Thu, 2013-01-31 03:42
hi i posted a site for a check just now and the showed up the url instead of converting it? did i do that incorrectly? i was trying to hide the url as they keep showing up in google searches for the client. Could that be corrected please - I wasn't able to change the post after it was up. (i did preview it but thought the link url would be hidden) 
Thu, 2013-01-31 05:47
#1
Links and Google et al
All links are set to rel="nofollow", and the reputable bots support the rule. What's probably happening is something like this:
<a href="http://www.example.com/">Acme Explosives, supplier to Wile E. Coyote</a>
If you link to your client's page, don't use the client's name in the text, but do something like this: <a href="http://clientname.com/">see the page here</a>
cheers,
gary
Thu, 2013-01-31 08:33
#2
gary.turner wrote:All links
All links are set to rel="nofollow", and the reputable bots support the rule. What's probably happening is something like this:
<a href="http://www.example.com/">Acme Explosives, supplier to Wile E. Coyote</a>
If you link to your client's page, don't use the client's name in the text, but do something like this: <a href="http://clientname.com/">see the page here</a>
cheers,
gary
Thank you very much, I know it!
Fri, 2013-03-15 12:39
#3
its very good information
its very good information
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Tue, 2013-04-16 04:05
#4
Are you posting something
Are you posting something that you don't want people to know what the URL is because it might give away that it's an affiliate link? Then you can enter a URL into [promo link removed], and your affiliate link will be hidden from the visitor, only the [promo link removed] address and the ending address will be visible to your visitors.
Tue, 2013-04-16 07:42
#5
So Savana you are suggesting
So Savana you are suggesting being sneaky and hoodwinking poor web site visitors and you think we would be happy with that advise, why?
Using url shortening in this manner is one of the reasons I dislike these services and on another forum and will do on this insist posters do not use them in posts as I want to know where I'm going to be directed.