{"id":942,"date":"2020-09-29T14:48:44","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T06:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadsleap.com\/blog\/?p=942"},"modified":"2020-09-29T20:42:41","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T12:42:41","slug":"the-death-of-link-cloaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadsleap.com\/blog\/the-death-of-link-cloaking\/","title":{"rendered":"The Death Of Link Cloaking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Early this month, I talked about an important change that Google made in cross-domain cookie security and the changes we had made to comply with the new standard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My immediate response was to make sure that our tools and system comply with the latest requirement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, later I realized that the impact is much greater than what I’ve expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It may cause ‘the death of link cloaking’\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Is The New Cookie Standard About?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In simple terms, the new standard has disabled cross-domain cookie usage by default.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the old way of coding a cookie can no longer work under cross-domain and even cross-subdomain environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Is Cookie? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Basically, you just need to know that cookie is a piece of information that save your affiliate id in a visitor’s browser. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When people buy something, the system will retrieve the cookie (i.e. your affiliate id) and credit the purchase to your account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Is The Problem Now?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The problem now is, when your affiliate link is shown in a third-party website, your cookie (i.e. your affiliate id) may not be saved in the visitors’ browser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This means you will not be paid if your leads buy something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who Show Affiliate Link In Third-Party Website?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Many.<\/p>\n\n\n\n