HOW TO: Profit from people stealing your landing page.

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bubbles

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Heres some things you can do to profit off people stealing your landing page:

<script>
if(window.location.href.indexOf('google.com') == -1)
{
window.location='http://google.com';
}
</script>
This checks to see if the page is hosted at google.com. If its not it redirects to google.com. The indexOf needs to be the base domain, so the redirect doesn't fire on URLs with extra params and stuff.

<a id="test" href="http://lol.com">test link</a>
<script>
if(document.getElementById('test').href != 'http://google.com') {
document.getElementById('test').href = 'http://google.com';
}
</script>
Checks the href value of your affiliate link. If its not your affiliate link then it changes it to your affiliate link. The script part must go BELOW the link itself or in onLoad in the body tag.

Ideas to expand on this:

1. If you go the link replacing route set the window.status on mouse over to the value of their link so when they view the page and mouseover, they still see their link, even though it actually links to yours.

2. Don't replace links/redirect 100% of the time. Just replace them 1/2 or 1/3 the time. This way you basically just take a cut, and they have less of a chance of finding out. If your lucky they'll still make a profit, and continue running the campaign. You'll get tons of free clicks.

3. Encrypt the javascript. You can use this to encrypt it:
Javascript Encoder
Encode it and put it in your page with some HTML comments above that say its for the image rollovers or something. Or actually encode your rollever JS with it and that way if the delete it they delete the rollover part too and stuff breaks.

4. Put the code multiple places in your site, so if they remove it once another still fires.

5. Give your landing pages out for free to newbs you hate (Digital Point)
 


Very good idea man... I think i'll start implementing that in my landing pages right away. Also great to know about that javascript encoder. I can think of some other things I can use that for.
 
1. If you go the link replacing route set the window.status on mouse over to the value of their link so when they view the page and mouseover, they still see their link, even though it actually links to yours.

Good tips but this one won't always work because some browsers are now removing the ability to hide or change the windows status message, which is kinda gay in my opinion.

Another thing you could do to fuck with the non-programmers (Which are usually the ones stealing the shit, well at least thats what I find) is if they remove the JavaScript code try and make it so that a css style or layout issue gets completely fucked.

Most of the time they won't understand what the code does and this will be a distraction and make them think that this code has something to do with layout and styles over protecting your shit.
 
This one is pretty good. I think im going to go throw punch of these to DP. However i will look if i can add some tracking and all the css in to step #3.
 
Good tips but this one won't always work because some browsers are now removing the ability to hide or change the windows status message, which is kinda gay in my opinion.
Yeah firefox no longer supports it but IE does and I assume safire and stuff probably still do.

The more I think about it that idea probably isn't a good one since they will find out if they click through. Just hope they are running the same offer haha.
 
Firefox has always blocked different status bar urls as far as I remember, by way of simply leaving it blank if the url is different.

Although it does suck from a marketing perspective, I actually approve this functionality: it helps prevent phishing attacks and suchlike. Imagine if the status bar showed the link you're hovering over pointed to your bank, only to find when you clicked it you're given a lesson in 'serious business'.
 
Another thing you could do to fuck with the non-programmers (Which are usually the ones stealing the shit, well at least thats what I find) is if they remove the JavaScript code try and make it so that a css style or layout issue gets completely fucked.

Really good idea
 
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