Will we need to do anything to use the upgraded URL's for AdWords?

charlie.choc · 2015-04-03 06:54:36

https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/6049217

Matthew · 2015-04-03 08:12:19

Out of context, this makes very little sense to me. There's nothing in our plugins specifically related to AdWords, so I expect that whatever Google is asking you to do, you can implement it using PHPlugins.

charlie.choc · 2015-04-03 21:15:30

From the link I provided (context)

"You're familiar with a destination URL—it's the web address people click to get to your landing page. If you use tracking, you also use the destination URL field for tracking parameters and redirects to third-party tracking services. This upgrade replaces the destination URL field with a final URL field, and creates a new field for tracking management. If you don’t use tracking, you won’t need to change a thing.
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I'm not sure how or if you use destination vs display vs final URL's or if these changes just apply to ads and not 'regular' Google tracking. I guess I'll find out eventually.

Thanks.

Last edited by charlie.choc (2015-04-03 22:04:57)

Matthew · 2015-04-03 23:58:17

That's only context if I had some context to begin with. I use standard URLs to reach web pages, like most people. I don't get into Google's tracking lingo. So destination vs display vs final URLs ... no; just URLs.

charlie.choc · 2015-04-04 00:05:55

Thanks.

Matthew · 2015-04-04 00:14:34

If there's some documentation about how to implement AdWords code into your site, then that would be more helpful. And good chances you can implement such pretty easily using our PHPlugins extensibility API.

charlie.choc · 2015-04-04 04:11:45

There is and I have been using that for a while, but you don't specify what type URL to use just add the Google code to the page you want the ad on. I was curious about the types of URL's generated by the TTG plugins but it sounds like they are standard so no worries.

The code looks like:

where xxxxxx and yyyyy are specific to your account.

Matthew · 2015-04-04 13:44:00

I think Google is just trying to confuse you. There aren't different types of URLs; there are protocols, like http and ftp. Web pages typically run through http or https; TTG plugins use standard http throughout. I think Google is trying to label things in such a way as to better indicate the destination of the URL, but that's really about the page to which the URL points, rather than the URL itself. Frankly, I don't think their writing is very clear on these points, and that's probably because they're making things up, likely in an attempt to make it friendlier to the layman.

charlie.choc · 2015-04-04 19:57:19

Thanks, they succeeded in confusing me. ;-) I think it has more to do on how you track different ad campaigns, which I don't do anyway, but wanted to check.

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#1 2015-04-03 06:54:36

Will we need to do anything to use the upgraded URL's for AdWords?

#2 2015-04-03 08:12:19

Re: Will we need to do anything to use the upgraded URL's for AdWords?

#3 2015-04-03 21:15:30

Re: Will we need to do anything to use the upgraded URL's for AdWords?

#4 2015-04-03 23:58:17

Re: Will we need to do anything to use the upgraded URL's for AdWords?

#5 2015-04-04 00:05:55

Re: Will we need to do anything to use the upgraded URL's for AdWords?

#6 2015-04-04 00:14:34

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#7 2015-04-04 04:11:45

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#8 2015-04-04 13:44:00

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