Quick start on Otohits

This article will help you make your first steps on Otohits. Settings On your first connection, you will be redirected to your Settings page. There are 3 categories of settings that you can access: General Surf categories These are the [ca ...

Link categories

This category regroups links that are considered safe. Every member can surf on them with the Application without any issue. Rules of the Safe category The link needs to have real content. Empty links will be considered as PTP. The link should not display too many ads. Common limit is ...

Link status

There are 4 possible status for a link on Otohits: Waiting for validation: the link has been added and need to be reviewed by the webmaster. It will not be visible in the autosurf until it has been validated. Some domains are on a white list, meaning that they will be validated immediately ...

Using the throttling to limit the visits

Throttling helps you control the number of visits you will receive per hour (and therefore, the number of points your link will use). We recommend you use it on new links to test them to avoid wasting too many points. There are 2 ways to use the throttling: Using the classic limit per hour ...

Link's templates

Templates help you quickly copy options on different links. It can be very helpful especially with override options (referers, user-agents) as it will load the lists directly when you create a new link. Here are the steps to create and use templates: Choose a link as a base model to make the ...

Overriding the user-agent

User-agent is like a signature of your browser. With the user-agent, a website knows which browser you are using. Here is an example of a user-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/31.0 The above example shows you the Firefox 31 user-agent. You can check your cur ...

How to override the referer

The referrer identifies the webpage that the previous request comes from. If you need more explanations on this concept, you can referer to the guide about hiding the referer. When you override the referer, you make the page believe that the visit comes ...

How to hide the referer

The referrer identifies the webpage that the previous request comes from. As an example, if I go to google to look for something, then I click on the result http://mysite.com, mysite.com will be able to know that I come from google. You can test it yourself: go to [https://anonymiz.com/myrefe ...

How to use clicks

Clicks is one of the most powerful features available on Otohits. It helps you set up a "real" navigation on your website. To use it correctly, there are few things to know that we will talk about in this article. Making sure your link is compatible Clicks feature does not work on every webs ...

New feature: Page reload

Page reload is the first new feature that has been implemented in the new v5 application. When activated on your links, it will simply "reload" the current page. This feature is marked as experimental for the moment due to the fact that there are still so ...