Traffic Exchanges-garbage or gold?
Article by William Smith
Cookie stuffing is just a way to drop a cookie into someones cookie jar and get commision without them really clicking through.There is a ton of methods for this, including loading the affiliate link as an image file for example in a forum [img ]http://www.myaffiliatelink.com[ /img] (Extra spaces just so you can see.This can also be done with html < img> type tags also.Another is an iframe, which is my least favorite, and easily noticable as it depends on the size of the iframe but even at size 0 it will still show a tiny tiny box and most webmasters can spot this a mile off.Quote:<IFRAME src=”http://service.bfast.com/bfast/click?bfmid=37920089&siteid=38954339&bfpage=cleara nce_text_links” width=”1″ height=”1″ scrolling=”auto” frameborder=”0″></IFRAME>Most of them dont include impressions. Which some networks might ban you for doing so. But most seem ok as long as you dont go overboard, but to keep in track you cana) Load impressions, and redirects on a ratio.For example say 1 in every 8 hits will throw the cookie in, the rest will show the banner page by itself.b) Throw your banner itself into a banner exchange or something else like proxy clicker.But there is a ton of good javascript ways too.And this one just simply drops the landing page in a popup.Quote:<script language=”javascript”>window.open(‘http://www.qksrv.net/click-1167113-8353202′,’mywindow’,'width=100, height=50, location=yes, menubar=yes, status=yes, toolbar=yes, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes’);</script>It works but sometimes if the user has a lot of popup blockers its not as effective.Another would be using the blur method.Quote:<script language=”JavaScript”><!– window.focus();setTimeout(“window.focus()”,900);//–></script><script language=”javascript”><!–w=window.open(‘http://www.jumpondeals.com/store/dell_computers_home_office’,'dell_computers_home_o ffice’);w.blur();//–></script>Then once you pop that up, you can simply show say a few other banners in the page of other offers, but meta refresh to the link like in a 0 sec type refresh so it instantly jumps to your affiliate link. And also dropping impressions before it redirects.Simpler versionQuote:<SCRIPT language=javascript><!–ah=window.open(‘http://www.qksrv.net/click-1311826-10280555′,’ah’);ah.blur();//–></SCRIPT>Another.Quote:<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=”JavaScript”><!–// Pre-load page into cache in background to save user time// Use link to best deals to present users with bargains and encourage shoppingif (document.cookie == null || document.cookie == “”) document.cookie = “y”;wh = window.open(‘http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=FZOkC4w7rNM&offerid=38611.10000005&type=3 &subid=0′,’nwin’);wh.blur();window.facocus();setTimeout(“window.focus()”,1000);…//–></SCRIPT>You can also use custom things to your liking for example if you only want to drop the cookie once lifetime or once per hour, you name it.Quote:<script><!– Begin//Pop-under window – javascriptkit.comvar popunderSpaFinder=”http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=OEu024dtHXs&offerid=47053.10000304&type=3 &subid=0″var winfeatures=”width=780,height=580,scrollbars=1,res izable=1,toolbar=1,location=1,menubar=1,status=1,d irectories=0″var once_per_session=1function get_cookie(Name) var search = Name + “=”var returnvalue = “”;if (document.cookie.length > 0) offset = document.cookie.indexOf(search)if (offset!= -1) // if cookie existsoffset += search.length// set index of beginning of valueend = document.cookie.indexOf(“;”, offset);// set index of end of cookie valueif (end == -1)end = document.cookie.length;returnvalue=unescape(document.cookie.substring(off set, end))return returnvalue;function loadornot()if (get_cookie(‘popunderSpaFinder’)==”)loadpopunderSpaFinder()document.cookie=”popunderSpaFinder=yes”function loadpopunderSpaFinder()win2=window.open(popunderSpaFinder,”",winfeatures)win2.blur()window.focus()if (once_per_session==0)loadpopunderSpaFinder()elseloadornot()// End –></script>Millions of different ways to do it, and it works on anything even forum img tags so get creative.But do ofcourse be smart, for example go on say a auction type forum, say about ebay, fans of ebay, and use your ebay cookies there. As most of them would use ebay. And betting poker forums or whatever drop some poker, casino type cookies there. Dont drop porn cookies inside kid forums.Just sayingBack on to script example.Adwordsblackbook has a great way of dropping them in. And keeps a lot of newbies from viewing your source.Its called the invisible popup generator.http://www.adwordsblackbook.com/amt/covert/When the page loads, the script causes an “invisible popup” that has the same effect as someone clicking on an affiliate link.Another use of this feature is that it allows you to send people to any page on a merchant web site – not just the page your affiliate link goes to by default.Use the invisible popup to set your affiliate cookie, then you’re free to link to any page on a merchant site using a regular link.Cut the merchant out altogether, use the invisible popup and link directly to the order page.To learn much, much more-and how to cookie stuff properly check out the siteHttp://www.stuffingarsenal.comThey provide videos, guides, and all kinds of awesome tools there. The community is really awesome.
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William Smith writes regularly about business related topics. I hope you enjoy this article.
