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Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 10 9:53 am Post subject: Banner ads
Is it possible to track when someone has come to your site as a result of clicking your ds banner ad? I was just wondering how much of a difference having a banner on ds makes, versus just having a regular presence.

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35935
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 10 9:59 am Post subject:
It's something that you would have to have on your own website your end, I think - it comes as standard with many hosting packages, but you often have to activate it.

sean
Downsizer Moderator

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42219
Location: North Devon

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 10 10:00 am Post subject:
It would tell you that people had come from downsizer but I wouldn't have thought that it would tell you where on downsizer. Or would it?

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 10 10:02 am Post subject:
Would that tell me that it came specifically from the banner though, or just the downsizer site? I guess you'd have to have a slightly different url from the banner/profile than general links.

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35935
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 10 10:03 am Post subject:
I'm not sure - certainly on the stats for our old website, we used to be able to drill down to tell where in particular from a particular site people had come. But the banner is a bit different, I think, because it's sort of a floating thingy that appears on different pages. I am sure Jema and Andrew will be along in a minute to tell me I'm spouting rubbish

jema
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 28248
Location: escaped from Swindon

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 10 10:04 am Post subject:
It can do, the referring url does get passed from most browsers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_referrer Can be an invasion of privacy issue of course.

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 10 10:14 am Post subject:
Thanks for that. I was just wondering whether the banners were a worthwhile part of the site, as most orders that I know come trough DS are from established members who have answered a Trading Post or even as a result of an unrelated thread/signature.

alison
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 12918
Location: North Devon

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 10 10:18 am Post subject:
What about having a specific banner for the ds site. Would that be able to be followed then.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35082
Location: Devon

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 10 10:24 am Post subject:
I certainly use the banner ads when I want to order from one of the traders. It's much easier than footling round looking for a post, especially if it's someone who doesn't post too often.

toggle

Joined: 30 Dec 2006
Posts: 11622
Location: truro

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 10 11:17 am Post subject: Re: Banner ads

Rob R wrote:

Is it possible to track when someone has come to your site as a result of clicking your ds banner ad? I was just wondering how much of a difference having a banner on ds makes, versus just having a regular presence.

if you don't have something included in your hosting, then use a 3rd party app like sitemeter.

https://www.sitemeter.com

Barefoot Andrew
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Joined: 21 Mar 2007
Posts: 22780
Location: In the 17th century

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 10 8:54 am Post subject:
As an aside, I sometimes re-key a URL in a new tab specifically to avoid a site knowing from where I have just come (the HTTP referrer mechanism that Jema mentions). A.

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 10 9:07 am Post subject:
Oh really?

Barefoot Andrew
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Joined: 21 Mar 2007
Posts: 22780
Location: In the 17th century

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 10 9:08 am Post subject:
That doesn't sound very good does it? A.

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 10 9:13 am Post subject:
No

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