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Ugly YouTube Video Description Box Links

by gmr324
11 replies
Hi,

I'm planning on submitting some YouTube videos and placing my ClickBank
hoplinks in the description box. I will also be adding a tracking ID so I know
which videos produce the most click throughs and hopefully sales.

The question I have is how can I cloak those CB hoplinks so they look
less intimidating to click on? I will be linking directly to the CB offer and
not to a site, so I'm curious what my options are for cloaking this affiliate
link in YouTube? I really didn't want to have to resort to using tinyurl
which isn't that much more attractive of a link either.


Thanks

George
#box #description #links #ugly #video #youtube
  • Profile picture of the author 4morereferrals
    .htaccess redirects via Apache server on your blog / hosting account?

    A free link cloaker that may iframe the page - though i dontthink thatskosher for most if not all CB action.

    I d like to know just how to get my dang link on the page in my youtube channel!!!

    Anyone ... Buehler?

    Originally Posted by gmr324 View Post

    Hi,

    I'm planning on submitting some YouTube videos and placing my ClickBank
    hoplinks in the description box. I will also be adding a tracking ID so I know
    which videos produce the most click throughs and hopefully sales.

    The question I have is how can I cloak those CB hoplinks so they look
    less intimidating to click on? I will be linking directly to the CB offer and
    not to a site, so I'm curious what my options are for cloaking this affiliate
    link in YouTube? I really didn't want to have to resort to using tinyurl
    which isn't that much more attractive of a link either.


    Thanks

    George
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  • Profile picture of the author Derek Allen
    You could just cloak it with tinyurl or buy a cheap .info domain and set up some simple domain redirects.
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  • Profile picture of the author Zeus66
    If you have a domain of your own, set up a simple PHP redirect. Here's the code:

    HTML Code:
    <?php
header( 'location: http://affiliate_link' ) ;
?>
    Just replace affiliate_link with your CB hoplink URL. Then put that code (and nothing else) as the code in a page on your site. Save it and name the page something.php - make sure it ends in .php (not .html). Now you can put that URL in the YouTube description and it'll auto-redirect to your CB page.

    John
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    • Profile picture of the author gmr324
      Hi,

      Thanks for the tip John. Now, I have a stupid question. I'm familiar with Wordpress and how to add a new page and place that suggested html code as the only contents in there.

      However, I'm not sure on how to specify that that new WP site page gets the name xxx.php. I tried that and WP won't allow me to do it. So, specifically, how is that done?

      Are you sure that the tracking id and affiliate info won't get lost in the translation with all this redirection?

      Thanks Again

      George
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  • Profile picture of the author WealthWinners
    Go get a cheap .info domain with your keywords.

    Forward with masking to your affiliate link.

    If you need more links, then do sub domains.
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  • Profile picture of the author Zeus66
    George,

    I don't know WP well enough to give you a solid answer on that. Sorry! I would do it just on a plain HTML site if you have one, or as others have said, register a cheap .info domain and redirect through it.

    John
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  • Profile picture of the author mikemac1
    Try checking for a WP plugin that can help, here's one I found that shortens your URLs through your WP site, from your post, I'm not sure this is exactly what you want but try checking around, there some alternatives.

    Here's the link to the one plugin: WordPress › Short URL Plugin WordPress Plugins
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  • Profile picture of the author knector
    If it is not your own domain and just a regular blog on wordpress.com you won't be able to do any redirect with it.

    If it is your own domain you can use the plugin "pretty link" which can make the redirect for you, either with a couple letters/numbers or with a name you specify.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mao Flynn
    I use phantom link cloaker great product
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