Tracking Keywords while Direct Linking

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by lvcjmac, Aug 22, 2008.

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    OK, newbie question here but I’m hoping someone can help me. I tried searching through the forum but couldn’t seem to find a topic that addresses this. I’m not even sure if I’ve posted this in the proper place, but here goes.

    • I am going to run a PPC campaign on a CPA offer.
    • I want to direct link to the CPA website using a redirect from my own web site.
    • I have researched my keywords, and I have over 200 of them that I wish to track.
    • I’m under the impression that I need to make a separate page to redirect for each keyword in order to track them.

    I was going to use the following to redirect:

    <?
    Header( "HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently" );
    Header( "Location: http://www.affiliatesite.com/subid=XXXX" );
    ?>

    Do I need to manually create 200+ pages using the same formula (ie. Location:http://affiliatelandingpage/subid=XXXX, subid=XXXY, subid=XXXZ) or is there a less time consuming/better way to attack this?
     
    lvcjmac, Aug 22, 2008 IP
  2. lvcjmac

    lvcjmac Peon

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    Any suggestions?
     
    lvcjmac, Aug 22, 2008 IP
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    If the content of the landing page is not relevant to the keywords, your QS will be lower, so you will have to pay extra. If having a redirect for tracking purpose, why don't use UTM code with keywords sources?
     
    victorysl, Aug 22, 2008 IP