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02-12-2015 03:04 PM #1 jordan200 (Member)
Need to track traffic from consulting traffic service

I will be hiring a consulting company that will do our media buying.
What would be the best setup so I can track where their traffic is coming from?
If you can, be very specific

Thanks!

02-12-2015 03:47 PM #2 caurmen (Administrator)

You're just looking to check where the traffic originates?

If so, any tracker that records referrers will do it. Affiliate trackers aren't best for this sort of thing as most of them don't have that capability - you'd probably be better using a conventional web analytics platform like Clicky or possibly even Google Analytics.

However, be aware that it's comparatively easy to fake the referrer on traffic if it's traffic you control (bot traffic, for example).

If you don't trust these guys, full bot detection measures are probably prudent, and even then you'll be in an arms race.

02-12-2015 04:46 PM #3 jordan200 (Member)

Quote Originally Posted by caurmen View Post
You're just looking to check where the traffic originates?

If so, any tracker that records referrers will do it. Affiliate trackers aren't best for this sort of thing as most of them don't have that capability - you'd probably be better using a conventional web analytics platform like Clicky or possibly even Google Analytics.

However, be aware that it's comparatively easy to fake the referrer on traffic if it's traffic you control (bot traffic, for example).

If you don't trust these guys, full bot detection measures are probably prudent, and even then you'll be in an arms race.
Great tip, makes lot's of sense I'll be adding clicky on those pages.

03-12-2015 05:25 AM #4 taewoo (Member)

Quote Originally Posted by caurmen View Post
You're just looking to check where the traffic originates?

If so, any tracker that records referrers will do it. Affiliate trackers aren't best for this sort of thing as most of them don't have that capability - you'd probably be better using a conventional web analytics platform like Clicky or possibly even Google Analytics.

However, be aware that it's comparatively easy to fake the referrer on traffic if it's traffic you control (bot traffic, for example).

If you don't trust these guys, full bot detection measures are probably prudent, and even then you'll be in an arms race.
I guess this bot problem is a bigger issue than I originally thought.

Caurmen.. Care to work on this together?

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