Google’s John Mueller was requested in regards to the professionals and cons of cloaking affiliate hyperlinks. John responded on Twitter saying, “I do not assume you acquire something by cloaking the affiliate hyperlinks, it simply provides complexity. You should 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 website (not conceal them), I solely must replace 1 hyperlink in my database if a companion’s endpoint adjustments.”
The response was fascinating as effectively:
Hey @JohnMu a query I’ve at all times delay asking.
As an affiliate, I’ve used cloaking to handle the 1000’s of advert hyperlink places round my website (not conceal them), I solely must replace 1 hyperlink in my database if a companion’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, in addition 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 group, we’re not attempting to cover hyperlinks
— Martin McGarry (@seomcgarry) August 24, 2022
Just 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.
