Making Money With PPC Coach » PPC Coach Tips http://www.ppc-coach.info My quest to make $1000/day with PPC Thu, 18 Aug 2011 02:09:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Double Meta Refresh Tutorial – Hide Your Traffic Sources! http://www.ppc-coach.info/double-meta-refresh-tutorial-hide-your-traffic-sources http://www.ppc-coach.info/double-meta-refresh-tutorial-hide-your-traffic-sources#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:51:40 +0000 chris http://www.ppc-coach.info/?p=410 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]>

I wrote a double meta refresh tutorial on the PPC Coach forums, but I wanted to post something similar to my blog as well. For those who not familiar with what a double meta refresh (DMR) is, it is basically a method that allows you to blank your referer. This is useful in the situation where you don’t want your affiliate manager to see where your traffic is coming from to an offer.

CPA Polls are an example of a method where you will want to implement this. Although there are some networks that don’t mind poll traffic, I know for a fact most CPA networks do not like polls. If you get caught sending this type of traffic, you risk getting banned from an offer, or even worse, not getting paid.

There are also many other legitimate reasons why you might want to cloak your traffic. Your traffic sources are one of the most valuable assets you own as an affiliate marketer and you don’t want unscrupulous affiliate networks or just rogue affiliate managers stealing them. Using a double meta refresh is one way to protect yourself and your income. Keep in mind though that there are certain networks that will threaten you if you blank your referers. CJ.com is one example. However, I haven’t had a problem with CPA networks in general when using this method.

To help you follow along with the rest of this article, I’ve put up a simple double meta refresh demo page here:

http://freepayperclicktools.com/dmr/

To see what I mean about showing the referer, click on the link in Scenario 1 on my demo page. This is just a regular link that you will find on any website. The link will take you to another page where you can see it displays the exact url of where you just came from.

To implement the DMR, you need to create 2 PHP files. The initial link will now go to the first PHP file, which will “meta-refresh” to the 2nd PHP file and then “meta-refresh” to your destination. Hence the term double meta refresh. This will result in your referer showing up as “blank”. Try this by clicking on the links in Scenario 2 or 3. Below is the code for PHP file 1 and PHP file 2.

PHP File 1

<html>
    <head>
    <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://xyz.com/pathtofile2.php" />
    </head>
</html>

PHP File 2

<html>
    <head>
    <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://xyz.com/offer.php" />
    </head>
</html>

One important thing to note is that there is a downside to using DMR. It doesn’t work across all browsers! Sure it works fine on the two major browsers, Internet Explorer and Firefox. However, it doesn’t work on Safari, Chrome and Opera. If you have one of those browsers at your disposal, open one of them up and try clicking on my the two DMR links. Notice that the referer leaks out. This is bad, as just one leaked referer is enough to get you in trouble.

One solution is to put the first PHP file on your initial domain, and the second PHP file on a separate, unrelated domain. When you do that, a user using Safari would have its referer show up as coming from this unrelated domain. This is probably ok, as an affiliate manager still won’t be able to tell where the original source of traffic is coming from.

If you don’t want to buy an extra domain for the double-meta-refresh, you can actually place the two php files on the same domain. However, you will need to make an additional modification to the 2nd PHP file to protect yourself.

PHP File 2

<?php
$referer = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
if($referer == "")
{
	echo "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;url=http://xyz.com/offer.php";    
}
else
{
	echo "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;url=http://somewherelse.com";    
}
?>

Basically, this code checks if the referer is blank, and if it is, the user will be redirected to the offer. If it is not (ie. the visitor is using Safari or Chrome) then they will be redirected to some other page. As you can see, the cost of blanking your referer in this way will cause a certain percentage of visitors to never make it to your offer.

Using a double meta refresh is not the only way to cloak your traffic sources. If you use the free Tracking202 script for tracking, you can use the built in cloaking functionality of the script to hide your traffic. This doesn’t blank the referer, but instead shows the location of your tracking script as the referer. You can also use SSL to cloak your traffic as well, but I will leave that for another post. Let me know if you found this double meta refresh tutorial useful.

