Pass http Referer URL to Aweber form

by Kegandrew

Posted: 11 years ago 11 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

How do I pass the Internet browser http referer URL to Aweber?

I've spent several hours looking now with no real answers.

What I am trying to do is track where my visitors are coming from and then pass that data into the Aweber database.

I know that web browsers temporarily save the URL that a user came from. I also know that I can pass a custom variable through an Aweber form.

So let's say that a user comes to my squeeze page from an ezine article. The users web browser who have a referer URL of http://ezinearticles.com/my-article/

Then when that user submits the squeeze form on my squeeze page, The Aweber form will automatically submit the referer URL along with the users name and email.

This way I can easily track my lead sources without having to define each new lead source ahead of time: each lead source tracking would be dynamic.

It seems like this could be done using php or cookies.

Who knows of a way to make this work?

#aweber #form #http #pass #referer #url

ckarling 11 years ago

I don't think it's possible without using a bit of PHP.

What I think you could do to solve this is having a programmer edit your aweber form, and create a hidden input field, then post $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] to an unused database column in your list database.

Don't take my word for it, but I'm pretty sure it can be done. (I haven't been coding in ages, but I seem to remember working on something similar way back when.)

Good luck with it though!
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- Kegandrew 11 years ago
  
  @ckarling, thanks for answering. What you said sounds about right. It's just the details of exactly how to make it work that are still missing.
  
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ozanK 11 years ago

Why dontcha ask Aweber support? Did not they help you out?
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- Kegandrew 11 years ago
  
  @ozank, I did ask, but they haven't replied. I've got a solo ad mailing that is on hold until I get tracking worked out. I just thought I would try and see if another Warrior might have an answer while I was waiting for Aweber to respond.
  
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  Kegandrew 11 years ago
  
  OK. Aweber responded and didn't seem to understand the question. They told me to use Analytics.
  
  I am using analytics and I can go there to see where the visitors are coming from to some degree. But it is more general than anything.
  
  I am looking for a way to attach the url that the visitor came from to the email address that they submit into Aweber using my optin form.
  
  It just seems like it should be possible to do this. If the analytics software can show me the referer url, why can't this be captured as a custom field and submitted to Aweber through the optin process?
  
  So if there is anyone that knows how to do this or has any suggestions for how it might be done, please let us know. I'm sure there are others who would like to know as well.
  
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karlmay1980 11 years ago

You should be able to track this using Google Analytics by seeing where they come from and where they went next from that webpage.
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- Kegandrew 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by karlmay1980
  
  You should be able to track this using Google Analytics by seeing where they come from and where they went next from that webpage.
  
  Thank you. But this still does not attach the referer url to the email address. Using Analytics merely shows you general traffic patterns. I am looking for a way to quickly automate the process of linking the referer url to the email address that is opted in.
  
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Istvan Horvath 11 years ago

Try this: Passing the Referrer in a Form

And aweber knowledge base has an article about hidden fields...
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- Kegandrew 11 years ago
  
  I can't believe it! After doing quite a bit more searching and reading, I found it!
  
  yourop posted on another thread:
  http://www.warriorforum.com/main-internet-marketing-discussion-forum/690696-opt-tracking.html#post7136191
  
  While I removed much of the extra that I don't need, the code is basically the same.
  
  All I did was create a custom (Aweber) field named 'referer' and then inserted this code in the basic (raw HTML version) aweber web form on my index.php page:
  
  <input type="hidden" name="custom referer" value='<?=$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']?>' />
  
  I tested it and it works!
  
  Wow! It just seems like this simple solution is something that should have been much easier to find. I can't believe others aren't asking the same question. Hopefully this will help someone else in the future.
  
  Thanks
  
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- Kegandrew 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath
  
  Try this: Passing the Referrer in a Form
  
  And aweber knowledge base has an article about hidden fields...
  
  Thank you for posting this. If I hadn't already found the solution, I'm sure this would have got me going down the right path.
  
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styl 8 years ago

Here is the link https://help.aweber.com/hc/en-us/art...-Sign-Up-Form-
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