Is this trackable?

zensiq · #1 (**permalink**) 08-09-2008, 08:57 AM

Page 1
<html>
<head>
<title>Title</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-3259-7">
<META http-equiv="refresh" content="3;URL=http://www.blahblah.com/download/download.html">
</head>

Page 2
<a href="http://www.blahblah.com/install.html"> Click here </a>

Page 3
<html>
<head>
<title>Download file</title>
<META http-equiv="refresh" content="0;URL=http://www.blahblah.com/install2.html">
</head>
</body>
</html>

Page 4
<html>
<head>
<title>Download file</title>
<META http-equiv="refresh" content="0;URL=http://tinyurl.com/blahblah">
</head>
</body>
</html>

So as you can see I sent them to page one, which after 3 seconds did a meta refresh to page 2, on page 2 they click a link which brought them to page 3, on page 3 there was a meta refresh that instantly brought them to page 4, and on page 4 there was another instant meta to bring them to the offer page but first through tinyurl.

I was kicked out of a program today for this--- but I thought it was undetectable... They did not send me any emails saying there was an issue with the blank referrer...

What can I do from here?

Thanks

Dotcomer · #2 (**permalink**) 08-09-2008, 09:03 AM

they probley thought it was odd they coming from tinyurl I would imagine.

zensiq · #3 (**permalink**) 08-09-2008, 09:13 AM

Well I only used that to cover my tracks?... or I could say to keep the companies from knowing my source of traffic right?

Edit// I dont mind setting up a landing page for the company to see, but they just completely dropped me without any fair warning? is this normal?

**catman08** · #4 (**permalink**) 08-09-2008, 10:05 AM

Yes it is trackable! If you want something that is less trackable you need to do it server side with a little of PHP ;-)

zensiq · #5 (**permalink**) 08-09-2008, 09:19 PM

can you direct me to the right direction as to what I can do please

soulchief · #6 (**permalink**) 08-09-2008, 09:25 PM

This is what im using right now.

Page 1 (Sending traffic to):

Code:

<?php
$number_of_days = 7 ;
$date_of_expiry = time() + 60 * 60 * 24 * $number_of_days ;
$ip=$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
setcookie( "visit",$ip, $date_of_expiry );
header( 'Location:http://yoursite.net/index.php' );
?>

Index file

Code:

<?php
if($_COOKIE['visit']){
// Insert code that visitors you sent to the first link will see
}else{
// Insert code that visitors will see if they weren't sent to that link (ie AM checking your site)
}
?>

Not exactly sure if this is what you were looking for, might as well post it though.

zaifulzin · #7 (**permalink**) 08-10-2008, 08:59 PM

the first question from my mind is where you want to used that..if in forum i dont think its working...

Freddie · #8 (**permalink**) 08-31-2008, 08:01 PM

zensiq did they give you a reason as to why they kicked you out?

Were redirects against their TOS or was something else going on?