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18
Jul

Affiliate Link Manager F.A.Q

  • Why is this plugin important to the end user (what do they get out of it)?

Please read the Why Use an Affiliate Link Manager article.

  • What is the advantage of setting a keyword conversion limit and how do you do this?

If you have a post where the word “AWeber” is present 10 times and you convert all these keywords to your affiliate link then the post will look spammy. This is why you can specify a limit (eg. 2) so only two “AWeber” keywords out of ten will be converted to your affiliate links. You just set the limit in the “Settings” menu of this plugin.

  • What is a “nofollow” tag and why is it important?

“nofollow” tags are used for Search Engine Optimization purpose. Some affiliate marketers do not like to pass page rank from their site to the affiliate site so they like to use “nofollow” tags on the affiliate links. This page will explain “nofollow” tags in details:

http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/nofollow-tag

  • Why would someone need to reverse the keyword to affiliate link conversion operation?

When you stop being an affiliate for a particular company for whatever reason, you can reverse the conversion for that particular affiliate links to stop promoting their products.

  • Can the Affiliate Link Cloaker plugin convert and cloak links in the sidebar widget and comment text?

Yes, the Affiliate Link Cloaker plugin can convert keywords and cloak affiliate links in your sidebar widget and comment text.

  • Does the Affiliate Link Cloaker plugin work on WordPress Multi-Site Install?

Yes, the Affiliate Link Cloaker plugin works on WordPress multi-site installs.

17
Jul

WP Affiliate Link Manager Minimum Requirements

The WP Affiliate link manager plugin do not require any special requirement other than a recent version of WordPress (it works on WordPress multi-site installs too) but following are some more in-depth details:

  • PHP 4.5 or later
  • MySQL 4.0 or later
  • Have the SEO friendly/pretty permalinks enabled from the “Settings” menu of WordPress (the default permalink will work too but the cloaked URLs do not look very pretty when used with default ugly permalinks)

The following section is for anyone who doesn’t know what SEO friendly permalink is.

What is SEO friendly/Pretty Permalink?

By default WordPress uses dynamic URL Structure which looks a bit robotic because it is not user friendly at all let alone not being SEO friendly. The following is an example of what a default WordPress URL structure looks like

http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/?p=25

The goal of making the URL structure more friendly is that your users should know before reading the article what it is about by just looking at the URL. The same goal is to be accomplished for Search Engines as well. SEO friendly URL should look like something similar to the following:

http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/top-15-search-engine-optimization-seo-mistakes-i-commonly-make-701

How to Use SEO Friendly URL?

You can specify your URL structure from the Permalink Option Page which you can find in your WordPress Admin Panel if you click on the “Settings” Tabs and then go to “Permalinks”. There are many tutorials online that will help you step by step as to how to do this if you need more help with this.

12
Jul

Why Use an Affiliate Link Manager?

Many tasks involved in affiliate marketing are repetitive, most of these tasks can be automated which in turn will save you time. An Affiliate Link Manager can automate many of these repetitive tasks that you may have to do as an affiliate marketer. As the old saying goes “time is money” so saving time allows you to make more money. In this article I have listed some reasons as to why you should consider using an Affiliate Link Cloaker.

Automatic Keyword to Affiliate Link Conversion

This allows you to convert keywords on your site with affiliate links in just a few easy steps. You have complete control over the link placement (e.g. what keyword, how many words per page, color, font and so on). This will save you a lot of time and effort. Also, when you stop being an affiliate for a company you can easily reverse the link conversion operation that you did earlier saving you even more time.

You Can Track Your Link Clicks

As an affiliate marketer it is very important for you to be able to track the link clicks on your site. Here are some of the many benefits to this:

  • Track a specific affiliate campaign
  • See which products and links are getting the most clicks
  • Track your link clicks so you can compare against the data given to you by the merchant

Cloak Your Affiliate Links

Cloaking your Affiliate links is an important tool for affiliate marketers. It will make your external and affiliate links appear to be on your site.

Customizations

Being able to customize you links to fit in with your site is critical. Here are some of the customizations you can make with the WP Affiliate Link Manager.

