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You can make a dummy page for each email link that simply redirects to the correct page with the proper tracking information.
by personjerry 6y ago
You can make a dummy page for each email link that simply redirects to the correct page with the proper tracking information.
- duck 6y agoI think that is exactly what Peter ended up doing for his newsletters.
- petercooper 6y agoWe have a redirect so we can measure traffic in aggregate (we don't track who clicks what) to refine our content over time. But.. I don't believe we get set as the referrer the way we do it (30x redirects). I believe this is why Twitter's t.co redirector DOES use a true "dummy page" as then they get the referral. It's something that might be worth trying though..
- duck 6y agoAh, okay... that makes sense and is a great setup. Did you run into any issues with spam filters when you made that switch?
- petercooper 6y agoNope, it's what Mailchimp, etc., do. All the outgoing links just fly through their server on the same hostname. We do the same with our hostname. I have evidence that Google follows these links though, because if you link to a "bad" site even through a redirector, Google notices and will throw you into spam or say you're phishing, etc :-)
- shostack 6y agoJust about any email platform that does link tracking uses this approach and many can set custom UTMs for you automatically with those tracking redirects.