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Are there any good recommendations on how to do this? I don't want to put in a lot of JS on my pages to track visitors. Anything simple?
Thanks.
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Just to be clear, I want to determine the ROI on each term, not just the campaign as a whole. Thanks.
No way is 100% accurate but I do it this way:
1) Set up a program on your server that stores the users IP address and the tracking variable(s) passed to the program. The it forwards it to the required address using 'Location:' header. (Also delete old IP logs - say over 6 hours, after that they are completely useless)
2) Change your URL in the PPC campaign to something such as www.x.com/cgi-bin/track?source=GoogleAdWords&word=BlueWidgets&address=bluewidgets.html
3) On your shopping cart, check the log file of IP address/tracking data against the users IP address and you have a tracking system.
Not perfect, but - (1) Users don't get a JavaScript error if they are using an unexpected browser, and (2) Users can't block cookies or hit the back button when they see your site wants to set one (and some people do).