvpn\/<\/a><\/code><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">if you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">press<\/span> on <strong>both<\/strong> you will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">land<\/span> on the same <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">result<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">human<\/span> eye will<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> not be able to see<\/span><\/strong> what going <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">on,<\/span> but if you put the <strong>second<\/strong> URL here:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/httpstatus.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/httpstatus.io\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">you will be <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">able<\/span><\/strong> to see all the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">redirects<\/span> and the <strong>first<\/strong> link<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> will pop up<\/span><\/strong> somewhere!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/zx\/expressvpn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6614 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/expressvpn-protects-you.jpg?resize=640%2C79&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"expressvpn protects you\" width=\"640\" height=\"79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/expressvpn-protects-you.jpg?w=728&amp;ssl=1 728w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/expressvpn-protects-you.jpg?resize=300%2C37&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_You_Should_Cloak_Links\"><\/span>Why You Should Cloak Links?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">many reasons<\/span><\/strong> why you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">should<\/span> <strong>cloak<\/strong> links!<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Personally, I think that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the reason<\/span> that makes more sense is<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> URL managemen<\/span>t.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">instance,<\/span> if a company <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">decides<\/span> to change its <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">affiliate program<\/span>, your affiliate <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">links<\/span><\/strong> need to change!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">would<\/span> take you a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">lifetime<\/span><\/strong> probably to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">change all the links<\/span> on your <strong>websites<\/strong> along with all the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">posts<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, if <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you<\/span> have a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">link on your domain<\/span> that goes to that <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">offer<\/span><\/strong>, you will need just to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">change<\/span> the redirect inside of that <strong>link<\/strong> and all the links will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">change<\/span>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Another reason is that cloaking links will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">protect<\/span> you from<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> affiliate link theft<\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">instance,<\/span> if your link lays on<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> the front end of a webpage<\/span>, there are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">simple<\/span> <strong>javascript<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">scripts<\/span> that can run on your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">page<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>change<\/strong><\/span> the link on your page to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">whatever<\/span> stuff the guy <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">using<\/span><\/strong> the script wants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">instance<\/span>, you could <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">replace the affiliate ID<\/span><\/strong> of my <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">URL<\/span> with yours and you<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> will earn a commission<\/span> using my <strong>traffic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">cloak a lin<\/span>k this is not <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">going<\/span><\/strong> to happen because the<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> user doesn&#8217;t have access<\/span> to the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">backend<\/span> of your site.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Another reason why you should clock links is that <a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/alternative-search-engines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">search engines<\/a> general speaking <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">don&#8217;t like to see too many affiliate<\/span> links.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Using l<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ink cloaking correctl<\/span>y you will be <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">able<\/span><\/strong> to mask the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">links and make search<\/span> engines <strong>happier<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Another simple reason is that links on your site will look <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">prettier<\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmarcodiversi.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D7586&#038;text=%20Users%20might%20be%20more%20incentivized%20to%20click%20on%20them.&#038;via=marcodiversi&#038;related=marcodiversi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Users might be more incentivized to click on them. <\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmarcodiversi.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D7586&#038;text=%20Users%20might%20be%20more%20incentivized%20to%20click%20on%20them.&#038;via=marcodiversi&#038;related=marcodiversi\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"bctt-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Share on X<\/a><\/span>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cloaking links it&#8217;s proved that can boost click-through rates of links.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Different_Types_Of_Redirects\"><\/span>Different Types Of Redirects<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cloaking<\/span> links mean <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">passing<\/span><\/strong> to someone who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">clicks<\/span> your link a<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> status code.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">instance,<\/span> if you are going to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">click a link that is broken<\/span><\/strong> you will get in return a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HTTP_404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">404 status code<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>4XX status codes<\/strong> are usually <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">missing pages errors<\/span>, <strong>5XX are usually <\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">server errors<\/span> and <strong>3XX errors<\/strong> are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">redirects errors<\/span>, <strong>2XX are status codes<\/strong> that tells you that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>all is fine<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">going<\/span> to take advantage <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">of the 3XX errors<\/span><\/strong> to redirect our <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">links<\/span>, and these are the main <strong>3XX<\/strong> <strong>status<\/strong> codes you can use.