Redirects can also be triggered by google bots that are scanning your site.
They’ll visit all the URLs and go through and if you are counting on your own webstats you’ll have no way of telling.
It would be great if you could get “industry ratios” for
– Clicks -> downloads
– Downloads -> registrations
– Registrations -> deposits
But it seems to vary greatly between affiliates, and also each affiliate varies quite a bit between properties. So I’ll watch this thread with interest.
For my own stats :
– Clicks to registrations varies a lot (perhaps I have bots too?)
– But I get nearly 50% of registrations turning into depositing players at most sites.
( Casino / Poker / Sports – all seems to be similar )
Hope that helps a wee bit.