What are the drawbacks to using link cloaking software?

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, () Top Author Forum Guru 1/4/2015 5:12 pm
Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999
I think that if someone is so ashamed of what they are doing that they have to hide their url then they don't need my attention.
I do not have any use for any advertising method that will not recognize or let me use my url or gateway then they don't kneed me to participate in there program.
I do have some cloaked url and I never use them. A long time ago a program I was into required it but I am not with that anymore.
I like to be up front and proud of what and who I represent.
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John Ryan, Aff (Australia) Top Author Forum Guru 1/3/2015 9:51 pm
Affiliate since: 04/10/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read John's 41 other Ask SC answers
In the words of a famous red headed Australian - "Please Explain".

link cloaking software - what does it mean? There must be hundreds of thousands of affiliates who have my ability with websites or less, which is minimal at best, who have no idea of these software questions. Even when the software gurus answer questions like this, we are none the wiser because we are software ignoramuses.

When ASK AC comes up with questions like this, I say NO to whether the answer
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, () Top Author Forum Guru 1/3/2015 6:54 pm
Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999
What are the drawbacks of using cloaking software?

Well use a widely accepted one.


When you try to place an ad using one or go to a article writing place,they usually
list the ones they will not accept.

I use them because I do not want my SFI # seen outside of the SFI site.

Thank you Gery for removing it off our posts.

Make sure you put the cloaked link in your Notepad.

2902 votes
Olivera Vukelic, Aff (Serbia) Top Author Forum Guru 1/13/2015 3:18 am
Affiliate since: 06/17/2014, Power Rank: 99999999
Why give up easily or do not begin their work at SFI?
1. If you are already employed expects nearly procedures and instructions and are independent of the first steps
2. If pensioners are usually not familiar enough information technology, computer work
3. If students are expecting a quick buck
4.most people becomes a member of curiosity
5.linguistic barriers to communication
6.moose Internet connections and inaccessible same
7.unwillingness for everyday work, advertising
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, () Top Author Forum Guru 1/13/2015 12:32 pm
Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999
Honestly, link cloaking is a good idea in some situations. Certain social media sites do not like affiliate links and they are blocked. If they are cloaked, it is more likely that the link will be accepted.

The only drawback I can see of link cloaking software is that it is heavily used. Whenever I am browsing the internet, if I can tell that a link is cloaked, I rarely click on it. For example, tinyurl is heavily used, I see it on a daily basis. I know not to click on those, because,
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Efosa Igbinehi, Aff (Italy) Top Author Forum Guru 1/13/2015 10:37 am
Affiliate since: 07/13/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Efosa's 31 other Ask SC answers
Well for starters, it looks creepy - like you're trying to hide something or send clickers to a zone they wouldn't ordinarily want to go!

I know there are several reasons to cloak a link, but, looking at many problems we face with inactive signups; I've come to realize that we often over-sweeten the pie when inviting prospects to join SFI!

I'd like to say: Let's keep it as real as possible, and as open as possible.
No link cloaking. Some people actually feel SFI is kinda
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