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here you can<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> see a ful<\/span>l <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webnots.com\/3xx-http-status-codes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">list of 3XX status codes<\/a>, but on this <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">section,<\/span><\/strong> we are going to<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> talk onl<\/span>y of these status codes used for <strong>cloaking<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>301: <\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">resource moved permanently<\/span> &#8212; when <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">clicked<\/span> the browser will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">remember<\/span> that the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">original<\/span> content completely <strong>moved to the new destination<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>302: <\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">resource moved temporarily<\/span> &#8212; the browser will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">remember<\/span> the new <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">location<\/span> only <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">temporary<\/span> or until the<strong> cache is not cleared.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>307: <\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">temporary redirection<\/span> &#8212; the redirection is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">never remembered<\/span> from a browser, each <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">time<\/span> a link is clicked it&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">like the first time<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7612\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/grumpy-cat.jpg?resize=640%2C403&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/grumpy-cat.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/grumpy-cat.jpg?resize=300%2C189&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/grumpy-cat.jpg?resize=768%2C484&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/grumpy-cat.jpg?resize=1024%2C645&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>You will always need to get in return a 2XX at the end of the redirect.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_To_Cloak_Links\"><\/span>How To Cloak Links<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">impossible<\/span> for me to tell you<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> how to cloak links<\/span><\/strong>, there are <strong>just too many ways to do it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmarcodiversi.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D7586&#038;text=%20I%20am%20going%20to%20tell%20you%20what%20are%20the%20most%20famous%20ways%20to%20do%20it%20and%20how%20I%20do%20it.%20%23url&#038;via=marcodiversi&#038;related=marcodiversi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> I am going to tell you what are the most famous ways to do it and how I do it. #url <\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmarcodiversi.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D7586&#038;text=%20I%20am%20going%20to%20tell%20you%20what%20are%20the%20most%20famous%20ways%20to%20do%20it%20and%20how%20I%20do%20it.%20%23url&#038;via=marcodiversi&#038;related=marcodiversi\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"bctt-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Share on X<\/a><\/span>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are also <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">popular services<\/span> like <strong>bit.ly<\/strong> that will give <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you<\/span> some s<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ort of cloaking<\/span> <strong>features<\/strong> but my advice is to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">stay away from<\/span> all of <strong>these<\/strong> sites.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">easiest way to have full control over<\/span> your <strong>cloaked<\/strong> links is to create a <code>.php<\/code> file that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">redirects somewhere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>PHP<\/strong><\/span> is a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">coding language<\/span> understood from<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> 99.9%<\/span> <\/strong>of the <a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"tmd hosting\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/zx\/tmd-hosting\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">hosting services<\/a> you will use.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">have to do i<\/span>s to<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> create a .php file<\/span><\/strong> with an editor like <a href=\"http:\/\/brackets.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brackets.io<\/a> Then name it as you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">want<\/span> to and drop in it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">your affiliate link i<\/span>nside the code <strong>below<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><code>&lt;?php<\/code><br \/>\n<code>header(\"Location: URL\",TRUE,301);<\/code><br \/>\n<code>?&gt;<\/code><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">need<\/span> to <strong>replace URL<\/strong> with your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">affiliate<\/span> link.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For instance, here you can <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">name<\/span> that file as <code>expressvpn.php<\/code> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">drop<\/span> it in your <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">affiliate<\/span><\/strong> links folder (zx in my case) to get <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">something<\/span><\/strong> like this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><code>https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/zx\/expressvpn\/<\/code><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">easily<\/span><\/strong> use <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">javascript<\/span><\/strong> as well and<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> meta redirects<\/span> but this last one its a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> bit trickier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><code><span class=\"html-tag\">&lt;script&gt;<\/span>window.location = \"URL\";<span class=\"html-tag\">&lt;\/script&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Check <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">them<\/span> out <a href=\"https:\/\/redirectdetective.com\/redirection-types.