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Re:Bit.ly and Viglink Adding Affiliate Cookies on Shortened ... by downandout on Thursday May 07, 2015 @06:31PM (#9508810)
You can still use Bitly, but have the bitly point to your own site first, then redirect to your affiliate link from there. With a bit of work you can do the same with any post you make to Pinterest, so that they don't hijack your affiliate links either.
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Re:Bit.ly and Viglink Adding Affiliate Cookies on Shortened ... by jMyles on Friday May 08, 2015 @03:00AM (#9510345)
...but then why use bitly?
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Re:Bit.ly and Viglink Adding Affiliate Cookies on Shortened ... by downandout on Friday May 08, 2015 @04:21AM (#9510523)
Because its unlikely that you own a domain that short. They also own j.mp ...a 1 letter domain. Good luck getting one of those on your own :)
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Re:Bit.ly and Viglink Adding Affiliate Cookies on Shortened ... by eli on Friday May 08, 2015 @08:57AM (#9511334)
You could probably get a complete URL of equal or shorter length though because your new shortener domain could start counting from single-digit IDs again. Bit.ly is up to 7 characters.
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Re:Bit.ly and Viglink Adding Affiliate Cookies on Shortened ... by notfoss on Monday May 11, 2015 @01:10AM (#9522827)
There is v.gd, run by the is.gd people.
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