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Track Your Visitors Outgoing Clicks

The biggest mystery online is traffic. Where does it come from? What times did they show up? What did they find interesting? Most of these question can be answered with Google Analytics, Sitemeter and Statcounter. But there is one question that still eludes us.

What outgoing or 'external link' did they click on? Which Buy Now button attracted more attention? Did they click on my Amazon link?

That's then I realized I had the answer within my own reach. I had recently purchased PHP Link Cloaker and realized it can help me answer all these questions.

It's all about creativity.

Here's what I did. After installing PHP Link Cloaker, I started assigning unique URL's to each link on my "sales page". Here is an example of the links I used (note, these links DO NOT work...they're just examples).

* http://www.google.com/recommends/Demo
* http://www.google.com/recommends/BuyNowTop
* http://www.google.com/recommends/BuyNowBottom

Can you see what I did? I gave each of my "Buy Now" buttons a unique URL. After 7 days or so, I'll be able to tell whether everyone is clicking on the Demo, Top Buy Now button or Bottom Buy Now button. Then you can hone your page accordingly.

Now Take it Even Farther

Let's say your sales page has Associate URL's from Amazon and a few Clickbank products. You'll be able to give each one it's own URL and see which is more popular. Then you can start honing your campaign from there. You'll be able to tell which link is more popular, which gets more clicks and you'll be able to cloak them all at the same time. This will keep your commissions protected and also allow you to easily change them in the near future.

I think you see the value of this product already. Also, it happens to be PHP/MySQL based with a secure, password-protected web admin area right on your own site. Finally, you can install it on all your sites with no restrictions.

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