HexaTrack will work even with the Google AdWords changes come up. The only thing that Google will be enforcing now is that the Display URL is the actual Destination URL. Our HopLink URL's will not be affected.
I think you were talking about the display URL matching the destination URL, so when that starts being required, if you're using the hexatrack URL as your destination, then the display URL must also be hexatrack.com...
If you're using your own domain, here's an easy way around the new google requirement without having to create a landing page where someone will have to click to get to the final destination (your affiliate link if it's for an affiliate product).
Just create a page with this code, replacing the hextrack javascript and the final destination URL, and then use your domain as the display URL, and the URL for this page as your destination...
Here's the code I use. I just allows Hexatrack to log the data from Google, then redirects automatically to the final destination page using an HTML meta-redirect in the head of the page. Your display and destination URL will match in your Google campaigns, Hexatrack will still track properly, and your final destination page can be whatever you want it to be.
Amish, in your example, your display URL matches the URL that a visitor finally reaches at the entire end of the process, but it doesn't match the destination URL.
My understanding is that both URLs entered (in the two spots Adwords gives you, display and destination) much match. Are you saying that your display URL just has to match the domain to which the hexatrack tracking URL redirects to?
Google is simply enforcing the rule that you must have the same display URL as your landing page URL. Your destination URL can be anything as long as you end up on the domain you say your going to end up on.
If Google was to make the destination URL and the display URL be the same, there would be no such thing as affiliate marketing anymore!
It's me again with the questions, probably already explained questions. I just wanted to extend the discussion re the above.
If I use my own landing page/squeeze page/opt-in page (whatever you call it) how does that work. With the above example you redirect the person directly to the main affiliate page(selling page). Display URL is www.affiliateurl.com and the landing page therefore the same. But if I use a landing page/squeeze page then if i am correct the display and landing page url is www.mysqueezepage.com???
Hi All, I have very successful adwords campaign that I originally set up using direct linking to the merchants page via a CJ link. Every now and again I would get a 'mini slap' from Google becuase I was using a display url that didn't match the merchants e-commerce page.
I got round this by using iframes and all is cosy.
So because of this, I will have to use bramsmiths redirect page code or is there a way to load the heaxtracker code into my iframe pages?
If you could address this Bram or Amish I would much appreciate it!
But if you're doing direct linking to a merchant's page as an affiliate, and have to show the merchant's landing page as your destination url, doesn't that mean that you'll fall foul of the no duplicated url rules?
Or does just adding the tracking code make it a unique url? (in which case will the ad also look less attractive than one just quoting the merchant url?)
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