Google’s John Mueller was requested in regards to the execs and cons of cloaking affiliate hyperlinks. John responded on Twitter saying, “I do not suppose you acquire 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 hundreds of advert hyperlink areas round my website (not disguise them), I solely must replace 1 hyperlink in my database if a companion’s endpoint adjustments.”
The response was attention-grabbing as effectively:
Hey @JohnMu a query I’ve all the time postpone asking.
As an affiliate, I’ve used cloaking to handle the hundreds of advert hyperlink areas round my website (not disguise them), I solely must replace 1 hyperlink in my database if a companion’s endpoint adjustments.
Is that this nonetheless deemed poor apply?
— Martin McGarry (@seomcgarry) August 24, 2022
The aff managers do not run databases they’re salespeople, additionally they use WordPress
Some examples:https://t.co/m7mXuNTELEhttps://t.co/wmJI7CHSKuWe modify tohttps://t.co/7XfBWAqjI9https://t.co/2dvcvQd3Dz
That is a lot simpler for the aff staff, we’re not making an attempt 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 evaluations replace, to which John responded to as effectively.
Discussion board dialogue at Twitter.
