Are redirects traceable?
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Sure, but the free services like that are usually abused and sometimes unreliable. They're also generally header redirects, so they won't serve the purpose of masking the originating traffic source.
georgeb the header php redirects are traceable, do a test one with http://my-i-p.com as the "affiliate" page because my-i-p displays your referer youll see it shows it.
HarveyJ
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affiliate leads aren't tracked by the referrer, they're tracked by the url the visitor is sent to.
kyleirwin's answer is correct. When I tested, safari and firefox passed a referer with meta/javascript redirect (but of the intermediary page instead of originating page) while IE null'd the referer. I made a post on my blag about it, here's the code samples I made:
You an add your tracking code where needed. I've merged this with oooff's tracking script, if anyone wants those let me know.
* NOTE: always test your redirect code in multiple browsers to see how it'll behave and/or if it'll pass referer. Safest way is to redirect from HTTPS -> HTTP like kyleirwin said, but even then in some instances I've had it pass the referer as well (in some 302 tests I ran).
Code:
<?php
// Filename jump.php
// syntax http://www.example.com/jump.php?url=http://myaffiliateurl.com?id=myid
$url = htmlspecialchars($_GET['url']); // clean the url
?>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="3;url=<?php echo $url; ?>"/>
</head>
<body>
<div style="height:300px;line-height:300px;text-align:center">
<a href="<?php echo $url; ?>">Click here to continue</a>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
window.location = "<?php echo $url; ?>"
//-->
</script>
</body>
</html>You an add your tracking code where needed. I've merged this with oooff's tracking script, if anyone wants those let me know.
* NOTE: always test your redirect code in multiple browsers to see how it'll behave and/or if it'll pass referer. Safest way is to redirect from HTTPS -> HTTP like kyleirwin said, but even then in some instances I've had it pass the referer as well (in some 302 tests I ran).
Is it possible to have a redirect somehow take out the affiliate ID and still make the visitor count toward your program or does something like that have to be done in-house from the affiliate network?
I.e. person clicks on mysite.com and mysite.com redirects to moneysite.com/afid=sdfLKJ9280973 but you want them just to see moneysite.com and get paid for whatever they do there.
I'm guessing no, but I don't know shit.. so.. school me!
I.e. person clicks on mysite.com and mysite.com redirects to moneysite.com/afid=sdfLKJ9280973 but you want them just to see moneysite.com and get paid for whatever they do there.
I'm guessing no, but I don't know shit.. so.. school me!
You'd have to do it with a "cookie stuffing" or "hidden iframe" trick. Where you're having the page load where the visitor can't see it and then you put a button (banner) that clicks the the link without your affiliate id.
Also most good companies will eliminate the id for you and after they receive your click they redirect to their home page.
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Also if you want a conclusive answer to the original question just look at how JON does it with WickedFire. He does a simple meta refresh which no one can see. (see my sig or any link in this thread as an example)
Code:
<html><head><meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://www.speedppcplus.net"></head><body></body></html>
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