GoodForNothing Link Proxy 1.0.5

[Mr. Goodie2Shoes]

Any chance you would consider making the redirect an overlay instead of a whole separate page?

ah no... its no good as the site will know the referring page...

 

[Mr. Goodie2Shoes]

Any chance you would consider making the redirect an overlay instead of a whole separate page?

very good idea

okay... I'll add this into the future list but just to let you know... your site won't be "anonymized"...

 

[aiman.h.kallaf]

okay... I'll add this into the feature list but just to let you know... your site won't be "anonymized"...

i changed my mind , very bad idea then

 

[duydangle]

okay... I'll add this into the future list but just to let you know... your site won't be "anonymized"...

I think that it could be added as an optional option .

 

[Mr. Goodie2Shoes]

I think that it could be added as an optional option .

yes, I had that in my mind

 

[Mr. Goodie2Shoes]

Mr. Goodie2Shoes updated Anonymizer/URL Redirector by xenCODE with a new update entry:

The links in profile posts were not being redirected...

The issue has been fixed. Just upload everything from the upload folder and import the add-on

Read the rest of this update entry...

 

[Sylar]

Yeah, option would be the way to go. I would have this as just a re-director, don't really care about anonymizing it.

 

[Vohn]

any chances to add 3rd party url redirection services ? ,
for example anonym.to :

http://anonym.to/?http://google.com

A option text field in the admin pages would be nice, something like :

Enter 3rd party anonymizer
http://anonym.to/$URL

 

[Shinjiru]

Hm, i am using the TagMe Addon: http://xenforo.com/community/resources/bd-tag-me.386/ and when i tag someone & click on his name, then i will not redirectet + i have to click to continue + then i am on error page (this site does not exist).

 

[Adam Howard]

Hm, i am using the TagMe Addon: http://xenforo.com/community/resources/bd-tag-me.386/ and when i tag someone & click on his name, then i will not redirectet + i have to click to continue + then i am on error page (this site does not exist).

Works for me

http://www.sociallyuncensored.eu/forums/threads/random-test.13503/

No issue here.

 

[Shinjiru]

ok, now it works, sorry.

 

[Mr. Goodie2Shoes]

Hello everyone, my internet connection was down, so I couldn't reply to anything

Yeah, option would be the way to go. I would have this as just a re-director, don't really care about anonymizing it.

I go that alright

any chances to add 3rd party url redirection services ? ,
for example anonym.to :

http://anonym.to/?http://google.com

A option text field in the admin pages would be nice, something like :

Enter 3rd party anonymizer
http://anonym.to/$URL

do you really need that? you can just add the javascript...

Hm, i am using the TagMe Addon: http://xenforo.com/community/resources/bd-tag-me.386/ and when i tag someone & click on his name, then i will not redirectet + i have to click to continue + then i am on error page (this site does not exist).

Works for me

http://www.sociallyuncensored.eu/forums/threads/random-test.13503/

No issue here.

ok, now it works, sorry.

This also happened to me... I've found a solution... will be updating thee add-on soon

 

[Mr. Goodie2Shoes]

Mr. Goodie2Shoes updated Anonymizer/URL Redirector by xenCODE with a new update entry:

Fixed issue with the [bd] TagMe add-on

This update will fix the issue people are getting with the [bd] TagMe add-on: http://xenforo.com/community/resources/bd-tag-me.386/

To Fix it:
upload everything from the upload folder and import the add-on

Read the rest of this update entry...

 

[DRE]

rel=nofollow is what controls SEO linking... anonymity of URL's does nothing for SEO as Google discards redirects and measures the source to the origin, hence how affiliate links are also tracked so well by Google using this method, thus downgraded for affiliate sites offering nothing unique. Googles algorithm is much smarter than anonymous URL redirects unfortunately.

You can actually test this in Google Analytics by setting up such redirects with tracking and watch analytics show the source and the origin only, discarding all redirects in-between.

So what does this mean for the average forum admin in Layman's Terms please?

 

[Sylar]

Still waiting on my overlay :3

 

[Mr. Goodie2Shoes]

Still waiting on my overlay :3

I am actually facing some issues... once they are fixed, I'll post an update

 

[Anthony Parsons]

So what does this mean for the average forum admin in Layman's Terms please?

Well... it means you cannot anonymize a URL for SEO purposes, ie. so you aren't punished for a site being linked to, or to try and not pass a tick of approval to Google for a site you have linked to on your website.

Google reads "start url" doesn't care about everything in-between, regardless how many redirects or scripts you try and run to confuse Google, then it reads "the source" url.

Affiliate websites years ago got smashed by Google for anything that looked like an affiliate link, all because the sites usually don't provide unique content, they're built to make a third party money. Google doesn't care about third parties, Google would rather just present the original source as the leading listing/s. So people got around this by anonymizing URL's, and it did work for a while, thus affiliate websites got listed once again due to how Google read URL's.

Now... all that is gone and you cannot anonymize a URL for any purpose other than what the author here has clearly exclaimed this mod for: http://xenforo.com/community/threads/anonymizer-url-redirector-by-xencode.31404/#post-359460 which is noting to uses they are being redirected to a third party site.

This is why you don't see affiliate shops and such leading in listing. A comparison search engine is the same thing, however; those that you see listed are typically a big business model and series business, thus the site is well maintained and provides not just an affiliate commission, but a comparison to users... so Google don't punish that as it serves a legitimate purpose.

What doesn't serve a legitimate purpose though, is an Amazon affiliate store website... when the source, being the Amazon pages themselves, are what Google is interested in... not some third party trying to make a buck from an affiliate store that provides no comparison shopping or such initiative.

 

[duydangle]

I don't know why this addon is not working on my site...

 

[Mr. Goodie2Shoes]

Hold on...

 

[Mr. Goodie2Shoes]

I don't know why this addon is not working on my site...

what exactly are you getting?