what is URL masking in SEO.
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what is URL masking in SEO.
url masking is simple like hiding the orignal link. you can use tinyurl too to hide your link
What do you recommend to use it for? Advantages and disadvantages?Quote:
Originally Posted by danilion55
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I use li.nks.im as it allows you to specify the ending also.
Thanks for the useful information.
I have installed Pretty Links on my Wordpress sites which allows shortened URLs. So my links are now like htp://somedomain.com/AffiliateOfferName/
URL masking also known as Stealth Redirection/cloak. With this process you can hide your original url from your visitors:)
Masking makes external links look like internal page, that allows you to show up affiliate links as your site content when they put their mouse of the link.
I don't mask url but use WP-NoExternalLinks to set nofollow and noindex for external links!
URL masking is used quite commonly in affiliate marketing. It helps to hide longer version of URLs, which the product generally have.
URL Masking indicates that the guests to the website will be sent to your position website, however the URL in their technique deal with bar will stay the same.
well well well yes it has several kinds of advantages and disadvantages ...Quote:
What do you recommend to use it for? Advantages and disadvantages?
advantages .. if you are getting it from sites like twitter and all and uses it on natural linking than it could helps to you as backlink, referal marketing and also for pr improvement ..
disadvantage .. a slap from penguin if you tries to fool google ...