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2. Paste it into NotePad
3. Remove all
# symbols
4. Edit "http://www.thenewsite.com" to site you want it to go to.
5. Choose "save as" from save menu of NotePad and save it as "index.htm" or "index.html"
Now you have a page that will redirect a new page or site, to check it you should be able to click on file you have created and it will open your Internet browser, show "please wait" and then load site you have specified.
If you save file in a folder called "new" and then upload it to your web site, then you can use:
http://www.yoursite.com/new for any promotion.
Now you have a clean link than does not show destination web address.
Now we want to take it one step further and know what response we are getting from advertising. Tracking is very important as you need to know what is most effective for your business, saving both money and time.
There are a 2 different ways you can track response:
1. An installed script -This is a special program, installed on your hosting to track both responses and sales.
Example of this type would be:
http://www.adtrackz.com/
This full-featured script comes installed for you and has some excellent features, especially for those who are working with affiliate programs. It has a nice demo so you can see how it runs.
2. Third party services -This provide same process, normally at a monthly cost with no install required
Example of this type would be:
Http://www.Adminder.com
A very known and used tracker with some great tools. Which you can test drive at no cost
http://www.Hits2Links.com
This is a full featured tracker and combined statistics program which also tracks keywords from search engines, actually sales from specific words on PPC search engines. And has a super easy setup program, which can put links in all your pages in minutes.
Using method above you can also track how many visitors on your site click on different link text, creating better conversion from your visitors. You can use as many of redirects as you need, allowing you to compare real numbers.
The Internet being such a vast space, it's important, actually crucial to your success, to know which efforts you are using are bringing best results.
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