Hi all,
I just realized that CPVLabs can't allow me to easily remove stats from specific ISP/Carriers, giving me inflated visitor counts. The default option of removing ad names or custom tokens is available, but the ISP/Carrier data is not sitting in those columns.
They do allow me to remove via clickIDs...but that means I'll to export the figures, get the clickIDs and paste them back into CPVlab to manually remove them.
Does Voluum allow this selection of data based on ISP/Carriers?
EDIT:
Ok...just clicked around voluum and they don't seem to offer this capability at all.
http://feedback.Voluum.com/forums/23...ampaigns-stats
I think this is a critical feature? I mean...when launching campaigns, I get tons of clicks from the ad network as they go through my links for approval. Plus lots of bot clicks from Russia.
If I have to manually download the stats in Excel and do my own CPC | EPC...that leaves trackers for the sole purpose of ID'ing which ads is converting?
Removing certain data is definitely a great person to have - but at the same time it can be risky (maybe better to obscure/hide all data matching a certain filter).
I wouldn't say it's critical though, and there are plenty of ways around it, e.g.
1. During approval have the clicks redirect to a passthrough offer, then when live later. Then drilldown by offer first when looking at your data so you only look at clicks sent to your live affiliate link(s).
2. Drill down by whatever variables you want to filter out so you can segregate the date. E.g. if there are tonnes of bot clicks from Russia, drill down by Country > Angle > Banner for example so that you look at everything not from Russia.
But yes, it would be much nicer if you could essentially 'cloak' the unwanted/bot traffic and sanitise your data.