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Hello Vets,
I am tired of hearing the same BS from affiliate managers about why stats are not right. I am tired of hearing about cookies and how the “client” must have their settings wrong for you to get credit for their click/dowload/deposit.
All of the programs that I am signed up for have unique affiliate codes embedded in the directing URL. What does this have to do with cookies? And if it is cookies that takes care of the tracking, what the heck do I need to mess around with unique URL’s with “tracking codes” in them?
These are two different animals and I have never heard of a URL tracking code system needing to also use cookies. Can someone please help me understand this better so I can quit arguing with affiliate managers?
Thanks,
Brian
I don’t have alot of time today to get into great detail about this. But sometimes I request the tracking code directly from the affiliate along with banner codes. This way their more accountable than you. greek39
I want to know the same thing. I’m tracking my clicks with a php-redirect script. Is that no-no for Google?
I’v tracked more clicks then som affilites are showing in their stats. Is this normal, or can the redirect do any error here?
Trail Guide wrote:All of the programs that I am signed up for have unique affiliate codes embedded in the directing URL. What does this have to do with cookies? And if it is cookies that takes care of the tracking, what the heck do I need to mess around with unique URL’s with “tracking codes” in them?Well, I’ll try to explain how cookies and tracking codes work (and sorry for my English):
You have your tracking code in the URL when you send visitors to a poker site (like pokersite.com/?trackingcode=123).
When the visitor arrives to the poker site, they still have to keep your tracking code in some way, for example if the visitor visits more pages on the site before signing up or downloading the software. This could be done in two ways:
1. The poker site adds your tracking code on all internal links, for example: pokersite.com/promotions/?trackingcode=123, pokersite.com/about/?trackingcode=123. This is not used by many, since it requires the tracking code to be inserted dynamically to all internal links when pages are loaded.
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2. When the visitor first comes to the poker site, they read the trackingcode-“parameter” from your link and store it in a cookie. This is the most common method, but it has one drawback: If the user has disabled cookies in his/her browser, your trackning code would simply disapear when the visitor enters the site.
Hope this explains a few things!
Thank you for explaining this, pokrdeals. :thumbsup:
It would be interesting to figure out which programs use method 1 and which ones use method 2. Perhaps there is a correlation between conversions and the type of tracking used.
