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Capturing activity across third-party website links to enable Exit Target analysis.
Web pages can contain links to third-party websites, and activity across those links can be captured to enable Exit Target analysis, especially in the case that the third-party site is responsible for paying referral fees when such referrals are received. Because the click event is written to the log files of the third-party system by default, modifications need to be made to the link for the click event to be captured locally. The third-party link present within your website must be modified as follows:
<A HREF=”https://www.myserver.com/PageExit.htm?v_eurl=https://www.othersite.com”>
The referenced PageExit.htm file must be created and should be structured to contain the following script:
<html>
<head>
<script>
function getExitURLQuery(variable)
{
var query = window.location.search.substring(1);
var vars = query.split("&");
for (var i=0; i<vars.length; i++)
{
var pair = vars[i].split("=");
if (pair[0] == variable)
{
return pair[1];
}
}
}
</script>
<script>
location.replace(getExitURLQuery("v_eurl"));
</script>
</head>
</html>
By making the request for the PageExit.htm file, the v_eurl value is collected for analysis purposes. Additionally, when PageExit.htm is loaded, it immediately redirects to the specified v_eurl target location.
Data Collected | Explanation | Example |
---|---|---|
v_eurl | Value associated with the v_eurl query string variable. This value represents the target URL of the link present within the HTML page. | v_eurl=www.othersite.com |