| No doubt about it, in the niche internet marketing | | | | redirect the web surfer to when he visits your |
| industry, affiliate links are ugly. Anytime a web surfer | | | | domain. This would be your affiliate link, the big ugly |
| sees a link to another website with a bunch of | | | | looking affiliate link. Take that URL and replace it with |
| affiliate ID's and codes attached to it, they will likely | | | | the URL in the code from above. Once you do that, |
| not click. If you intend to do any kind of article | | | | save the index.php file and upload it to the root |
| marketing, you must not link directly to your affiliate | | | | directory of your web server. Root directory means |
| link. The best thing to do is to purchase a domain | | | | that it is not in any subdirectory. You want to keep it |
| name of your own, and redirect the web surfer from | | | | in the root directory so when people click to go to |
| your own domain. You can purchase domain names | | | | your main web address, they are automatically |
| for as little as one dollar for a.info domain now, then | | | | redirected to your affiliate link. Check it out; it |
| you get a cheap web host, and you are in business. | | | | happens so fast that you can't even tell. PHP is the |
| The article directories like it much better to see your | | | | best redirect because it is the quickest and seamless. |
| back link as a root level domain. Here is a simple way | | | | Even if you are allowed to use your affiliate link when |
| to do it using PHP code. | | | | creating a back link for yourself, you would still want |
| First things first, open a text editor and create a new | | | | to use this redirect because this will prevent people |
| file called index.php and save it to the root of your | | | | from stripping the affiliate ID from your back links |
| website directory. Notice the.php extension. That is | | | | and stealing your sales. Yes, it happens, and a |
| telling the server you are going to be using php in the | | | | redirect will make sure it won't happen to you, |
| web page, and to decipher it as PHP code. Now that | | | | because if you are only linking to your domain, then |
| you have the empty text file, do a quick Google | | | | there is no affiliate ID in the URL to strip. If you are |
| search for "php redirect script" and click on the | | | | just beginning article marketing and niche internet |
| second link in the results. This will give you the 3 lin | | | | marketing, using these redirect scripts will come in |
| PHP code for the redirect. We would paste it in here | | | | handy for the time being, but for long term use you |
| but not having any luck with the preformatted text | | | | would be better off creating an entire site with a |
| option. | | | | decent amount of content for the surfer to click |
| That is the only code you should put in there. Don't | | | | through to from the article directories. The article |
| add anything else or it will mess up the PHP redirect. | | | | directories actually prefer this, but you are free to |
| There is only one thing that you have to change, and | | | | redirect as long as they are willing to allow it. |
| that is the URL of the web page that you want to | | | | |