CJ Question...Plz Help Urgently

A Bary · 09-20-2009, 04:31 AM

Hello Warriors..
I started promoting a CJ offer, I used a link cloaking service to hide my affiliate link (forced to do)..I tested the loaked link and it works fine..

However..the statistics from the cloaking service shows today about 50 clicks..
While on CJ performance report, I only got 8 clicks!!

Does anyone know about the reliability of CJ reporting? Maybe it takes sometime to update the status or it shall show up immediately?

What maybe the problem?

Thanks

bertuseng · 09-20-2009, 04:32 AM

I have also experience this before. I think the stats from CJ is not live, so try waiting a while to see if it catches up.

Allyn Hane · 09-20-2009, 08:06 AM

dunno what cloaker you use, but I use one from MaxBlogPress and it NEVER matches anything for some reason. Those things are just not reliable for true stats.

mpruben · 09-20-2009, 08:17 AM

I've used CJ for years and their reporting has always seemed accurate. It's not real-time, delayed about 3 hours I think. Are you sure your cloaking service is accurate? Some of them count "clicks" from bots wheresas CJ doesn't.

Lanadili · 09-20-2009, 09:26 AM

CJ does not have real-time tracking. They are always delayed by about 2 to 4 hours.

Another thing to consider is how your tracking from the cloaked links work. Do they track every single click from the same IP address, or does it count one click from one IP address even though that person might have clicked three times? I know some networks only count one IP address as one click, although I'm not sure if CJ does or not. Just something to consider.

Hope this helps.

Catalyst eMarketing · 09-20-2009, 11:06 AM

mpruben is right. I think it's bot clicks, which CJ filters out. Here it is from CJ.

Quote:

Note: Commission Junction filters out clicks generated by search bots and spiders, helping to improve the overall accuracy of EPC. Many sites, particularly search engines, use search bots to create a copy of all visited pages and then index the downloaded pages to provide faster searches. When search bots index sites, they generate clicks in the Commission Junction system. Since these clicks are not associated with actual users, they do not result in any transactions. Commission Junction filters out these clicks because they can distort EPC and conversion metrics.

09-20-2009, 04:31 AM	#1
A Bary AKA as Goldmind123 :) War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 814 Thanks: 144 Thanked 134 Times in 100 Posts Contact Info	CJ Question...Plz Help Urgently Hello Warriors.. I started promoting a CJ offer, I used a link cloaking service to hide my affiliate link (forced to do)..I tested the loaked link and it works fine.. However..the statistics from the cloaking service shows today about 50 clicks.. While on CJ performance report, I only got 8 clicks!! Does anyone know about the reliability of CJ reporting? Maybe it takes sometime to update the status or it shall show up immediately? What maybe the problem? Thanks

09-20-2009, 04:32 AM	#2
bertuseng Bertus Engelbrecht War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: London Posts: 994 Thanks: 212 Thanked 141 Times in 85 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: CJ Question...Plz Help Urgently I have also experience this before. I think the stats from CJ is not live, so try waiting a while to see if it catches up.
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Allyn Hane Video Beer Blogger Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 68 Thanks: 4 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts Social Networking	Re: CJ Question...Plz Help Urgently dunno what cloaker you use, but I use one from MaxBlogPress and it NEVER matches anything for some reason. Those things are just not reliable for true stats.
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09-20-2009, 08:17 AM	#4
mpruben HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: London, UK. Posts: 143 Thanks: 0 Thanked 23 Times in 14 Posts	Re: CJ Question...Plz Help Urgently I've used CJ for years and their reporting has always seemed accurate. It's not real-time, delayed about 3 hours I think. Are you sure your cloaking service is accurate? Some of them count "clicks" from bots wheresas CJ doesn't.
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09-20-2009, 09:26 AM	#5
Lanadili Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Shreveport, LA Posts: 55 Thanks: 5 Thanked 14 Times in 11 Posts Contact Info	Re: CJ Question...Plz Help Urgently CJ does not have real-time tracking. They are always delayed by about 2 to 4 hours. Another thing to consider is how your tracking from the cloaked links work. Do they track every single click from the same IP address, or does it count one click from one IP address even though that person might have clicked three times? I know some networks only count one IP address as one click, although I'm not sure if CJ does or not. Just something to consider. Hope this helps.