| The Horror: | | | | before going live. |
| I was driving traffic to an offer for over a month and | | | | This is for primary ads only and you would have to |
| started to ramp it up. After hitting over $1,600 dollars | | | | modify it to be used with other CPA networks. It pulls |
| with an EPC (estimated cost per click) of like $1.75, I | | | | the subid's and other variables from the URL and |
| get this email from what looked like the vice president | | | | passes it on. I also keep these 2 scripts on 2 different |
| of the CPA network congratulating me. | | | | IP address' to stop anyone reverse looking up all my |
| They then gave me a new affiliate manager who | | | | domains. |
| insisted to talk on the phone with me "right away". First | | | | Do not let this freak you out. For someone new you |
| thing I was asked was what websites I was | | | | probably do not even need to do this. This is just an |
| advertising on? I told them I cannot tell them that. | | | | advanced technique that I now use. |
| Then, the very next day, I noticed my traffic was | | | | The Stuff: |
| getting less and less with this placement that was | | | | It works like this: |
| working - remember this was working for well over a | | | | Your placement URL -->>> yourserver1.com |
| month. So I started to bid more and more each day | | | | index.php -->>> yourserver2.com/index.php |
| but it did not help. I eventually had to find other | | | | -->> CPA network |
| placements for this offer to make the cost pay off. | | | | You would need to own server1 and server2 to do |
| Each new placement I found that started working was | | | | this. |
| eventually choked out after several days. This would | | | | Here are the steps. |
| happen again and again. Like someone was seeing | | | | Step 1) Create this php file on For example you can |
| what was working and going in and simply bidding | | | | call it this.http:// yourserver1.com/link/primads1.php |
| more than me to push me out. | | | | The file would look like this. It grabs stuff from the URL |
| I was using the free tracking202 tracking software | | | | you pass to it and pushes it on to $keyword = |
| (with cloaking on), when I was driving traffic to this | | | | $_GET['subid']; $offer = $_GET['offer']; $e = |
| offer. | | | | $_GET['e']; ?> |
| After doing some research I found that cloaking does | | | | Step 2) Create this PHP file on This could be |
| not always hide your referrer - it still can slip through. | | | | calledhttp:// /link/primads2.php |
| Thus, even if you use cloaking software for some | | | | This takes the stuff from the URL that was given to it |
| reason the CPA networks can still see your refer. I do | | | | from server1 and then passes it onto the CPA |
| not know the technical side of why this is - maybe | | | | network. The CPA network now only see's traffic |
| cloaking was developed with keywords in mind - not | | | | coming from $keyword = $_GET['subid']; $offer = |
| sure. | | | | $_GET['offer']; $e = $_GET['e']; ?> |
| And remember, you can never hide what your doing | | | | Step 3) Put this link in your AdWords placement (for |
| from Google as they can always see what your | | | | each placement), and remember to make the subID |
| bidding on. OK, maybe I am overly paranoid, but the | | | | unique for "each placement" so you can track it. |
| sequence of events was very odd. | | | | After the offer= in the URL put your affiliate link.http:// |
| I am still fairly convinced someone was stealing from | | | | yourserver1.com/link |
| me on one offer I was getting to work, although I have | | | | primads1.php?subid=gp-205&offer= { affiliate link } |
| no proof of this. | | | | NOTE: the affiliate offer does NOT have the "http" |
| Here are some scripts I put together to cloak my | | | | part in it. Here is an example of how it would look.http:// |
| referrer from the CPA networks. | | | | /link |
| With new browsers like chrome you need to use | | | | om/t.asp?id=3453&e=34567 |
| what is called a "double meta refresh" or DMR to | | | | Step 4) Go to your subid tracking on the affialte |
| totally hide the referrer from the CPA networks | | | | network and you will see subid gp-205 conversions in |
| slipping through. | | | | this example. Now go back to AdWords and see |
| Please keep in mind I am not a PHP programmer in | | | | what that number (205) is matched to for that |
| any sense and I cannot support these at all so Use this | | | | placement. |
| at your own risk and remember to test everything | | | | Enjoy! |