Link cloaking using Wordpress
First, what is link cloaking? Link cloaking is creating a friendly link for an ugly one. For example, if you’re inserting an affiliate link into a site, it may look like this: http://www.kqzyfj.com/click-3741315-10437712?sid=468×60fatcow. That of course is pretty ugly, but, you can make it a more friendly link like this: http://www.parttimewebmaster.com/fatcowhostingurl
So, why would someone want to do it other than to make the link look pretty. Well, if you are using affiliate links on your site, others can somehow overwrite your links and add their own affiliate information. So, if someone clicks on your link, you won’t get credit for it. How they do it I have no idea, but, I figured I’d rather be safe than sorry.
If you’re link cloaking with WordPress, I would highly recommend using the Pretty Link plugin. This plugin was extremely easy to use and install. I was able to get links going in a matter of minutes.
