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I'd be interested in sponsoring DuckDuckGo, but I'd want to make sure I got referrer information. Does anyone know if this is because DDG is using a redirect i
by dotBen 16y ago
I'd be interested in sponsoring DuckDuckGo, but I'd want to make sure I got referrer information.
Does anyone know if this is because DDG is using a redirect in between the link on their site and the advertiser's site, or is it just down to lack of set up on PosterBurner's end?
The ability to track and analyze is critical for a $1000/week spend.
- slig 16y agoI don't get. We don't they use an special query string to identify the origin? Like the utm_ from Analytics.
- daok 16y agoJust use a special landing page like http://yoursite.com/duckduckgo http://yoursite.com/duckduckgo and you just redirect and get your own stats by seing who came to your site from this landing page...
- epi0Bauqu 16y agoI should have thought of this earlier. If you send it through a redirect url (or even better a special DDG landing page), it is certainly traceable.
- scotje 16y agoI believe DDG doesn't set a referrer for privacy reasons.
- stanleydrew 16y agoI think the technical reason is that DDG defaults to search over HTTPS (for privacy reasons), and most browsers won't set the referer HTTP header when moving from HTTPS to HTTP.
- motters 16y agoSurely if users are tracked then this is no longer a privacy respecting search engine.