Automatic insertion of affiliate links

Has anyone seen, does anyone know, of a tool, be it a module or standalone script that can be used to insert anchor text links into text content?

So, for example, one could have a list that specifies the following words: Andrew, Spain, Internet. etc. etc. When any of those words were used in an article, blog post, forum post etc the word would be converted into an anchor text link to a predefined URL.

Any ideas or suggestions?

Thanks!

The following module does this https://www.boonex.com/m/affiliate-links

Did you just create that?

No forum link set up yet though. I notice phrases treat capital letters differently.

Might be an idea to cloak the affiliate URLs.

Michel on Meta-Travel.com

This is also great for setting up keyword links to other areas of the site.

On my Christmas Wish List.

Hey Modzzz, well done!

I took a look at the demo. It may be me, but when I added and activated the Boonex Articles module I was not able to get the links to show up. However, I am sure that's not an issue.

Can I make a couple of suggestions for functionality?

• 1. Links should be style-able, for example, by colour (theme default or selected colour) or weight (bold/italic/normal/underline)
• 2. Cloak the affiliate links - make cloaked links 'no follow' by default. Uncloaked links are usually internal anyway.
• 3. Track and count the keyword clicks so you can optimize the keywords used for maximum performance. (or to use in paid campaigns)
• 4. Use a unique key for links so that we can group links, this can show in the URL created. For example: Links to niche sites (or to a particular product) or for a particular campaign would have a unique key identifying them in the control panel, chosen by the administrator. This would then be used in the links created as follows: http://mydomain.net/uniquekey/ All links to the same URL would carry that unique key, possibly in conjunction with the keyword the user clicked on.
• 5. Ability to define the number of times a link will be inserted on a page and a global limit for ALL created links on a page. For example, maximum 10 links on a page and 3 links for any particular keyword.
• 6. Ability to define whether keywords should be case sensitive.
• 7. Template headings and page furniture (image captions etc.) should not have links inserted, only text areas should carry links.
• 8. The tool should not insert links into links (I don't know if yours has this flaw but when it happens it makes a right bloody mess of the page!)

Is this possible?

Thanks!

It does insert links into links, and as you say; makes a right mess. I tested it with a certain hashtag, as Modzzz has hashtags there.

At the moment it is case sensitive.

@dustybin - The mentioned requests (except #4) were implemented in the Affiliate Links module.

The mod now has it's own forum as well.

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