Affiliate Link Cloaking for Forex Sites India 2026 — Complete Guide
Link cloaking transforms ugly tracking URLs into clean, professional links. Here is why it matters and how to implement it correctly.
Why Cloak Affiliate Links?
- Aesthetics: yourdomain.com/go/xm looks professional vs ugly tracking URLs
- Click rate: Clean links get more clicks — readers hesitate on obvious affiliate URLs
- Management: Update destination URL in one place if broker changes link
- Analytics: Track clicks on each link from your WordPress dashboard
Best Link Cloaking Plugin — Pretty Links (Free)
- Install Pretty Links from WordPress plugin directory
- Activate
- Go to Pretty Links > Add New Link
- Original URL: Your XM affiliate link (long tracking URL)
- Pretty Link: yourdomain.com/go/xm
- Save
- Now use yourdomain.com/go/xm everywhere
Naming Convention for Forex Links
- yourdomain.com/go/xm — main XM affiliate link
- yourdomain.com/go/xm-ndb — XM $30 NDB specific page
- yourdomain.com/go/hfm — main HFM affiliate link
- yourdomain.com/go/exness — main Exness affiliate link
- yourdomain.com/go/vantage — main Vantage affiliate link
Rel Attribute — Important for Google
Add rel=’nofollow sponsored’ to all affiliate links: Open XM Account. This tells Google the link is commercial. Pretty Links can auto-add this attribute. Failing to add this may affect Google’s trust in your site.
Monitoring Link Performance
Pretty Links dashboard shows: Clicks per link (which brokers attract most interest), clicks per article (which content drives most affiliate engagement), redirect patterns over time. Use this data to understand which broker-content combinations generate most clicks and optimise accordingly.