Related Articles:

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

No related posts.

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

]]> http://www.ppc-coach.info/double-meta-refresh-tutorial-hide-your-traffic-sources/feed 0 Personalize your Landing Pages using GeoTargeting http://www.ppc-coach.info/personalize-your-landing-pages-using-geotargeting http://www.ppc-coach.info/personalize-your-landing-pages-using-geotargeting#comments Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:59:19 +0000 chris http://www.ppc-coach.info/?p=296 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]>

I wrote a double meta refresh tutorial on the PPC Coach forums, but I wanted to post something similar to my blog as well. For those who not familiar with what a double meta refresh (DMR) is, it is basically a method that allows you to blank your referer. This is useful in the situation where you don’t want your affiliate manager to see where your traffic is coming from to an offer.

CPA Polls are an example of a method where you will want to implement this. Although there are some networks that don’t mind poll traffic, I know for a fact most CPA networks do not like polls. If you get caught sending this type of traffic, you risk getting banned from an offer, or even worse, not getting paid.

There are also many other legitimate reasons why you might want to cloak your traffic. Your traffic sources are one of the most valuable assets you own as an affiliate marketer and you don’t want unscrupulous affiliate networks or just rogue affiliate managers stealing them. Using a double meta refresh is one way to protect yourself and your income. Keep in mind though that there are certain networks that will threaten you if you blank your referers. CJ.com is one example. However, I haven’t had a problem with CPA networks in general when using this method.

To help you follow along with the rest of this article, I’ve put up a simple double meta refresh demo page here:

http://freepayperclicktools.com/dmr/

To see what I mean about showing the referer, click on the link in Scenario 1 on my demo page. This is just a regular link that you will find on any website. The link will take you to another page where you can see it displays the exact url of where you just came from.

To implement the DMR, you need to create 2 PHP files. The initial link will now go to the first PHP file, which will “meta-refresh” to the 2nd PHP file and then “meta-refresh” to your destination. Hence the term double meta refresh. This will result in your referer showing up as “blank”. Try this by clicking on the links in Scenario 2 or 3. Below is the code for PHP file 1 and PHP file 2.

PHP File 1

<html>
    <head>
    <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://xyz.com/pathtofile2.php" />
    </head>
</html>

PHP File 2

<html>
    <head>
    <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://xyz.com/offer.php" />
    </head>
</html>

One important thing to note is that there is a downside to using DMR. It doesn’t work across all browsers! Sure it works fine on the two major browsers, Internet Explorer and Firefox. However, it doesn’t work on Safari, Chrome and Opera. If you have one of those browsers at your disposal, open one of them up and try clicking on my the two DMR links. Notice that the referer leaks out. This is bad, as just one leaked referer is enough to get you in trouble.

One solution is to put the first PHP file on your initial domain, and the second PHP file on a separate, unrelated domain. When you do that, a user using Safari would have its referer show up as coming from this unrelated domain. This is probably ok, as an affiliate manager still won’t be able to tell where the original source of traffic is coming from.

If you don’t want to buy an extra domain for the double-meta-refresh, you can actually place the two php files on the same domain. However, you will need to make an additional modification to the 2nd PHP file to protect yourself.

PHP File 2

<?php
$referer = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
if($referer == "")
{
	echo "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;url=http://xyz.com/offer.php";    
}
else
{
	echo "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;url=http://somewherelse.com";    
}
?>

Basically, this code checks if the referer is blank, and if it is, the user will be redirected to the offer. If it is not (ie. the visitor is using Safari or Chrome) then they will be redirected to some other page. As you can see, the cost of blanking your referer in this way will cause a certain percentage of visitors to never make it to your offer.

Using a double meta refresh is not the only way to cloak your traffic sources. If you use the free Tracking202 script for tracking, you can use the built in cloaking functionality of the script to hide your traffic. This doesn’t blank the referer, but instead shows the location of your tracking script as the referer. You can also use SSL to cloak your traffic as well, but I will leave that for another post. Let me know if you found this double meta refresh tutorial useful.

Related Articles:

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

No related posts.

