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Posted 4th March 2009 at 03:38 PM by Zale
have figured out how to find out about the multiple clicks.
In Clickbank it provides for each SID the frequency of clicks.
I so I have picked a number of SID codes and tracked them through T202.
Here is are my results:
I wanted to search using the Visitors Tab in T202.
Clickbank had reported over 2000 clicks since there is no way to search or sort in T202 - so I needed to download the CSV file. Unfortunatly only some 1,600 clicks were in the CSV file.
The first frequent click wasn't in the CSV file. First lesson make sure you download the correct SID stuff.
Once I got my act together:
Webcrawler.com is reported as REAL by T202. Clickbank showed 11 clicks, T202 reported 1 click.
Somebody found my ad in the UK with uk.ask.com - interesting since I have told Google Ads only certain cities in the US. Went back and checked my Google Ads locations - Guess what - the GB city was listed. Fixed that!
(Some american/canadian cities are the same as England - gee history hurts)
T202 only flags the first of them. I am not sure why Clickbank found 6 clicks.
T202 only tracks one click per SID.
Once 6 click item was reported by T202 from Mountain View CA (Home of google) but the IP was from Canada using Google.ca as the search engine.
An ask.com search from an ip in Canada reports from Mountain View CA in T202.
Seems there are problems with the reporting from location in T202 - my ip shows up as Toronto, BC, Canada - I am in ON about 3000 miles away. But there are 10 provinces in Canada.
I checked a few other locations...
Its useful to know the T202 is not necessarily reporting locations accurately sometimes. I will assume they report IP addresses correctly.
This is great information - but i am not sure how useful it is at the present time.
Once I launch big time - I may use it to limit my ads to even tighter physical locations - Direct Mail people select on ZIP codes that reflect housing prices, annual income or car ownership for example.
The variation in IP and location reporting could be because IP addresses float, and the addresses I am finding are different than T202 is reporting because my conversion date is different.
In Clickbank it provides for each SID the frequency of clicks.
I so I have picked a number of SID codes and tracked them through T202.
Here is are my results:
I wanted to search using the Visitors Tab in T202.
Clickbank had reported over 2000 clicks since there is no way to search or sort in T202 - so I needed to download the CSV file. Unfortunatly only some 1,600 clicks were in the CSV file.
The first frequent click wasn't in the CSV file. First lesson make sure you download the correct SID stuff.
Once I got my act together:
Webcrawler.com is reported as REAL by T202. Clickbank showed 11 clicks, T202 reported 1 click.
Somebody found my ad in the UK with uk.ask.com - interesting since I have told Google Ads only certain cities in the US. Went back and checked my Google Ads locations - Guess what - the GB city was listed. Fixed that!
(Some american/canadian cities are the same as England - gee history hurts)
T202 only flags the first of them. I am not sure why Clickbank found 6 clicks.
T202 only tracks one click per SID.
Once 6 click item was reported by T202 from Mountain View CA (Home of google) but the IP was from Canada using Google.ca as the search engine.
An ask.com search from an ip in Canada reports from Mountain View CA in T202.
Seems there are problems with the reporting from location in T202 - my ip shows up as Toronto, BC, Canada - I am in ON about 3000 miles away. But there are 10 provinces in Canada.
I checked a few other locations...
Its useful to know the T202 is not necessarily reporting locations accurately sometimes. I will assume they report IP addresses correctly.
This is great information - but i am not sure how useful it is at the present time.
Once I launch big time - I may use it to limit my ads to even tighter physical locations - Direct Mail people select on ZIP codes that reflect housing prices, annual income or car ownership for example.
The variation in IP and location reporting could be because IP addresses float, and the addresses I am finding are different than T202 is reporting because my conversion date is different.
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