AdSense Referrals: how Google actually tracks the user ??

... the user that has downloaded the program (and installed it) through my referral link; I guess it probably needs to be installed on and launched for the first time from the same computer as it was downloaded, right ??


thanks in advance, tayiper

 

Yes you are right once he,ll download install and run it you will get your money..

 

Yes, but my question was how could possibly Google track that ??


tayiper

 

through the google toolbar that comes with firefox of course

 

i think google put some hash on the file ("firefox"), and add to G's database a relation "hash->adsense publisher" . Then, when the user installs the software, It's sends a request to google server, with that Hash. now you know what happen ...