Adwords tracking pixel in Cake (21)
Was anyone able use Adwords tracking pixel in Cake?
I have copy pasted it into several networks but it does not work.
Google instruction says the following which is obviously not possible with Cake on affiliate network. Was anyone able to get this to work? Any workarounds?
Install your tag
To install, copy the code in the box below and paste it between the <body></body> tags of the page you'd like to track.
From my experience, as an affiliate which cannot change the html code of the offer's "thank you page", the only way to track conversion on Adwords is to manually upload it.
How do you manually track/upload conversions into Adwords?
u can upload conversions into adwords if u collect the gclid. which is google click id. you need to enable auto-tagging for that and collect the value of gclid parameter. however as i see you can not even get adwords conversion pixel to work on cake (no offense), u should forget about manual upload of converted clicks as it is much more technical stuff. i am not very familiar with cake but if your network allows iframe pixels, all you need to do is place the whole adwords conversion pixel code into 3rd party pixel settings in cake interface in your offer.
Thank you king. I have asked about Adwords and Cake in several places but no one ever mentioned gclid.
I have worked with Cake and other trackers for sometime and never had a problem with pixels except for Adwords one.
I have placed Adwords pixel into Cake before but it did not work http://screencloud.net/v/9N6q
I have Auto Tagging enabled on my account and i can handle CSV file uploads etc.
Can you please give a sample of URL syntax for passing gclid into Cake subid2?
I have seen/used different versions depending on source
&s2={subid:}
&s2=#s2#
for manual uploads please check here: https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/2998031?hl=en
you have to be able to declare your own parameter of "gclid" and collect the value of it before uploading to adwords. you can not use s1,s2 etc.
about javascript pixel, i have no idea about cake, maybe somebody with experience in cake can chime in here and help you.
Based on above and since I am using Cake software for tracking. The gclid value needs to end up in one of the Cake's subid 1-5 fields where i can then take the ones that have converted and upload into Adwords.
What has worked so far with other traffic sources was to put unique click id similar to gclid using one of the below formats
www.mytracker.com/s1=test&s2={cid:}
www.mytracker.com/s1=test&s2=#uniqueclid#
I am trying to find if there is syntax which will actually make above work with Adwords gclid?
Was anyone able to pass Gclid to Cake subid fields?
Originally Posted by ericnyc
You add gclid in your tracker as custom parameter and then enable tag every visitor in adwords settings. This way theyll append gclid at the end of each url a visitor clicks and then if theres a conversion u can grab the gclid id from tracker and upload manually to adwords.
What Attila explained works for us.
Problem is its Cake software of an offer i am running direct. Since its Google i would prefer not to send it to my domain/tracker and then redirect.
Would something like below work
https://support.google.com/adwords/a...9?hl=en#params
Set your tracking template to http://www.3rdpartytracker.com/rd?keyword={_mykwid}&ad={creative}&url={lpurl}&s5={gclid}
Originally Posted by ericnyc
if you set your tracking template as http://www.3rdpartytracker.com/rd?keyword={_mykwid}&ad={creative}&url={lpurl}&s5= {gclid}
you will see this in your tracker : http://www.3rdpartytracker.com/rd?keyword={_mykwid}&ad={creative}&url={lpurl}&s5= {gclid}&gclid=a9sdhsa9dhsa9dh9ashd
Originally Posted by theking
but thank you for your help.
Do you know if prosper202 can handle custom parameters like you described above?
Originally Posted by ericnyc
http://prosper.tracking202.com/blog/...prosper202-pro
Also Pro has native support for gclid and all the utm variables. So if you put [[gclid]] in your tracking link it will pass it on
http://prosper.tracking202.com/blog/...prosper202-pro (see item 2)
Originally Posted by Mr Baffoe
Thank you thats good to know. However, i am not seeing item 2 only below
"New: Support for google gclid and utm variables, track the same data as google analytics and also enables offline conversion tracking for mobile and more. "
What is the syntax i need to use in URL to pass gclid to Cake and store it in subid3?
Also, can Prosper execute Google tracking script and send conversions back to Adwords?
If yes, how can i pass different conversion $ amount/payout on the same offer?
I am using CSV files to load gclid into Adwords.
As part of the CSV file i have to sepcify date and time. If i just take date time from Cake i believe this will be the date time of the conversion.
For day parting purposes it is better for the conversion to be associated with the date time the ad was clicked.
Do you know if click happened yesterday but i will load conversion with today's date time, will Adwords track it as yesterday's or todays?
the date and time in csv should be the conversion date&time that u take from cake. it is not about when u upload the csv, so yes G will suppose the date&time you submit is the conversion date. however most probably your G account and cake account is not in the same timezone so good luck making adjustments&figuring this out. if i were you i would not pay attention to that much detail. you will understand what i mean when u have XXX or XXXX conversion everyday to submit manually.
Great thread. I've had problems with adwords & cake as well and the only work around I can think of it so use a tracker in between adwrods & cake.
Originally Posted by revolution
Originally Posted by theking
The only reason i care about this is to be able to use day parting.
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