I've been trying to educate myself about cloaking. Can anyone confirm that my understanding is correct, or point out any problems with the following:
Based on my understanding, the reasons why one might want to cloak are:
...as far as I can tell, you need to use different types of cloaking depending on which of the above you're trying to accomplish.
The cloaking methods that I've come across are:
Which of the cloaking methods (A to D) accomplish which of the goals (1 to 8) listed above?
My understanding is that:
Is this correct? Can anyone fill in the gaps and correct any errors here?
On a related note, is it a bad idea to email other people in the AM industry with the same email address that I use to register public domains... because then they can look up my email address in domaintools.com and find out all my websites / landing pages?
Based on my understanding, the reasons why one might want to cloak are:
1) So AM’s don’t see what keywords you’re bidding on
2) So AM’s don’t see where your traffic is coming from
3) So other affiliates don’t see what keywords you’re bidding on
4) So other affiliates don’t see where your traffic is coming from
5) So other affiliates don’t see where your traffic is going to
6) So Google thinks your ads take visitors to a quality website, when your ads actually link people directly to affiliate offers, or to your landing page which then links to affiliate offers.
7) So Google doesn’t know that your landing pages link to affiliate offers
8) Other reasons?
2) So AM’s don’t see where your traffic is coming from
3) So other affiliates don’t see what keywords you’re bidding on
4) So other affiliates don’t see where your traffic is coming from
5) So other affiliates don’t see where your traffic is going to
6) So Google thinks your ads take visitors to a quality website, when your ads actually link people directly to affiliate offers, or to your landing page which then links to affiliate offers.
7) So Google doesn’t know that your landing pages link to affiliate offers
8) Other reasons?
...as far as I can tell, you need to use different types of cloaking depending on which of the above you're trying to accomplish.
The cloaking methods that I've come across are:
A) Prosper202's built-in cloaking - Prosper202 Self Hosted Apps
B) NickyCakes method - What is Cloaking and How Does it Work? | NickyCakes.com
C) Double Meta Refresh - Double Meta Refresh and redirects - Black Hat Forum
D) Any other methods?
B) NickyCakes method - What is Cloaking and How Does it Work? | NickyCakes.com
C) Double Meta Refresh - Double Meta Refresh and redirects - Black Hat Forum
D) Any other methods?
Which of the cloaking methods (A to D) accomplish which of the goals (1 to 8) listed above?
My understanding is that:
(A) will accomplish (1) and (2)
(B) will accomplish (6)
(C) will accomplish (1) and (2)
(B) will accomplish (6)
(C) will accomplish (1) and (2)
Is this correct? Can anyone fill in the gaps and correct any errors here?
On a related note, is it a bad idea to email other people in the AM industry with the same email address that I use to register public domains... because then they can look up my email address in domaintools.com and find out all my websites / landing pages?