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How to see the site behind AdWords ad

by junkdna
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I want to check competitor's sites that are behind the AdWords ads, but I do not want to click on their ad links, since that is obviously unethical. Is there a way of reaching the exact landing page to which AdWords ad is pointing, but without clicking onto the link in the ad.
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  • Profile picture of the author KirkMcD
    In IE, right click on the link and choose "Copy Shortcut".
    In FF, right click on the link and choose "Copy Link".
    Paste it into the address bar
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  • Profile picture of the author Lucid
    Kirk's solution will be as if you clicked on their ad.

    There is no way to know the landing page other than clicking the ad.
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    • Profile picture of the author junkdna
      I thought that Kirk's solution was wrong, but wanted to avoid quarreling about it. Even after cutting and pasting that link, you'll be still using a Googl's link, which will register on Google's server as ad click.

      Kind of I want to mass check all the competitors, only once, and see their landing pages. If I start doing that Google is going to punish my IP address or even myself. So I guess only some kind of proxy would do it.
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  • Profile picture of the author tryinhere
    &adurl=

    when you copy the url as mentioned by kirk (in ie) there is a section about half way down

    &adurl=

    if you delete before that you are just left with the destination url which would eliminate the tracking ?

    may be wrong but appears ok on the surface
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    • Profile picture of the author junkdna
      Yeah, I thought of that. Only thing I can not decipher what %XXXX characters meant and where this inner URL ends. But, I agree, that is the way to go.
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