Affiliate Link Styles
Post Affiliate is flexible affiliate program software, which you can customize exactly to your needs. It supports variety of affiliate link styles and you can choose easily best affiliate link style for your needs by single click.
- Selection of Affiliate linking method
Standard links (Redirect)
Standard links, formerly "Old style tracking" works like any other link. To create a click it always point to script in your affiliates folder with affiliates variables:
scripts/click.php?a_aid=refid&a_bid=73d672s1
This script registeres click to affiliate with refid and commission is based on campaign to which banner from a_bid variable belongs.
When click is saved, the target URL from this banner is used for redirection. So even you click on link
www.yoursite.com/pap_directory/scripts/click.php?a_aid=refid&a_bid=73d672s1
finally you will end at target URL of banner defined in the application.
New style links
This style of linking is very common, used at many sites at web. It uses calling parameters from URL - the link looks like this:
www.anydomain.com/shop/?a_aid=refid&a_bid=73d672s1
Anchor links
This is the same tracking method as "New Style Links" but with one difference which makes linking more powerful.
These days, people likes SEO optimized websites, SEO approach, SEO all... And this kind of link is the best one for SEO.
Even better than links rewritten with MOD rewrite (.htaccess). The links works the same way as "New Style Links" but now the variables are called as an anchor - within the page. Google loves these links so your tracking will won with this style. The links look like this:
www.examplesite.com/#a_aid=refid&a_bid=73d672s1
SEO Links with Mod Rewrite
This kind of tracking is the hardest one to manage, but could result in good SEO friendly links. We think, that still more effective links as SEO links are Anchor links, but some merchants doesn't like any parameters in url (including anchor) and this is only option for them
Example of link: www.qualityunit.com/postaffiliatepro/refid/73d672s1.htm
Direct Links
DirectLinks is advanced feature that allows your affiliates to link directly to your site without additional parameters in the URL.
Click below to read more about this type of linking:
Learn more about Direct Link tracking
