Are redirects traceable?

[turbolapp]

I've seen this talked about on here, so forgive the repeat, but I've never seen a firm answer, does anyone know? (Incase it's not clear, I mean can the final offer/site trace back where the initial click originally came from when a redirect is involved...?)

 

[Stanley]

If done properly, no.

 

[turbolapp]

You mean with a longer delay?

 

[Jdog]

301 redirect can be. Metarefresh is safer. https to http = no referrer.

 

[turbolapp]

Ok Metarefresh on a 1 second delay? Or should it be longer? ( I don't like to make it too long. I know I, personally, will usually click out of a redirct that takes longer than 2 seconds to load)

 

[Jdog]

I saw somewhere to have at least a 2 second delay to be sure, but I don't know personally.

 

[tief79]

Depends on where its linked to, Metarefresh on 1 sec delay; or 2 sec delay - doesn't make any difference.

 

[henrocent]

how do i get to a metarefresh

 

[AlexJames]

Why don't you just use 0 seconds?

 

[Jdog]

how do i get to a metarefresh

from google

 

[turbolapp]

Why don't you just use 0 seconds?

Well, because of the supposed traceablility (pretty sure I just made that word up) factor.

 

[clownstep]

You have to make sure your redirect is on a different domain or even if you use a meta-refresh it's not going to work. Don't think the timer makes a difference either.

hxxp://landingpage.com---> hxxp://xxxx.com/meta-refresh.htm---> www.merchant.com--->

I've heard of people doing double domain redirects but, I don't know if you want to go through that, don't know how secretive you want to keep it.

 

[Firelead]

even better, double meta refresh to 2 different domains.

 

[oknetwork]

So those domains , you meta-refresh to, should somehow pass your aff ID?

Can someone experienced write a little guide "how-to hide your landing page from networks, but make sure you get your commissions"?

Would make a great "Sticky" for Noob-section.

 

[-Bill-]

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL=http://www.YOURREDIRECTSITE.com">

This should be just BEFORE your </head>

0 seconds - less bounces / click outs.

I use Meta redirects on A TON of stuff... To hell with waiting for "traceability" or Trackability... Everything runs just smoooth

 

[GeorgeB]

What about PHP header(""); redirects?

That's what I use.

 

[kyleirwin]

It all depends on the browser. Generally header redirects will pass on the referer. Rarely, but sometimes a javascript or meta refresh will give a referer, but not the referer of the originating click, just the referer of the redirect page. So if you have somebody click on your link from originalsite.com to yoursite.com which has a javascript and/or meta redirect to afflink.com, it will usally not have any referer at all, but will sometimes have a referer of yoursite.com depending on the browser. A header redirect though, will generally pass a referer of originalsite.com to afflink.com.

 

[GeorgeB]

Yeah I generally don't actually link to the referrer redirect though.

Example:

I put my domain name on site A as text (go to mydomain.com!).

mydomain.com (which is site B) does a header("Location: afflink.com");

afflink.com (which is site C) never sees site A because the visitor didn't follow a link.

 

[oknetwork]

So can someone summarize this $hit in plain English,.. or Russian, or German... Please.
How to, and different methods of doing redirects to hide your cash cow.

 

[xmcp123]

Yeah I generally don't actually link to the referrer redirect though.

Example:

I put my domain name on site A as text (go to mydomain.com!).

mydomain.com (which is site B) does a header("Location: afflink.com");

afflink.com (which is site C) never sees site A because the visitor didn't follow a link.

Wow. Least. Efficient. Way. Evar.