Affiliates were asked “Do you cloak/redirect links?” for the 2011 Affiliate Summit AffStat Report. The majority of respondents, at 59%, said no, and the remaining 41% indicated they do cloak their links. I’ve been cloaking affiliate links for as long as I can remember – first through meta redirects, then via an .htaccess file, before [...]
Daniel M. Clark, Founder of QAQN, will be the Emcee at Affiliate Summit East 2012, which is taking place August 12-14, 2012 at the Hilton New York. Daniel M. Clark is a podcast production consultant and the founder of QAQN, a collection of informative and entertaining podcasts. A resident of the internet since 1992, he [...]
I’ve gotten questions from lots of folks in the past day who have donated or are thinking about donating to support me in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. They were all wondering whether the Avon Foundation for Women is affiliated with Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The answer is no, according to a [...]
Affiliate Summit has incorporated games into the Affiliate Summit forum, where everybody can earn points for doing various things on the site. Just jump into the forum and participate to earn points for visiting, posting, etc. Along the way, you’ll accomplish achievements and be able to cash in points for rewards Details on the Affiliate [...]
Affiliates should be split testing their landing pages, but many I’ve asked have never bothered. For the uninitiated, split or A/B testing is a process where you serve up different versions of your page to different visitors to determine which is more effective. I’ve tried various ways in WordPress and found they were largely a [...]