Track conversions test, still 0%

How to test if conversion page works

[silverbytes]

I need to test a conversion page, since I have still 0% conversions (wasn't traking before) and I see still 0% (inserted the page a week ago).

I want not to click my own ad since I'm having lot of trouble with Adesense (not Adwords) with an alert of click fraud.

However, the point: how do I test my new conversion page, because this far I'm in 0%. That means that page doesn't work or my campaigns are 0% working and all my sales are not coming from Adwords...

[venrooy]

There are other ways of tracking google conversions. You don't necessarily have to use google's conversion code. There's a plethora of tracking software out there that will track just as well if not better than google's tracking code.

[Raymond]

If you are familiar with a scripting language, you can try storing the IP when they first come to your site. Then you can match the IP with the IP that was converted to sales at the end of the day.

This is what I do for my site, it is fairly simple and it works very well. I personally don't use the conversion function adwords provides because I don't feel comfortable letting google knows how much I pay for each ad and how much I make from each ad.

[belege]

You should use ip and a cookie.

[silverbytes]

"If you are familiar with a scripting language"
I'm not that's why I prefer using Google tracking.

And still can't determine those sales since shows 0%...

[venrooy]

Google adwords are different than adsense. You can click on your own adwords ad, because you are paying for it. Maybe AWA will come along and confirm this, but I click on my own adwords ads all the time when I first put one up to test the conversions.

[AdWordsAdvisor]

You can click on your own adwords ad, because you are paying for it. Maybe AWA will come along and confirm this, but I click on my own adwords ads all the time when I first put one up to test the conversions.

Confirmed. You are quite correct venrooy.

And, yes, clicking on your own ad and going through the whole order process all the way through to conversion is a good way to test if conversion tracking is working correctly.

NOTE: If your CPC is set high enough that you are concerned that your own click will be too pricey, you can always lower the Max CPC for an less important keyword, give it an hour or so for the new Max CPC to make it through all the servers, then search on that word to see your ad/click on it to start the process. Don't forget to raise it back up to where you want it afterwards. ;)

AWA

[silverbytes]

I got some conversion but really don't understand what the report means. (I didn't enter a specific value for the conversion since those sales have different prices, I guess the value 1 is assigned by default)

Cost U$ (never mind)
Conversion rate 0,48%
Cost /Conversion U$6,63

What those that mean exactly?
Does that means I spend U$6,63 for every conversion? (no matter how much I get for that conversion?)
And I convert almost 1 time every some 200 clics? (almost a 0,5%)

(Consider I'm translating so perhaps columns have other works in original english, but I'm referring to last 3 columns on right)