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Originally Posted by loreen
I know I should do it... but I never do.
How important do you think it is? Are surfers looking at the links and removing the affiliate ID or they don't care at all? I'm curious if any of you did a split test and what were the results  |
Hmm... what problems do you expect to solve by hiding referral codes that exposing them does not?
The only thing I can think of is, people remove it and then BAM, you don't get paid. That's enough reason for me to do it. Although, that doesn't mean referral codes can't be removed completely. It's just really for obscurity.
But wait, would there be other benefits aside from solving a problem that exposed referral codes bring? Maybe. Could it increase your relevance? I don't know, would using Yourls help your domain's presence?
If you put all hrefs into your own Yourls server that has your domain name on it, then every link you put on your site begins with
http://mydomain.bla/xYzAbd. I've been thinking about this myself, but haven't yet made a decision whether the net results will be benefits or detriments.
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