Google’s John Mueller was requested concerning the professionals and cons of cloaking affiliate hyperlinks. John responded on Twitter saying, “I do not assume you achieve something by cloaking the affiliate hyperlinks, it simply provides complexity. You need to use a DB-driven setup with out cloaking too.”
The query was “as an affiliate, I’ve used cloaking to handle the 1000’s of advert hyperlink places round my web site (not conceal them), I solely should replace 1 hyperlink in my database if a accomplice’s endpoint modifications.”
The response was fascinating as effectively:
Hey @JohnMu a query I’ve all the time postpone asking.
As an affiliate, I’ve used cloaking to handle the 1000’s of advert hyperlink places round my web site (not conceal them), I solely should replace 1 hyperlink in my database if a accomplice’s endpoint modifications.
Is that this nonetheless deemed poor apply?
— Martin McGarry (@seomcgarry) August 24, 2022
The aff managers do not run databases they’re salespeople, in addition they use WordPress
Some examples:https://t.co/m7mXuNTELEhttps://t.co/wmJI7CHSKuWe alter tohttps://t.co/7XfBWAqjI9https://t.co/2dvcvQd3Dz
That is a lot simpler for the aff workforce, we’re not attempting to cover hyperlinks
— Martin McGarry (@seomcgarry) August 24, 2022
Lately somebody requested about swapping out affiliate hyperlinks to attempt to see enhancements after the product opinions replace, to which John responded to as effectively.
Discussion board dialogue at Twitter.