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

]]> http://www.ppc-coach.info/double-meta-refresh-tutorial-hide-your-traffic-sources/feed 0 Expose Profitable PPC Campaigns With Traffic Travis http://www.ppc-coach.info/expose-profitable-ppc-campaigns-with-traffic-travis http://www.ppc-coach.info/expose-profitable-ppc-campaigns-with-traffic-travis#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 23:23:45 +0000 chris http://www.ppc-coach.info/?p=127 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]>

I wrote a double meta refresh tutorial on the PPC Coach forums, but I wanted to post something similar to my blog as well. For those who not familiar with what a double meta refresh (DMR) is, it is basically a method that allows you to blank your referer. This is useful in the situation where you don’t want your affiliate manager to see where your traffic is coming from to an offer.

CPA Polls are an example of a method where you will want to implement this. Although there are some networks that don’t mind poll traffic, I know for a fact most CPA networks do not like polls. If you get caught sending this type of traffic, you risk getting banned from an offer, or even worse, not getting paid.

There are also many other legitimate reasons why you might want to cloak your traffic. Your traffic sources are one of the most valuable assets you own as an affiliate marketer and you don’t want unscrupulous affiliate networks or just rogue affiliate managers stealing them. Using a double meta refresh is one way to protect yourself and your income. Keep in mind though that there are certain networks that will threaten you if you blank your referers. CJ.com is one example. However, I haven’t had a problem with CPA networks in general when using this method.

To help you follow along with the rest of this article, I’ve put up a simple double meta refresh demo page here:

http://freepayperclicktools.com/dmr/

To see what I mean about showing the referer, click on the link in Scenario 1 on my demo page. This is just a regular link that you will find on any website. The link will take you to another page where you can see it displays the exact url of where you just came from.

To implement the DMR, you need to create 2 PHP files. The initial link will now go to the first PHP file, which will “meta-refresh” to the 2nd PHP file and then “meta-refresh” to your destination. Hence the term double meta refresh. This will result in your referer showing up as “blank”. Try this by clicking on the links in Scenario 2 or 3. Below is the code for PHP file 1 and PHP file 2.

PHP File 1

<html>
    <head>
    <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://xyz.com/pathtofile2.php" />
    </head>
</html>

PHP File 2

<html>
    <head>
    <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://xyz.com/offer.php" />
    </head>
</html>

One important thing to note is that there is a downside to using DMR. It doesn’t work across all browsers! Sure it works fine on the two major browsers, Internet Explorer and Firefox. However, it doesn’t work on Safari, Chrome and Opera. If you have one of those browsers at your disposal, open one of them up and try clicking on my the two DMR links. Notice that the referer leaks out. This is bad, as just one leaked referer is enough to get you in trouble.

One solution is to put the first PHP file on your initial domain, and the second PHP file on a separate, unrelated domain. When you do that, a user using Safari would have its referer show up as coming from this unrelated domain. This is probably ok, as an affiliate manager still won’t be able to tell where the original source of traffic is coming from.

If you don’t want to buy an extra domain for the double-meta-refresh, you can actually place the two php files on the same domain. However, you will need to make an additional modification to the 2nd PHP file to protect yourself.

PHP File 2

<?php
$referer = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
if($referer == "")
{
	echo "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;url=http://xyz.com/offer.php";    
}
else
{
	echo "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;url=http://somewherelse.com";    
}
?>

Basically, this code checks if the referer is blank, and if it is, the user will be redirected to the offer. If it is not (ie. the visitor is using Safari or Chrome) then they will be redirected to some other page. As you can see, the cost of blanking your referer in this way will cause a certain percentage of visitors to never make it to your offer.

Using a double meta refresh is not the only way to cloak your traffic sources. If you use the free Tracking202 script for tracking, you can use the built in cloaking functionality of the script to hide your traffic. This doesn’t blank the referer, but instead shows the location of your tracking script as the referer. You can also use SSL to cloak your traffic as well, but I will leave that for another post. Let me know if you found this double meta refresh tutorial useful.

Related Articles:

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

No related posts.