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you are a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WordPress<\/span> user <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">there is no easiest way t<\/span>hat <strong>using<\/strong> a plugin like <a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"thirstyaffiliates\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/zx\/thirstyaffiliates\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">ThirstyAffiliates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/zx\/thirstyaffiliates\/\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:5px\" target=\"__blank\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 16px;font-size:13px;line-height:26px;border-color:#6cadf4;border-radius:5px;text-shadow:none\"> INSTALL THIRSTY AFFILIATES<\/span><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once you have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">installed<\/span> the plugin you can<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> easily create affiliate links<\/span> in a <strong>few<\/strong> seconds.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7599\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/thirstyaffiliates-create-a-link.jpg?resize=640%2C226&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"thirstyaffiliates create a link\" width=\"640\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/thirstyaffiliates-create-a-link.jpg?w=1264&amp;ssl=1 1264w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/thirstyaffiliates-create-a-link.jpg?resize=300%2C106&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/thirstyaffiliates-create-a-link.jpg?resize=768%2C272&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/thirstyaffiliates-create-a-link.jpg?resize=1024%2C362&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Most_Popular_URL_Shortener_Services\"><\/span>Most Popular URL Shortener Services<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I think <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">that<\/span> <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">l<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ink<\/span> cloaking<\/strong> and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">URL shortening<\/span> <\/strong>are not the same things.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A lot of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">people<\/span> who <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">start<\/span><\/strong> with <a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/make-money-online-from-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">internet marketing<\/a> knows <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">about bit.ly!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">That will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">allow<\/span> them to<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> create short URLs<\/span><\/strong> easy to manage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">services<\/span> are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">used to create shorter<\/span> <strong>URLs<\/strong> but in fact, these <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">services<\/span> are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">nothing more<\/span> than URL <strong>cloaking<\/strong> services.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The good <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">thing<\/span> about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">them<\/span> is that you<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> will have detailed analytics<\/span><\/strong> just by <strong>adding a +<\/strong> at the end of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">URL.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For instance, you can<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> see who clicked on this link adding<\/span><\/strong> a <strong>+<\/strong> at the end of the<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> bit.ly URL<\/span>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bitly.com\/marcodiversi+\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/bitly.com\/marcodiversi+<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">thing<\/span> is that <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">stats are public<\/span><\/strong> and you<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> will not be able to change the content<\/span> of the link if you want to do it <strong>later<\/strong> on.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmarcodiversi.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D7586&#038;text=%20Also%2C%20most%20of%20these%20services%20are%20used%20by%20spammers%20and%20your%20links%20can%20be%20considered%20as%20spam%20as%20well.%20%23bitly%20%23rebrandly%20%23bitdo&#038;via=marcodiversi&#038;related=marcodiversi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Also, most of these services are used by spammers and your links can be considered as spam as well. #bitly #rebrandly #bitdo <\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmarcodiversi.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D7586&#038;text=%20Also%2C%20most%20of%20these%20services%20are%20used%20by%20spammers%20and%20your%20links%20can%20be%20considered%20as%20spam%20as%20well.%20%23bitly%20%23rebrandly%20%23bitdo&#038;via=marcodiversi&#038;related=marcodiversi\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"bctt-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Share on X<\/a><\/span>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You have<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> no control over these links<\/span> <\/strong>and they can<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> ban your account<\/span> with no <strong>reason<\/strong> and you will lose all your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">work<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> are the most popular<\/span> and used <strong>URL<\/strong> shortening services:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bitly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/bitly.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.do\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/bit.do\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebrandly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.rebrandly.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cutt.ly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/cutt.ly\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bl.ink\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.bl.ink\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorturl.at\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.shorturl.at\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tiny.cc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/tiny.cc\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/t2mio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t2mio.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bitlylink.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/bitlylink.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joturl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.joturl.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">said<\/span> you <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">should never use<\/span><\/strong> URL <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">shorteners<\/span> services like the ones <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">above.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I have used <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Bitly<\/span> on <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">YouTube<\/span><\/strong> on certain <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">channels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">regret<\/span> <strong>it<\/strong> a lot and when I <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">will have time<\/span> I will replace all the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">bitly<\/span> links with my <strong>own<\/strong> links.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>I am pretty sure that a lot of the bitly links I have made are<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> no longer working.