Google’s John Mueller was requested concerning the professionals 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 should utilize 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 areas round my website (not conceal them), I solely must replace 1 hyperlink in my database if a associate’s endpoint adjustments.”
The response was attention-grabbing as nicely:
Hey @JohnMu a query I’ve all the time delay asking.
As an affiliate, I’ve used cloaking to handle the 1000’s of advert hyperlink areas round my website (not conceal them), I solely must replace 1 hyperlink in my database if a associate’s endpoint adjustments.
Is that this nonetheless deemed poor follow?
— 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 alter tohttps://t.co/7XfBWAqjI9https://t.co/2dvcvQd3Dz
That is a lot simpler for the aff workforce, 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 nicely.
Discussion board dialogue at Twitter.
