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10-18-2017 08:48 AM #1 jkoskas (Member)
What is &voluumdata=deprecated&eda=deprecated

Hello

I have just noticed recently this appearing after my url "&voluumdata=deprecated&eda=deprecated"

What does it means ?

Thanks

10-18-2017 07:47 PM #2 vortex (Senior Moderator)

Where and when are you noticing that? What kind of link is it?

Amy

10-19-2017 07:06 AM #3 wiifmdude ()

@vortex: it's append at the end of LPs URLs

It's due to some BS on Voluum's side that they found wise to do without notifying anyone, see: https://stmforum.com/forum/showthrea...uum-these-days

They first decided to remove completely the voluumdata parameter, just to discover that it was creating an endless loop with the organic traffic script they've been providing their customer (regression testing anyone ??). Then they decided to use "eda" for a couple days, then somehow the didn't like it so they changed it again.

Basically the only rule that applies right now is : do NOT make any assumption on what Voluum's parameters can be... add you own parameters since they are doing way too much nonsense.

Someone there has really no f*cking clue what is doing, I wonder how no-one did have the idea to say "are you sure we won't break anything on the user's side by removing a parameter we've been sending for years...". Or at the very least "maybe it might be useful to send an email about that change, just in case someone had built some logic on that parameter".

They are also probably not really doing regression testing on the scripts they provide or they would have spotted the endless loop created in their organic traffic handler script when they deleted the voluumdata parameter.

10-19-2017 11:06 AM #4 jkoskas (Member)

Hello All

Just noticed that after clicking on one of my campaigns Urls

&voluumdata=deprecated&eda=deprecated&cep=PA1AMhw4 z5l6Zvg4IcBVeGB9LNsrWya-yBDZX0afLseALIdcJOrEgB5NIwMGVW72mHpW_mUVcquOOx1j-9fC77PLw3CsgSQxVDXjtoPCTWnPc2eLxcgNfqiWDI......... ............................................

so now the Click ID is in the cep ? instead of voluumdata ?
Is it problematic or can the campaigns continue to run without problem ?

Thanks

10-19-2017 04:45 PM #5 wiifmdude ()

Originally Posted by jkoskas

Well unless you or your scripts expected voluumdata to be populated as it was before it shouldn't be an issue.

10-19-2017 05:25 PM #6 voluum (Veteran Member)

The change of parameter appended to landerURL is a part of wider policy implementation to improve security and prevent abuses. We received requests from our Users to change old parameters because some of them are very long and don't work properly on some old browser versions. That is why we made a decision to change "voluumdata" parameter to "cep" (it is, obviously, shorter). "Voluumdata" and "eda" parameters will soon be deprecated, the information about that were added to your lander URLs. We can ensure you that these parameters will still be active for ~1 week (and the initial cookie's lifetime is much shorter).
We apologize for all the confusion it caused for our Users. We would love to mention also, that the organic traffic script example which we recommended to use can be easily modified to work even with 'cep' parameter. You should, however, consider changing the script to be independent of this parameter. You can do so by passing an additional parameter to the landingURL and adjust the script to look for this parameter. I.e. you can add "&unic=1" and modify the script to be based on this "unic" parameter (if the 'unic' parameter isn't present then the visit would be redirected through the campaignURL specified in the script).

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