  • Apply Common Customizations – Customize the font color, size, style of all the anchor texts of the cloaked links. You can also apply custom CSS.
  • Apply Common Link Attributes – Make all cloaked links open in a new window and add “nofollow” tag to them.

Making Your Links Pretty and Short

As an affiliate marketer you relay on your affiliate links being passed around the web. Making your links short, pretty and user friendly will make it easier to pass around.

Protect Your Income

Raw affiliate links (www.yourdomain.com/index.php?affiliate =1234) can sometimes cost you money as these links are easy to identify as affiliate links (some visitors may not click on these affiliate links when in raw form).

Affiliate marketers are always looking for ways to save time and make more money. Using the WP Affiliate Link Manger Plugin will help you achieve  both of these goals.

12
Jul

How to Configure an Affiliate Link

Below is a sample post which doesn’t have any affiliate link configured-

Before Configuring Affiliate link

Configuring an Affiliate Link

Configuring an Affiliate Link

Go to “Manage Links” under WP Link Manager. Now Click “Add New” to configure an affiliate link.

Add Link

  • Link Title: Enter a title for the affiliate link you want to configure.
  • Destination URL: Enter the affiliate URL where you want your visitor to go.
  • Alias Link: Enter a keyword that you want to show as a part of the cloaked URL.
  • Enter the keyword you want to convert into an affiliate link. You can enter multiple keywords seperated by comma for the same affiliate link.

Settings

You can also choose the following options to override the global settings.

  • Track Clicks: Checking this option will allow you to track the number of clicks on this affiliate link.
  • Active: Check this option to keep the conversion for this affiliate link active.
  • Open in New Window: Checking this option will open the affiliate link in a new window once clicked.
  • Use Nofollow Link: Checking this option will allow you to create a Nofollow affiliate link.

Here is a screenshot of how to configure a sample affiliate link-

Configured Affiliate Link

Now that we have configured an affiliate link, we can see in the following screenshot how it looks on a page or post after converting the keywords into affiliate links-

After Configuring Affiliate Link

12
Jul

How to Configure the Settings Menu

The Settings Menu

WP Affiliate Link Manager - General Settings

  • Enable keyword to affiliate link conversion feature: Checking this option will you to enable the keyword to affiliate link conversion feature.
  • Open Link in New Window: Checking this option allows you to open the affiliate link in a new window when clicked.
  • Use nofollow on links: Checking this option will allow you to automatically add rel=”nofollow” tag to the converted affiliate links.
  • Count Clicks: Checking this option allows you to track the number of clicks. The number of times each affiliate link is clicked can be viewed from the “Manage Links” menu.
  • Enable affiliate links in posts: Checking this option will enable the keyword to affiliate link converstion in posts. Uncheck this option to turn it off for your WordPress posts.
  • Enable affiliate links in pages: Checking this option will enable the keyword to affiliate link converstion in pages. Uncheck this option to turn it off for your WordPress pages.
  • Link Prefix: This will be the prefix of all cloaked links. Default is: link.
  • Maximum links per page/post: You can enter the maximum number of links you want to show in every page for same keywords.  Enter -1 for no restriction.
  • Number of items per page: You can enter the number of items you want to display per page in the “Manage Links” menu. This is used for pagination purpose.

WP Affiliate Link Manager - Link Format Settings

  • Font Color: You can either specify a color code or choose a color from the color selection menu.
  • Font Family: You can select a font family for the affiliate keyword (e.g. Arial, Arial Black etc.).
  • Font Size: You can select a font size and the unit of the size (e.g. px, cm, mm etc.).
  • Style: You can choose different style for the affiliate keyword (e.g. Bold, Italic, Underline).
  • Custom CSS: You can also add custom css to change the look of the affiliate keyword.
12
Jul

Affiliate Link Manager – Installation and Upgrade Instruction

Fresh Installation(via WordPress Plugin Uploader)

  • On your Dashboard go to “Add New” under “Plugins”.
  • Click “Upload”.
  • Click “Browse”.
  • Select the “affiliate-link-manager.zip” file and hit “Install Now”.
  • Once the Installation is completed, click “Activate Plugin” . Read moreRead more