how to mask subids?

i noticed that on some sites the sub ids are some randomly generated code...what kind of program can do this? for instance: the url will look like this, http://www.mysite.com/subid=a;lwkj4019pwkaj

thanks for the help

 

why you want this ?

 

incase your are passing keywords as you subid etc... you may what to hide them ... A good programmer can put together a code that will capture the keyword, and input a random number or string so that later, that can be taken from the reports and find out which keywords converted without having to actually pass the keywords.

 

would that involve some sort of database in access or something?

 

I prefer to use a database, but it isn't necessary. If you want to just hash the keyword to create the tracking code no database tracking is required. You can easily recreate a list of hashes from your keywords on any computer to match them up.

 

I just use a single php file that I add offers to as I start new campaigns, no DB.

 

setup an excel sheet or something that keeps track of them, eg 1 = tacos, 2 = nachos, 3 = burritos.

ugh now i'm hungry.

 

that sounds interesting 625 but i don't really understand what you mean...say your php file is test.php and you are promoting offers 1234 and 0001, how would you create a different sub id for each of your keywords for each of your two offers?

pstation - i already do that but i have a lot of kws and i'm not totally satisfied with that way...