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I have <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">absolutely no control over them<\/span> <\/strong>putting in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">jeopardize<\/span> my <strong>business<\/strong> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">earnings<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/zx\/semrush\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4857 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/semrush-analytics.png?resize=640%2C165&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"semrush analytics\" width=\"640\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/semrush-analytics.png?w=970&amp;ssl=1 970w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/semrush-analytics.png?resize=300%2C77&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/semrush-analytics.png?resize=768%2C198&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusions\"><\/span>Conclusions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">no brainer using custom cloaked<\/span> <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">links<\/span> instead<\/strong> of<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> URL shorteni<\/span>ng services like <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">bit.ly<\/span> <\/strong>etc&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">main reason why you should cloak<\/span> your <strong>link<\/strong> is so that you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">will be able to manage<\/span> your <strong>affiliate<\/strong> links <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">more easily<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also, we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">have talked about some serious additional<\/span> <strong>benefits<\/strong> and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">how to properly cloak<\/span> <\/strong>your links.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you are a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WordPress<\/span> user the<strong> best plugin that will allow<\/strong> you to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">cloak<\/span> links is called <a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"thirstyaffiliates\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/zx\/thirstyaffiliates\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">ThirstyAffiliates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/zx\/thirstyaffiliates\/\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:5px\" target=\"__blank\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 16px;font-size:13px;line-height:26px;border-color:#6cadf4;border-radius:5px;text-shadow:none\"> DOWNLOAD THIRTY AFFILIATES<\/span><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">completely free<\/span> <\/strong>and it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">will<\/span> allow you to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">cloak links in the correct<\/span> way <strong>without<\/strong> any coding <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">knowledge<\/span>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">plugin<\/span> will also <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">disallow bots from crawling<\/span> your <strong>URLs<\/strong> and so much more <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">awesome<\/span> stuff.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">also<\/span> a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">premium versio<\/span>n but I <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">personally<\/span> use <strong>the free version<\/strong> which is more than <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">enough<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I hope <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">that<\/span> you found this<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> article useful<\/span> and if you have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">any<\/span> <strong>question<\/strong> you can <strong>contact me.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmarcodiversi.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D7586&#038;text=%20If%20You%20Found%20This%20Article%20Useful%20Please%20Give%20Me%20A%20Tweet%20Now%2C%20I%20Will%20See%20It%20And%20Be%20Happy.%20You%20Can%20Tweet%20By%20Highlighting%20Any%20Text%20You%20Want%20On%20This%20Article.&#038;via=marcodiversi&#038;related=marcodiversi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> If You Found This Article Useful Please Give Me A Tweet Now, I Will See It And Be Happy. You Can Tweet By Highlighting Any Text You Want On This Article. <\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmarcodiversi.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D7586&#038;text=%20If%20You%20Found%20This%20Article%20Useful%20Please%20Give%20Me%20A%20Tweet%20Now%2C%20I%20Will%20See%20It%20And%20Be%20Happy.%20You%20Can%20Tweet%20By%20Highlighting%20Any%20Text%20You%20Want%20On%20This%20Article.&#038;via=marcodiversi&#038;related=marcodiversi\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"bctt-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Share on X<\/a><\/span>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5462\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/marco-diversi-eagle.jpg?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"marco diversi eagle\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/marco-diversi-eagle.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/marco-diversi-eagle.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/marco-diversi-eagle.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/marco-diversi-eagle.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>What You Will Learn On This Blog!\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s2\">Stay tuned and <a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/zx\/marco-diversi-newsletters\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\"><span class=\"s3\">subscribe to my blog<\/span><\/a> so you will get <\/span><span class=\"s1\">notifications<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> on <\/span><span class=\"s1\">new <\/span><span class=\"s2\"><b>posts<\/b>. I will slowly break down these topics:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li class=\"li3\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b>SEO(Search Engine Optimization).<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b>Affiliate Marketing.<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b>Free and Paid traffic hacks.<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b>Coding and WordPress<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b>Make money with a computer and an internet connection even while you sleep.<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s2\">Follow me on <\/span><span class=\"s1\">social media<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, you&#8217;ve got all the links on the right bottom side of this blog, also <\/span><span class=\"s1\">comment<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> and <\/span><span class=\"s1\"><b>contact me<\/b><\/span><span class=\"s2\"> if you need help.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s2\">Here are my <\/span><span class=\"s1\">top resources<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> I always use to become a great affiliate, <a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/resources\/\"><span class=\"s4\">take a look here<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>Do you want to be a free\u00a0man or woman? Jump in the crew then!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s2\">Much Love and Peace Out,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s2\">Marco Diversi.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cloaking and shortening links is something you must understand if you want to make money with affiliate marketing. Affiliate links are the most important thing in the universe for an affiliate and you must handle them with care. 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