[clkuk.example.com...] and you put that in the destination URL and put the display url as...it www.anothersite.tld then is that ok if the tracking destination link forwards to anothersite.tld or is that what they mean by no redirects?
[edited by: eWhisper at 4:50 am (utc) on April 7, 2006]
[edit reason] Please use example.com for sample links. [/edit]
Once they notice it google will disallow it, edf.xyz.com is seen as a different domain than www.xzy.com.
That hasn't been my experience. I think all they care about is the base domain name. In fact, in some cases they stretch this to include completly different base domains that are under common control.
For example, a popular merchant that has an affiliate program has an additional domain name which is an alias. Their main domain name is <brand>.com. But they have an additional domain name of <brand><product>.com. Google seems to have no problem allowing (affiliate) advertisters to mix and match these. In fact, it seems to be programmed into the system, as this incurs no special review delay.
What Google cares about is that you do not misrepresent ownership/control. They don't want to see the display URL and destination URL going to websites that are not under common control.
[edited by: jtara at 1:19 am (utc) on April 7, 2006]
is that ok if the tracking destination link forwards to <merchant>
That's not a problem.
Look at the display URL.
Look at the URL in the URL bar on the landing page.
Are they the same domain name? If so, no problem.
Redirects are fine, when done for the purpose of tracking. You can use your own or third-party tracking services.
You can't have any intermediate pop-ups or pages that the user has to click on along the way, though.
