Pixel Placement

[stadanko101]

What is it? A tracking method?

 

[casidnet]

Yeah it's a way to track users.
IE. your pixel might be a 1x1 iframe that loads www.affilcompany.com/track.php. That reads the cookie and updates the database with whatever it needs to.

 

[stadanko101]

How is that useful? How are you guys using this?

 

[tmoney]

the affiliate companies use it to track your conversions.

 

[Mike]

You can also use it as a sneaky way to set the cookie on someone's machine. For example, if you wanted to redirect them to another site, but not to the actual landing page set forth by the affiliate, use a pixel.

Here's an example:

<iframe border=0 frameborder=0 framespacing=0 height=1 width=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0 noResize scrolling=no src="http://your-affiliate-link.tld/?sub=annie" vspale=0></iframe>


<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
setTimeout("window.location = 'http://www.true.com/profile/view_profile.htm?uid=16200972&p=b&idx=29&score=-1&linkid=29&Search_Guid=f58a58b4-80b1-4c0f-9dce-7e58612513cf'", 3000);
//-->
</script>

What this does is set the cookie for the True.com offer, but allows you to redirect someone to your real *wink wink* profile.

 

[zorus]

also in adwords you can generate a pixel to send to you affiliate manager to know what stuff convert

 

[kingfish]

You can also use it as a sneaky way to set the cookie on someone's machine. For example, if you wanted to redirect them to another site, but not to the actual landing page set forth by the affiliate, use a pixel.

Here's an example:

<iframe border=0 frameborder=0 framespacing=0 height=1 width=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0 noResize scrolling=no src="http://your-affiliate-link.tld/?sub=annie" vspale=0></iframe>


<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
setTimeout("window.location = 'http://www.true.com/profile/view_profile.htm?uid=16200972&p=b&idx=29&score=-1&linkid=29&Search_Guid=f58a58b4-80b1-4c0f-9dce-7e58612513cf'", 3000);
//-->
</script>

What this does is set the cookie for the True.com offer, but allows you to redirect someone to your real *wink wink* profile.

Sneaky sneaky, do the merchants mind if you do that?

 

[wsmith810]

Sneaky sneaky, do the merchants mind if you do that?

What do you think?
Email True and ask them... then post the reply email

 

[stadanko101]

Pixel tracking

I'm still trying to grasp this. If I place a tracking pixel on a page with my affiliate id, it writes a cookie to anyone visiting that page? Even if they don't view the merchants offer?

 

[stadanko101]

Never mind

OK...after a little research, I've got the idea. Sweet!!