Ok so I included a PHP split testing code on my index.php, so now visitors are being randomly redirected from my index page to either split1.html or split2.html. This way If I can figure out which one of those two are directing more visitors to my thank you page, and after some days I can optimize my landing pages by improving or replacing the least effective one. Until here, everything is clear, but, I use Google Analytics to track traffic data, and I realized this morning that when I go into the traffic info of my Thank you page, and go to traffic sources neither split1.html or split2.html appear as traffic sources, just index.php. Interestingly, when I type www.myaffiliatesite.com/index.php, I actually enter to split1.html or split2.html but in the URL box, this: www.myaffiliatesite.com/index.php still appears, so this is why analytics only shows index.php as a traffic source. So the question is.... How can I solve this? I mean, I need to know how are my visitors entering my thank you page, if either from split2 or split2, but only index.php is appearing so how can I do to see data reflected on my analytics reports, or if analytics is no good or this what can I use?
Are you sure you don't have analytics code on the index.php? Have you tried creating separate profiles and putting different codes on each htmls? The index.php should just be marked as a referer to the htmls and not as the source to the thankyou...
If I add a analytics code to each landing page, will I be able to see how many of the visitors actually clicked through and went to the landing page? Where can I see this info? Thanks
The reason it shows "index.php" instead of the other pages is because that is what you are looking at, index.php. The script randomly chooses either the first or second one, and then that page is loaded IN the index.php file... That is what php is all about.
did not know that but interesting... So how would you solve the problem with tracking the incoming traffic on my thank you page to see whether traffic is coming from split1 or split2 ? Cause all incoming traffic is appearing as from index.php...by the way Im using analytics. thanks
Maybe there is a way to use PHP to track it, depending on which page it loads within the script. I'm sure there is... I just don't know it, lol. It could output the results to something like hits.html or whatever else.