Perl and conversion rates

How to add conversion tracking to perl script

[pagey_3]

Hi - I have NO experience with Perl, but I have taken over a site that uses it for certain things. When people download a PDF, the 'download' button activates a perl script that sends the relevant information to our sales teams' inboxes, and opens the PDF in a new window. For us, a conversion (from Google adwords) would be someone making a download, so how do I go about adding conversion script in this situation - where do I put it - there's no landing page, just a PDF. Or do I add it to the perl script - if so how? Thank you

[Zipper]

What info do you need to track? and where does this 'download' button reside?

Adwords use a redirect url, which in most cases don't show up as the referer string. So unless you have a query string or a special url for the download page, you won't exactly know whether the user was refered from Adwords. In any case, you will have to track the hits using the Perl script, not anything else.