tracking affiliate links using GA code

chef_carol

I have a very special scenario that I like to discuss here. My system is based on Affiliate Link Sharing. There are fixed number of affiliate sharing links (will say, source links). For example: http://example.com/affiliate/company1 http://example.com/affiliate/company5 http://example.com/affiliate/company3 http://example.com/affiliate/company2 http://example.com/affiliate/company4 Now, all of these links redirect to (will say, target link):...

Originally asked by I-M-JM on Stack Exchange (stackoverflow) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

You can redirect to the target with special query parameters: http://www.google.com/support/analyticshelp/bin/answer.py?answer=1033863&topic=1032998 Target must have the GA code installed. UPDATE: If the target does not have the GA code installed, you can try: Make the redirect with javascript in index.php and add the GA code on that page. OR Try this google script for mobile devices that do not support javascript http://code.google.com/intl/es-ES/mobile/analytics/docs/web/ . It's in Google Labs. I have not used so I do not know if it works or if the intended use breaks the terms and conditions of service.

Full answer by josemimg: https://stackoverflow.stackexchange.com/a/6870233 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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