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Need advice dealing with split testing multiple landing pages

by Oconnor1
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Hey Guys,


I have a new site ready to go and we are about to launch a split test for a 2nd landing page. Here's my issue, both my landing pages have prevalent opt-ins but the affiliates I am going to be working with want pages without opt-ins. I plan on duplicating each page without opt-ins for affiliates to use.

My questions are as follows:

1.) I want to keep a level of consistency and so when you enter in our domain name:www.instantappetitecontrol.com you go to the page that is currently up.

If they click through from the ad of one of my affiliates, leave the site and then come back later using the site address they will then be going to my page unless they go through the ad again. The question is, do you know of any way to share cookies throughout the landing pages so my affiliate still gets credit?

2.) My web designer only knows how to split test through complete randomization so it won't go #1 to the 1st page then #2 to the 2nd page it could go 5 in a row to the 2nd page but over a large sample it will split them equally. We also plan on adding in a 3rd landing page to test so I need to know if their is a better way to go about this. Any programs that do this efficiently and allow me to easily switch up the pages I want to test?

3.) To make this easier, I was considering making instantappetitecontrol.net or .biz the affiliate site and .com just for my testing. Any advice on whether or not this is a preferred method?

Thanks in advance for any insight or advice.


- Ryan O'Connor
#advice #dealing #landing #multiple #pages #split
  • Profile picture of the author AndyBeard
    You can add dynamic parts of the page using cookies and PHP

    Affiliate has a parameter
    Set cookie on the parameter on your site, not just with aff network

    Then you get a choice about how you display elements

    You can set multiple cookies

    Long term
    A short term one say 60 minutes for broken sessions
    A pure session cookie

    You can run the same code across all the split tests which will probably also use cookies anyway, so that when someone sees one version of a page, then returns, they see the same version.

    To be honest your affiliates should be more worried about the phone number and email address - you should use a contact form and ifbyphone.

    You might find my WSO also adds a different dimension (even the free info)
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  • Profile picture of the author jaggyjay
    Hi Oconnor,

    Sounds like you may need some custom programming for #1.

    For #2 - I think G's website optimizer actually remembers what LP a visitor landed on; so if visitor visits your site again, they'll get the same page. However, I'm not sure if using the optimizer will allow for a complete harmonious solution.

    For #3 - Testing offers across multiple domains is something I've done. But it appears as if you want to test this way for the convenience of tracking affiliate sales. I don't have much input for this as I haven't done it. However, if that's the case, doing it may make sense if you have one or two super affiliates. Otherwise, it just may get bit crazy to manage. Sorry, if I'm off for #3 here.... but I wasn't sure what exactly you wanted to make easier.

    Best,
    - Jay
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  • Profile picture of the author Oconnor1
    bump please
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  • Profile picture of the author AndyBeard
    Rather than "bumping" it is far better to respond in a meaningful way to people who have already given you some answers.

    How much for instance do you understand about cookies?

    What affiliate solution are you using? It is that primarily that sets the cookies used for the affiliate relationship, and it is quite possible that needs to be configured in some way so a page on your site knows there was an affiliate referral.

    In most situations you only need access to the affiliate information on the landing pages if you are doing dynamic content specifically for affiliates... such as no optin, specific content blocks, specific dynamic tracking variables etc.

    I should also note your upsell process is a little confusing with those yes/no buttons.
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