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Firstly a guy over at http://studge.com/hiding-links-with-php-and-counting-clicks-with-mysql/ has made a superb and very easy to follow guide on cloaking links using php while being able to count the clicks for each link using a mysql DB.  Very clever little script you can include on any site in about 5 mins. 

The other source was http://teamtutorials.com/web-development-tutorials/how-to-redirect-affiliate-links which gives another great php based affiliate link cloaking solution.  

A few people also pointed out how straightforward it is to just use the htaccess file to perform the actual redirects. Instead of using any specific programs or scripts you can in fact just type the following 

Redirect /cloaklinks http://xxxxxxx.cloaklinks.hop.clickbank.net/ 

Into your htaccess file and you can the direct people to  

www.coffeeblack.co.uk/cloaklinks   

Instead of the long affiliate link. 

Which brings me to the final recommendation which is the Affiliate Link Cloaker software. I normally dont recommend paid software but around 8-10 people have suggested this software to me now so i started to take notice. When you have multiple sites all promoting different programs this now seems to be the best tool going. I have linked straight to it using www.coffeeblack.co.uk/cloaklinks so you can see how a htaccess redirect works and visit it in one go Good luck increasing your affiliate commissions.

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My friends over at The Tattoo Forum recently asked me to help monetize the site and also they wanted to give something back to the members who are making it so successful.

The answer, I advised them, is google adsense revenue sharing. The way this works is that the google adsense adverts shown on the site will show The Tattoo Forum id for 50% of the time and the other 50% it will show the id of anyone who posted in that particular thread.

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Setting up a niche blog network can be challenging and managing it after its launch can be an even more daunting task so I have put the following together as an example of what I believe to be “Best Practice” for the problems you will face, but also what the potential profits and benefits are.

Now the first thing you will be looking at is how to set up the individual blogs on your network and call me old fashioned but I do like the manual way of doing things.

I say get you’re hosting with Cpanel and click through to fantastico and press install on the wordpress button.

The funny thing is that most people don’t even realize there is an automated wordpress setup built into every Cpanel hosting account but before you even do that you need to look at the following few points before you dive in.

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I had planned to write a huge post here detailing every resource I have used to track my search engine saturation and then lo and behold I found a page which already details all of them.

I guess that saves me a load of work anyway.

So here is the link to the page which has every resource you should need to manage your indexing and ensure your site is indexed as best as possible.

Managing Pages and Being Indexed by Search Engines

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