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The Majority of Affiliates Do Not Cloak Links

February 4, 2012 by Shawn Collins

Affiliates were asked “Do you cloak/redirect links?” for the 2011 Affiliate Summit AffStat Report.

AffStat link redirect dataThe majority of respondents, at 59%, said no, and the remaining 41% indicated they do cloak their links.

I’ve been cloaking affiliate links for as long as I can remember – first through meta redirects, then via an .htaccess file, before I moved on to using a WordPress plugin called Pretty Link.

I also came across another useful affiliate redirect WordPress Plugin called ThirstyAffiliates last fall.

Additionally, I use bit.ly Pro, which is a free service that enables me to use my own domain to make redirect links. I use aff.bz there.

Over fourteen-hundred affiliates were surveyed on their methods, preferences, and strategies for the 2011 Affiliate Summit AffStat Report.

More details at affstat.com.

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