Make more money by making sure your links are valid html

[Useless]

Originally Posted by msanchez

Is it possible that some sales would still register with the default code but not as many as would register is using "&" when using a php redirect?

With the php redirect, the web browser doesn't have the opportunity to de-entify the URL. It's like copying and pasting a URL right into the address bar. If you are using that linking method, there's no reason to worry about validation of the php redirect. There's no page to validate.

[msanchez]

With the php redirect, the web browser doesn't have the opportunity to de-entify the URL. It's like copying and pasting a URL right into the address bar. If you are using that linking method, there's no reason to worry about validation of the php redirect. There's no page to validate.

Thanks for the clarification UW.

[Wanderer]

Interesting discussion -- how can we validate our code? Should we use the w3.org?

[tickler]

Originally Posted by Useless Warrior

With the php redirect, the web browser doesn't have the opportunity to de-entify the URL. It's like copying and pasting a URL right into the address bar. If you are using that linking method, there's no reason to worry about validation of the php redirect. There's no page to validate.

You have to be careful with a few of the ad scripts though. They have a tendancy to insert the &amp sometimes. When setting things up, it's best to also go look at the source code to check the actual link. I found a PPC advertiser that works OK unless I go do maintenance on the link. The script then pops it to a &amp and I was wondering why the hits weren't counting at ccBill..

[virgohippy]

Thanks for the tip Simon. I think I'm going to make a few adjustments to the way I do things now.