referrals

Google friendly affiliate code

I'm looking for a way to implement a referral system for my web site. Initially I went with http://mysite.com/?affid=0001 and used the affid in the query string affid value to record referrals. The problem with this is that from some common Google search phrases the link with the affid appears before the standard link in a Google search...

Referrals DB schema

I'm coding a new {monthly|yearly} paid site with the now typical "referral" system: when a new user signs up, they can specify the {username|referral code} of other user (this can be detected automatically if they came through a special URL), which will cause the referrer to earn a percentage of anything the new user pays. Before reinve...

Is a visitor to my website coming from a search engine? What were their search terms?

I'd like to display my page differently for the visitor based on if they came from a search engine or not. I guess I'm detecting search engine referrals? I'd also like to know the search terms used to arrive at my site. My solution so far is this: 1) Filter on the HTTP request referers which contain common search engine URLs, i.e. http...

Getting referral link with asp.NET

How am i supposed to know from which webpage the user came into my website. Is there any way of reading such info with asp.NET? I would like to store that info (referral link) into a cookie for later processing. ...

Are there holes in my super simple referral program (planned)?

I'm planning on writing a referral program for my recent startup. The goal is to entice the current members to recruit new members. Every member of the site will have a referral code and access to materials to help advertise the service. When a new client signs up and pays, using a current member's referral code, the member who made the...

Django: Implementing a referral program

Hello, I have an ecommerce website that works in a classical way: people sign up, buy a product with their CC. It uses the default Django auth system for users and registration and session framework. Now I want to implement a referral system to my system where people can invite other people by giving their referral link (ie mysite.com/...

Referal links - how does it work ?

Could you explain me? Because in stats I can find Refelar links and I am curious. How are they made? Is it placed somewhere in HTTP request? ...

Referral tracking with Google Analytics for Android apps - where to start?

As questioned elsewhere (http://bit.ly/9Wt3zG) but remains unanswered, the Google Analytics for Android README notes: (NOTE: do not start the GoogleAnalyticsTracker in your Application onCreate() method if using referral tracking). Does anyone know why? Is there a particularly good place to do it? Start it in onResume() and simpl...

Referring to files from within single wordpress pages

This question was already asked in the Wordpress support forums (by me) and can be found here: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/423693?replies=1 But since their response time is unbelievably slow, I figured I'd ask it here as well. Hi all, I'm using WordPress 3.0 with a self-designed theme. I have a self-built contact form that I'm ...

Is GoogleAnalyticsTracker.getInstance() required for tracking referrals?

I'm trying to track whether people have found my Android app from an ad, or elsewhere. So I found that google analytics can keep track of that via the carefully constructed url generated by this form: http://code.google.com/mobile/analytics/docs/android/#android-market-tracking which would look something like this: http://market.andro...

Advanced filtering on Google Analytics to grab referrals and convert them to external links

Hi all, I've been segmenting my full referral path to the user defined value using advanced filters. I would like that data, which obvious is the form of an URL to be clickable. Would even be better if it could open in a new window. Anyone knows what I should feed the user defined value to get that behavior? I've put up an image ...