I use google adwords to make ads to products on eBay. The urls point to objects I have chosen manually on eBay, based on their unique item ID. This is the syntax I use for the links in google adwords: http://www.qksrv.net/click-MyPID-10368033?loc=http://cgi.benl.ebay.be/ws/eBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26item%3DITEMNUMBER&SID={keyword} Where MyPID = my cj PID ITEMNUMBER = ID of eBay object 10368033 = Link ID given by eBay EditorToolkit & matching in CJ. When I use this syntax & enter it manually in my browser: it works, correct page of the item on eBay. When I make ads in google & click on the ads from the adwords control panel: it works too. Also everything is being tracked correctly in CJ. However, because of ROI = 0 , I clicked manually on my ads in google search results page, there I got a 404 error, the page displayed is http://cgi1.benl.ebay.be/aw-cgi/default Same thing in cj.com , the link ID "10368033" is marked "EDITOR KIT LINK PLEASE DO NOT USE" - When I click on View Destination Page I get the same 404 page: http://cgi1.benl.ebay.be/aw-cgi/default My questions: 1. Why does it work when I use the url in browser, but not in cj & google adwords? 2. Am I using the correct syntax for linking to eBay object based on the object ID? Help is greatly appreciated, I'm struggling with this for a few days already.
I have had to same problem. I have had some that worked and I changed the code by hand for the ones that werent working. I have not been able to pinpoint the problem though.
The code is ok, as it works by entering in the browser. eBay & CJ couldn't help me out. Google team did. Disabling the autolinking for analytics fixed the problem.