Article Marketing ===>>>Tracking Question

This may help:

http://jamesfraze.com/tutorials/?a
http://jamesfraze.com/tutorials/?b
http://jamesfraze.com/tutorials/?c

The ? at the end says: what is following is an environment variable.
Some scripts use environment variables, but if the page doesn't use an environment variable it is ignored (but still logged)

So in the case above, you could add different looking links outbound and perhaps EZA will track them as different links. On the landing side though, they all point to the same page.

I'm not sure how google and duplicate content goes into effect here, but your incoming logs will show the queries and you can manually track that way.

I'm sorry that I don't have an account on EZA with articles prepared to test this. Hope that helps.

Thaks for providing the link Stangracer, Going through it right now.

If a snippet of code can do the tracking then thats the ideal solution since I want to keep things simple and yes this is my first month with article marketing.

Just a thought, will Google analytics do the job If I put its code on my site?

Welcome to the warrior forum but trust me you won't get far by spamming!

Bhupinder

1. Yes, but no need to link 2x: My website shows you how to lose weight
2. Those were videos I made yesterday for another thread, not related, though if you have feedback on them, I'd appreciate it.

Again, be careful that you don't get duplicate content penalties.

how to lose weight
and
http://www.mysite.com/

Will actually be the same content on your same site, from 2 different links. I am not sure of how that is going to play out.

Here is Stan Gracer's solution form the post he recommends ... I just explain it differently. I think his solution is better than mine:

On EZA:
<a href="http://yoursite.com/landingpage.php?id=1">link 1</a>
<a href="http://yoursite.com/landingpage.php?id=2">link 2</a>

In your Landing (review) page html code at the top you put this code:
<?php $page = $_GET['w']; ?>

Now in your clickbank hop link for the TID you do this:
<a href="http://yourhoplink.com/?tid=<?php echo "$page"; ?>">buy it</a>

Then click bank has reports on the TID that was passed from link X to your buy it button

Good solution Stan

Oh... Here ya go:

You add a variable to your links:
yoursite.com/landingpage.php?w=sq1 (squidoo page 1 for instance)

In your Landing (review) page html code at the top you put this code:

Now in your clickbank hop link for the TID you do this:

yourhoplink.com/?tid=<?php echo "$page"; ?>


You can set it up quickly on a different page and run a test to make sure it works...


Go all the way to the order page and make sure your 'nickname.tid' appears at the botom and you are all set.

Then configure your actual pages once you are confident everything is working and test them all.

There are a few ways to do this with php script, this is just one variation.





You'll need to read the whole thread as we go over if your cloaking your affiliate link and doing in a single landing page or a landing with multiple pages before the cloaked link page.

There is a lot of good information there...

If you have a specific requirement just let me know...

Derek

Bhupinder,

In my WSO I show how to use Prosper202 to track each individual link, whether it is articles or any other link. The cool thing about using Prosper202 is you can cloak your links from the affliate network and provide clean links in your articles.

So as you expand you can use other techniques to drive traffic and continue to track your results. It works in a similiar way to the PHP code.

Prosper202 adds a unique subid to your affiliate link. Then you go into your affiliate network and gather the subid's that converted and update Prosper202. Once you update it provides you the big picture in the software.

But the code I provided above will work for you. You create your links with a different variable per article. Then carry that variable to your landing page, and add it to the affiliate link. Then when you go into clickbank you can look to see what is converting into sales.

It utilizes clickbanks built-in tracking capability.

You simply keep track of which articles are pulling in the sales and tweak your campaign accordingly.

You can go the paid Tracking Software route as well. If you decide to purchase I would recommend Affiliate Prophet, it also tracks a visitors time on page using the AIDA formula and has some other cool features. It will trck each indivdual article as well.

You can do a Google search for ad tracking software and such.

It sounds confusing but it really isn't that bad.

If you have any questions just let me know...


P.S. And since your are doing article marketing with EZA, you might want to follow this post:

Step By Step - How to get the MOST out of an Ezine Article!

It basically is a way to get your ezine articles working harder for you by posting to other article sites.

Pretty slick trick.

Also get some more backlinks as well... It's a win-win.