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

]]> http://www.ppc-coach.info/double-meta-refresh-tutorial-hide-your-traffic-sources/feed 0 My First $100 day with the PPC Coach Poll Method http://www.ppc-coach.info/my-first-100-day-with-the-ppc-coach-poll-method http://www.ppc-coach.info/my-first-100-day-with-the-ppc-coach-poll-method#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:16:47 +0000 chris http://www.ppc-coach.info/?p=99 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]>

I wrote a double meta refresh tutorial on the PPC Coach forums, but I wanted to post something similar to my blog as well. For those who not familiar with what a double meta refresh (DMR) is, it is basically a method that allows you to blank your referer. This is useful in the situation where you don’t want your affiliate manager to see where your traffic is coming from to an offer.

CPA Polls are an example of a method where you will want to implement this. Although there are some networks that don’t mind poll traffic, I know for a fact most CPA networks do not like polls. If you get caught sending this type of traffic, you risk getting banned from an offer, or even worse, not getting paid.

There are also many other legitimate reasons why you might want to cloak your traffic. Your traffic sources are one of the most valuable assets you own as an affiliate marketer and you don’t want unscrupulous affiliate networks or just rogue affiliate managers stealing them. Using a double meta refresh is one way to protect yourself and your income. Keep in mind though that there are certain networks that will threaten you if you blank your referers. CJ.com is one example. However, I haven’t had a problem with CPA networks in general when using this method.

To help you follow along with the rest of this article, I’ve put up a simple double meta refresh demo page here:

http://freepayperclicktools.com/dmr/

To see what I mean about showing the referer, click on the link in Scenario 1 on my demo page. This is just a regular link that you will find on any website. The link will take you to another page where you can see it displays the exact url of where you just came from.

To implement the DMR, you need to create 2 PHP files. The initial link will now go to the first PHP file, which will “meta-refresh” to the 2nd PHP file and then “meta-refresh” to your destination. Hence the term double meta refresh. This will result in your referer showing up as “blank”. Try this by clicking on the links in Scenario 2 or 3. Below is the code for PHP file 1 and PHP file 2.

PHP File 1

<html>
    <head>
    <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://xyz.com/pathtofile2.php" />
    </head>
</html>

PHP File 2

<html>
    <head>
    <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://xyz.com/offer.php" />
    </head>
</html>

One important thing to note is that there is a downside to using DMR. It doesn’t work across all browsers! Sure it works fine on the two major browsers, Internet Explorer and Firefox. However, it doesn’t work on Safari, Chrome and Opera. If you have one of those browsers at your disposal, open one of them up and try clicking on my the two DMR links. Notice that the referer leaks out. This is bad, as just one leaked referer is enough to get you in trouble.

One solution is to put the first PHP file on your initial domain, and the second PHP file on a separate, unrelated domain. When you do that, a user using Safari would have its referer show up as coming from this unrelated domain. This is probably ok, as an affiliate manager still won’t be able to tell where the original source of traffic is coming from.

If you don’t want to buy an extra domain for the double-meta-refresh, you can actually place the two php files on the same domain. However, you will need to make an additional modification to the 2nd PHP file to protect yourself.

PHP File 2

<?php
$referer = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
if($referer == "")
{
	echo "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;url=http://xyz.com/offer.php";    
}
else
{
	echo "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;url=http://somewherelse.com";    
}
?>

Basically, this code checks if the referer is blank, and if it is, the user will be redirected to the offer. If it is not (ie. the visitor is using Safari or Chrome) then they will be redirected to some other page. As you can see, the cost of blanking your referer in this way will cause a certain percentage of visitors to never make it to your offer.

Using a double meta refresh is not the only way to cloak your traffic sources. If you use the free Tracking202 script for tracking, you can use the built in cloaking functionality of the script to hide your traffic. This doesn’t blank the referer, but instead shows the location of your tracking script as the referer. You can also use SSL to cloak your traffic as well, but I will leave that for another post. Let me know if you found this double meta refresh tutorial useful.

Related Articles:

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

No related posts.

