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suesheboy · 11-13-2011, 06:48 AM

Real newbie sounding question but here it goes.

Redoing a bunch of sites I haven't even looked at in 5 or more years as I have been so tied up with other projects.

I have been replacing hundreds of broken links and about to cull out all the bullshit affiliate programs and load in new or expand on those that work.

To make maintenance easy, urls short and for a host of other reasons I would like my .htaccess file to be my management area.

For example if my affiliate link from paysite1 is http://paysite1.com?a=464646&s=31&r=1&p=1 I want to send it to the url http://MyWebSite.com/ps345 and have .htaccess redirect that page to http://paysite1.com?a=464646&s=31&r=1&p=1

Will my tracking get lost by my sponsors or CCbill etc? Is there any downside to doing this.

Never though of this before and it seems like such a simple way to manage affiliate sites - especially when you have a few and can make redirects on 10 or more sites work the same way with a cut and past of you entire link library.

...thoughts?

ottopottomouse · 11-13-2011, 06:52 AM

You can do it with htaccess / you can do it with php - it won't fuck up the affiliate link as long as you are accurate with putting it into the redirect.

kane · 11-13-2011, 06:53 AM

it might be easier to use the TALS script. http://www.bigdotmedia.com/tals.php

With this you can use it to redirect urls. So you can make that affiliate link look like www.domain.com/whateveryouwant

Another benefit of this is that if you want to change those links again in the future you only have to change one link in the script, not hundreds on your sites.

Inter-Sex · 11-13-2011, 06:54 AM

Or you could create a folder "paysite1" in your root.
Place a index.php with the following content :

Code:

<?php 
header( 'Location: http://paysite.com/' ) ; 
?>

suesheboy · 11-13-2011, 06:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Inter-Sex

Or you could create a folder "paysite1" in your root.
Place a index.php with the following content :

Code:

<?php 
header( 'Location: http://paysite.com/' ) ; 
?>

More work then managing 1 list.

suesheboy · 11-13-2011, 07:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kane

it might be easier to use the TALS script. http://www.bigdotmedia.com/tals.php

With this you can use it to redirect urls. So you can make that affiliate link look like www.domain.com/whateveryouwant

Another benefit of this is that if you want to change those links again in the future you only have to change one link in the script, not hundreds on your sites.

...all can be done with the .htaccess. Drop sponsor 1 switch all by changing the link in .htaccess to sponsor 3.

One thing I have learned long ago: KISS (keep it simple stupid)

Inter-Sex · 11-13-2011, 07:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by suesheboy

More work then managing 1 list.

Oh yeah fuck, please forgive me my post !

suesheboy · 11-13-2011, 07:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Inter-Sex

Oh yeah fuck, please forgive me my post !

I still like the ideas thrown at me. Who knows what that will rattle around in my head

raymor · 11-13-2011, 07:40 AM

You can do it that way. You can make more money by sending the traffic through some sort of track_and_compare.cgi, which will analyze click ratios, etc. What kind of optimization regime are you currently using?

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suesheboy Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: FL - TN/NC Posts: 5,211	There are no stupid questions...except... Real newbie sounding question but here it goes. Redoing a bunch of sites I haven't even looked at in 5 or more years as I have been so tied up with other projects. I have been replacing hundreds of broken links and about to cull out all the bullshit affiliate programs and load in new or expand on those that work. To make maintenance easy, urls short and for a host of other reasons I would like my .htaccess file to be my management area. For example if my affiliate link from paysite1 is http://paysite1.com?a=464646&s=31&r=1&p=1 I want to send it to the url http://MyWebSite.com/ps345 and have .htaccess redirect that page to http://paysite1.com?a=464646&s=31&r=1&p=1 Will my tracking get lost by my sponsors or CCbill etc? Is there any downside to doing this. Never though of this before and it seems like such a simple way to manage affiliate sites - especially when you have a few and can make redirects on 10 or more sites work the same way with a cut and past of you entire link library. ...thoughts? __________________ Adult Web Site Domain Names For Sale Adult Sex Toy Domain Names For Sale Tantric Delights, Sex Toys Blog, Tantric Sex Toys Last edited by suesheboy; 11-13-2011 at 06:58 AM..

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ottopottomouse She is ugly, bad luck. Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 13,177	You can do it with htaccess / you can do it with php - it won't fuck up the affiliate link as long as you are accurate with putting it into the redirect. __________________ ↑ see post ↑ 13101

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kane Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: portland, OR Posts: 20,684	it might be easier to use the TALS script. http://www.bigdotmedia.com/tals.php With this you can use it to redirect urls. So you can make that affiliate link look like www.domain.com/whateveryouwant Another benefit of this is that if you want to change those links again in the future you only have to change one link in the script, not hundreds on your sites.