Is masking your refferal link allowed??

killorna100 · 28-02-09, 10:11 AM

I just came across this .tk site but it is just someones refferal link and they r passing it off as their own site by masking the link with a .tk site.

Is this allowed??

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Budster · 28-02-09, 10:17 AM

copyrighted at the bottom i wouldnt of thought so tbh

the_saint · 28-02-09, 10:44 AM

No, url masking is against the T&C's

grabrail · 28-02-09, 11:05 AM

yeah that is a big no no I believe, I think url forwarding is possibly ok, but this, like you said is masking, i.e. the url stays the same even when you are at the FJ site.

Black Hat SEO I think this is classed as

Monkeyegg · 28-02-09, 12:05 PM

Just to confirm the official line, this is a no no on FJ sites. We want our customers to have the correct URL when they hit our sites please so no masking.

Favoran · 28-02-09, 01:33 PM

TinyURL would be considered masking, right? I was considering doing something short and easy to remember to help with getting my code out, but I guess not...

Larkino · 28-02-09, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Favoran

TinyURL would be considered masking, right? I was considering doing something short and easy to remember to help with getting my code out, but I guess not...

if you have a website, you can create an html page, then add either a .htaccess redirect, or an HTML redirect to your referral link.

so ie www.your-site.com/free-iphone.html can redirect to Apple.FJ etc.

mcgrou · 28-02-09, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Favoran

TinyURL would be considered masking, right? I was considering doing something short and easy to remember to help with getting my code out, but I guess not...

You can use tinurl as a redirect, as long as it doesn't mask the referral link when the person reaches the freebieejeebies site (i.e. It can redirect, but when you reach the site, it must say: http://xxxx.freebiejeebies.co.uk/reflink)

tomeglenn · 28-02-09, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by mcgrou

You can use tinurl as a redirect, as long as it doesn't mask the referral link when the person reaches the freebieejeebies site (i.e. It can redirect, but when you reach the site, it must say: http://xxxx.freebiejeebies.co.uk/reflink)

Thanks for that, I used is.gd for posting my referral link on Twitter.

xp79 · 03-03-09, 02:59 PM

Just remember its only you whos going to lose out when they cant verify your url :P

28-02-09, 10:11 AM	#1
killorna100 iPod 20gb Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: London Posts: 980	Is masking your refferal link allowed?? I just came across this .tk site but it is just someones refferal link and they r passing it off as their own site by masking the link with a .tk site. Is this allowed?? . Last edited by claire80; 28-02-09 at 01:03 PM..

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28-02-09, 10:17 AM	#2
Budster iPod Nano 4GB Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: UK, Bristol Posts: 352	copyrighted at the bottom i wouldnt of thought so tbh

28-02-09, 10:44 AM	#3
the_saint Mini Mac Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Manchester Posts: 5,515	No, url masking is against the T&C's

28-02-09, 11:05 AM	#4
grabrail iBook Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Nottingham Posts: 2,325	yeah that is a big no no I believe, I think url forwarding is possibly ok, but this, like you said is masking, i.e. the url stays the same even when you are at the FJ site. Black Hat SEO I think this is classed as

28-02-09, 01:33 PM	#6
Favoran iPod Shuffle Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 19	TinyURL would be considered masking, right? I was considering doing something short and easy to remember to help with getting my code out, but I guess not...

03-03-09, 02:59 PM	#10
xp79 iPod Nano 2GB Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: bournemouth Posts: 126	Just remember its only you whos going to lose out when they cant verify your url :P