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

]]> http://www.ppc-coach.info/double-meta-refresh-tutorial-hide-your-traffic-sources/feed 0 Tracking Keywords With Prosper202 http://www.ppc-coach.info/tracking-keywords-with-prosper202 http://www.ppc-coach.info/tracking-keywords-with-prosper202#comments Sat, 07 Feb 2009 07:37:58 +0000 chris http://www.ppc-coach.info/?p=46 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]>

I wrote a double meta refresh tutorial on the PPC Coach forums, but I wanted to post something similar to my blog as well. For those who not familiar with what a double meta refresh (DMR) is, it is basically a method that allows you to blank your referer. This is useful in the situation where you don’t want your affiliate manager to see where your traffic is coming from to an offer.

CPA Polls are an example of a method where you will want to implement this. Although there are some networks that don’t mind poll traffic, I know for a fact most CPA networks do not like polls. If you get caught sending this type of traffic, you risk getting banned from an offer, or even worse, not getting paid.

There are also many other legitimate reasons why you might want to cloak your traffic. Your traffic sources are one of the most valuable assets you own as an affiliate marketer and you don’t want unscrupulous affiliate networks or just rogue affiliate managers stealing them. Using a double meta refresh is one way to protect yourself and your income. Keep in mind though that there are certain networks that will threaten you if you blank your referers. CJ.com is one example. However, I haven’t had a problem with CPA networks in general when using this method.

To help you follow along with the rest of this article, I’ve put up a simple double meta refresh demo page here:

http://freepayperclicktools.com/dmr/

To see what I mean about showing the referer, click on the link in Scenario 1 on my demo page. This is just a regular link that you will find on any website. The link will take you to another page where you can see it displays the exact url of where you just came from.

To implement the DMR, you need to create 2 PHP files. The initial link will now go to the first PHP file, which will “meta-refresh” to the 2nd PHP file and then “meta-refresh” to your destination. Hence the term double meta refresh. This will result in your referer showing up as “blank”. Try this by clicking on the links in Scenario 2 or 3. Below is the code for PHP file 1 and PHP file 2.

PHP File 1

<html>
    <head>
    <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://xyz.com/pathtofile2.php" />
    </head>
</html>

PHP File 2

<html>
    <head>
    <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://xyz.com/offer.php" />
    </head>
</html>

One important thing to note is that there is a downside to using DMR. It doesn’t work across all browsers! Sure it works fine on the two major browsers, Internet Explorer and Firefox. However, it doesn’t work on Safari, Chrome and Opera. If you have one of those browsers at your disposal, open one of them up and try clicking on my the two DMR links. Notice that the referer leaks out. This is bad, as just one leaked referer is enough to get you in trouble.

One solution is to put the first PHP file on your initial domain, and the second PHP file on a separate, unrelated domain. When you do that, a user using Safari would have its referer show up as coming from this unrelated domain. This is probably ok, as an affiliate manager still won’t be able to tell where the original source of traffic is coming from.

If you don’t want to buy an extra domain for the double-meta-refresh, you can actually place the two php files on the same domain. However, you will need to make an additional modification to the 2nd PHP file to protect yourself.

PHP File 2

<?php
$referer = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
if($referer == "")
{
	echo "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;url=http://xyz.com/offer.php";    
}
else
{
	echo "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;url=http://somewherelse.com";    
}
?>

Basically, this code checks if the referer is blank, and if it is, the user will be redirected to the offer. If it is not (ie. the visitor is using Safari or Chrome) then they will be redirected to some other page. As you can see, the cost of blanking your referer in this way will cause a certain percentage of visitors to never make it to your offer.

Using a double meta refresh is not the only way to cloak your traffic sources. If you use the free Tracking202 script for tracking, you can use the built in cloaking functionality of the script to hide your traffic. This doesn’t blank the referer, but instead shows the location of your tracking script as the referer. You can also use SSL to cloak your traffic as well, but I will leave that for another post. Let me know if you found this double meta refresh tutorial useful.

Related Articles:

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

No related posts.

