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How to track a link from my website to an external site

by Scottish
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I have a website with a clickable image that takes you to an external site (I have no access to the external site).
How do I track how many times the image gets clicked?

Thanks guys!
#external #link #site #track #website
  • Profile picture of the author Brandon Tanner
    If you have cPanel, then you can get that info via Awstats (in cPanel, click Web/FTP stats --> Awstats). Or you can use a third party program, like Google Analytics, etc.
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    • Profile picture of the author Scottish
      Where can I find the information on that with Google Analytics? I have it set up for said domain.

      EDIT: I also have Awstats on cPanel but can't see a figure for clicks out of my site
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  • Profile picture of the author varrie29
    You can shorten the URL of the link placed in the image. I use goo.gl to track clicks which also comes with a useful Analytics about the clickers.
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    • Profile picture of the author Scottish
      Originally Posted by varrie29 View Post

      You can shorten the URL of the link placed in the image. I use goo.gl to track clicks which also comes with a useful Analytics about the clickers.
      That was the exact sort of thing I was looking for - thank you!
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      • Profile picture of the author freetutorial
        Do a Simple Php Program to count the clicks and save in a txt file or mysql database. so that you know very correct information
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  • Profile picture of the author zareen khan
    Google Analytics is best for this purpose,
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  • Profile picture of the author jaintechnosoft
    In google analytics, go to sources, you can find the number of clicks on image
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  • Profile picture of the author williamrichard
    You can track the information in Google Analytics.
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  • Profile picture of the author Beatinest
    If it's wordpress you can use pretty links or ninja affiliate or something along those lines. It will show you how many times someone has clicked whatever links you set up.
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  • Profile picture of the author bugtrack
    You can fire javascript function with query string and read query string to store in variable or file. According to me javascript is a best option to track
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