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Passing variable/parameter forward from landing page to Voluum... (7)

06-03-2017 03:01 PM #1 chris_climbs (Member)
Passing variable/parameter forward from landing page to Voluum...

I've got some landing pages that are full of images (30-50), and I want to track which image is clicked on, so I can then use this feedback into further optimizing my landers, and create new banners around the most popular images.

I see guys doing this in the spy tools, but they all seem to be PHP based and processed in the back end (perhaps to some custom tracking).

Is it possible to pass my own custom query-parameters forward through the Voluum click-URL, to then be tracked in Voluum?

Thanks in advance !

06-03-2017 04:34 PM #2 wiifmdude ()

I don't think Voluum and FF can do any of this. Too bad since you could do so many nice things if you could send user behavioral data to the tracker.

The only tracker I know that can do that is PixelK.

06-03-2017 05:13 PM #3 twinaxe (Senior Moderator)

Quote Originally Posted by wiifmdude View Post
The only tracker I know that can do that is PixelK.
As far as I remember that should also be possible with CPVLab.
There you can set up multiple options campaigns and then give every image an own option and own outgoing link like

Image 1 -> http://yourtrackingurl.com/base2.php?cogid=1
Image 2 -> http://yourtrackingurl.com/base2.php?cogid=2
Image 3 -> http://yourtrackingurl.com/base2.php?cogid=3
Image 4 -> http://yourtrackingurl.com/base2.php?cogid=4
Image 5 -> http://yourtrackingurl.com/base2.php?cogid=5

06-03-2017 06:04 PM #4 priest (Member)

Interested in this too. Must be a way to do it with Voluum. Actually, I can think of a way but it is really messy. Maybe someone knows a better way?

06-04-2017 01:35 AM #5 vortex (Senior Moderator)

Hmm....perhaps clone the same offer lots of times (one time per image), then http://track.Voluum.com/click/1, http://track.voluum.com/click/2, http://track.voluum.com/click/3 etc., a different link for each image?

Messy for sure, though should work.



Amy

06-04-2017 01:14 PM #6 chris_climbs (Member)

Thanks guys, for all your quick responses!!

Quote Originally Posted by vortex View Post
Hmm....perhaps clone the same offer lots of times (one time per image), then http://track.Voluum.com/click/1, http://track.voluum.com/click/2, http://track.voluum.com/click/3 etc., a different link for each image?

Messy for sure, though should work.



Amy

Ooh , I hadn't even thought of that. Hmm man, it would be real messy with 30+ images. maybe worth a try until I can get something else in place. @priest -- I wonder if this is similar to the idea you had??

On at least one of the pages I spied, the guy set up an AJAX GET/POST request that fired on any "a" tag's click event that would send the parameter forward to custom tracking of some sort. This was a pretty good idea, and obfuscated enough it's not so easy to tell what was going on

I would be worried about someone finding this in my lander then just blasting that AJAX request to spray me with bad data -- because whether or not I would do that, it would cross my mind! haha.

06-04-2017 02:04 PM #7 priest (Member)

Quote Originally Posted by chris_climbs View Post
@priest -- I wonder if this is similar to the idea you had??
lol yes exactly what I was thinking. It would get really messy if you wanted to rotate offers.

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