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funtent
09-02-2004, 07:51 PM
advertisement (user click)--> ads.asp (302 redirect)--> ultimateDestination.asp

Question #1:
If the page that the ad sits on has a PR of whatever, is any of it going to carry ultimately to ultimateDestination.asp? Or is that all lost because of ads.asp's redirect? (Where ads.asp has no spiderable content.)

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More complex question #2:
In assuming there is no "PR carryover" in the above model, should we build a system that attemps to use something like:

ad (user click)--> uD.asp?parameter=value (301 redirect)--> uD.asp

...where we log the hit to the page then redirect it to itself without the querystring so that when/if people refresh the page they don't artificially inflate our tracking numbers?

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Thanks in advance!

unreviewed
09-05-2004, 02:46 PM
I have found that only direct links count. Everything else is either a sever response redirect or a unique ID pattern that doesn't match the intended page, neither will count.

There are methods for tracking clicks on a link within php and asp. Especially using the dotnet framework. In other words, rather than simply having a link fire off a response to a piece of code, use event code that will do the same thing, and allow you to use direct links.