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

]]> http://www.ppc-coach.info/double-meta-refresh-tutorial-hide-your-traffic-sources/feed 0 Top 5 Reasons Not To Join PPC Coach http://www.ppc-coach.info/top-5-reasons-not-to-join-ppc-coach http://www.ppc-coach.info/top-5-reasons-not-to-join-ppc-coach#comments Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:24:59 +0000 chris http://www.ppc-coach.info/?p=41 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]>

I wrote a double meta refresh tutorial on the PPC Coach forums, but I wanted to post something similar to my blog as well. For those who not familiar with what a double meta refresh (DMR) is, it is basically a method that allows you to blank your referer. This is useful in the situation where you don’t want your affiliate manager to see where your traffic is coming from to an offer.

CPA Polls are an example of a method where you will want to implement this. Although there are some networks that don’t mind poll traffic, I know for a fact most CPA networks do not like polls. If you get caught sending this type of traffic, you risk getting banned from an offer, or even worse, not getting paid.

There are also many other legitimate reasons why you might want to cloak your traffic. Your traffic sources are one of the most valuable assets you own as an affiliate marketer and you don’t want unscrupulous affiliate networks or just rogue affiliate managers stealing them. Using a double meta refresh is one way to protect yourself and your income. Keep in mind though that there are certain networks that will threaten you if you blank your referers. CJ.com is one example. However, I haven’t had a problem with CPA networks in general when using this method.

To help you follow along with the rest of this article, I’ve put up a simple double meta refresh demo page here:

http://freepayperclicktools.com/dmr/

To see what I mean about showing the referer, click on the link in Scenario 1 on my demo page. This is just a regular link that you will find on any website. The link will take you to another page where you can see it displays the exact url of where you just came from.

To implement the DMR, you need to create 2 PHP files. The initial link will now go to the first PHP file, which will “meta-refresh” to the 2nd PHP file and then “meta-refresh” to your destination. Hence the term double meta refresh. This will result in your referer showing up as “blank”. Try this by clicking on the links in Scenario 2 or 3. Below is the code for PHP file 1 and PHP file 2.

PHP File 1

<html>
    <head>
    <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://xyz.com/pathtofile2.php" />
    </head>
</html>

PHP File 2

<html>
    <head>
    <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://xyz.com/offer.php" />
    </head>
</html>

One important thing to note is that there is a downside to using DMR. It doesn’t work across all browsers! Sure it works fine on the two major browsers, Internet Explorer and Firefox. However, it doesn’t work on Safari, Chrome and Opera. If you have one of those browsers at your disposal, open one of them up and try clicking on my the two DMR links. Notice that the referer leaks out. This is bad, as just one leaked referer is enough to get you in trouble.

One solution is to put the first PHP file on your initial domain, and the second PHP file on a separate, unrelated domain. When you do that, a user using Safari would have its referer show up as coming from this unrelated domain. This is probably ok, as an affiliate manager still won’t be able to tell where the original source of traffic is coming from.

If you don’t want to buy an extra domain for the double-meta-refresh, you can actually place the two php files on the same domain. However, you will need to make an additional modification to the 2nd PHP file to protect yourself.

PHP File 2

<?php
$referer = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
if($referer == "")
{
	echo "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;url=http://xyz.com/offer.php";    
}
else
{
	echo "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;url=http://somewherelse.com";    
}
?>

Basically, this code checks if the referer is blank, and if it is, the user will be redirected to the offer. If it is not (ie. the visitor is using Safari or Chrome) then they will be redirected to some other page. As you can see, the cost of blanking your referer in this way will cause a certain percentage of visitors to never make it to your offer.

Using a double meta refresh is not the only way to cloak your traffic sources. If you use the free Tracking202 script for tracking, you can use the built in cloaking functionality of the script to hide your traffic. This doesn’t blank the referer, but instead shows the location of your tracking script as the referer. You can also use SSL to cloak your traffic as well, but I will leave that for another post. Let me know if you found this double meta refresh tutorial useful.

Related Articles:

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

No related posts.

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

]]> http://www.ppc-coach.info/double-meta-refresh-tutorial-hide-your-traffic-sources/feed 0