What can HP change on referral tracking to be more effective?
I think if the Referral Tracking were set up with chronological reports, much like the HubViews page, the Tracking would be more effective in indicating what recent changes worked. What other changes do you think could help referral tracking be more effective?
I think there is a difference in what we'd like to see and be able to track and what hubpages sees and is able to track. I am not sure hubpages wants us to be able to see what changes effect which results in terms of referral trackers, page views, etc. I have always wanted to see how many daily views are from hubpages viewers or search engine viewers... per hub... not all lumped together. That would allow me to direct my topic to specific audiences.
While Traffic Sources gives an idea of your source of traffic, whether from google, yahoo, hubpages, facebook, or backlinked URLs. I would like to be able to see these stats on a daily basis, not merely lumped together, as you have expressed as well.
by Robert Loescher 11 years ago
I have been trying to track this down for the last few weeks. Many of my Amazon Ads are using "hubpages-20" as the Amazon ID Tracking code. (My Tracking code is "chef...-20") This all started when HP switched to the new Amazon module. A few things I noticed.1) On some pages it...
by beta1070 17 years ago
Like referrals.1. Why insert an _referralcode into the URL. Couldn't you come up with a dynamic insertion solution? If an insertion was required, what's wrong with appending it at the end of the URL as in ?referrer=xyz? or would that make it too easy for hubbers?2. Why do pages like the Referrals...
by Elsie Nelson 13 years ago
Okay, so a friend of mine is interested in joining HubPages. I told him to please sign up under me. But, I'm so confused about referrals, etc... What's the best way to do this? I've always found this really confusing... In the learning center it says the format should...
by hdy 15 years ago
Hi fellow hubbers,I got confused on this referral tracker. When I created the referral link tracker that allows new members to sign up under my network, I can understand that the sign up column will accumulate when people click my link. But I just got 1 signup on a tracking token I created for...
by Angie Power 11 years ago
How do you use a Referral Tracking Code?After reading the little help window next to my Referral Tracking Code, I am lost and confused. It said to share a Hub and click the link to my tracking code, and enter it in. I tried. I'm not sure that I understand what to do here. Your helpful comments are...
by Junie Rutkevich 8 years ago
Doing Affiliate: Is More Effective in Hubpages or Your Own Site?Hubpages has high statistics in terms of credibility, and I would like to venture on Amazon affiliate. Would it be better to do it in hubpages or does owning your own site? Does anyone here get good gains from doing Amazon affiliate...
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