Read Google conversion cookie?

Can I access it too?

[pmkpmk]

I use Google AdWords conversion tracking. Given the nature of my widgets, I count submit-forms and newsletter signups as conversions.

Is there any way I can access the Google conversion cookie to see already in the signups if they were initiated by an AdWords-click-visitor or by a "normal" visitor?

[limitup]

No, you can't access other sites' cookies. That would be a massive security risk ...

You can however accomplish what you want with the conversion tracking system google offers you. Read through the docs one more time. Unless I'm not understanding you correctly ...

[pmkpmk]

OK, what I get now are status emails like:

Newsletter signup: [e-mail]

regardless if the user came via a natural search or via an AdWords click. What I want to have are status emails like:

Newsletter signup: [e-mail]
AdWords: yes

in case the user signed up after having clicked on one of our ads.

[limitup]

That's easy enough to do but you have to handle it yourself. Send your Google AdWords traffic to a script that sets a cookie and redirects to your landing page. Then have the other script that processes subscriptions check for that cookie ...