Introduction
A visitors channel and publisher is based on the tracking value in the destination URL. If a tracking value is not found, the platform will look at the referring URL to determine the source of the click.
Mapping Visitor Source Channels
If any of the following strings are found, the click will be marked with the specified channel or publisher. If there is a referring URL, but if it does not match this list, it will be marked as Other.
Channel | Publisher | Search Term |
---|---|---|
Natural Search | AOL | search.aol. |
Natural Search | Ask | .ask. |
Natural Search | Comcast | search.comcast. |
Comparison Shopping | PriceGrabber | .pricegrabber. |
Comparison Shopping | NexTag | .nextag. |
Comparison Shopping | Shopzilla | .shopzilla. |
Comparison Shopping | Become | .become. |
Comparison Shopping | Bizrate | .bizrate. |
Comparison Shopping | YahooShopping | shopping.yahoo. |
Comparison Shopping | AOLShopping | shopping.aol. |
Comparison Shopping | Best-Price | .best-price. |
Social | .facebook. | |
Social | MySpace | .myspace. |
Social | .linkedin. | |
Social | .twitter. | |
Gmail | mail.google. | |
YahooMail | mail.yahoo. | |
LiveMail | mail.live. | |
Natural Search | Google(Organic) | .google. |
Natural Search | Yahoo(Organic) | .yahoo. |
Natural Search | Microsoft(Organic) | .bicrosoft. |
Natural Search | Microsoft(Organic) | .live. |
Local Directory | YellowPages | .yp. |
Local Directory | YellowPages | .yellowpages. |
Local Directory | InternetYellowPages | .internetyellowpages. |
Video | YouTube | .youtube. |
Video | Hulu | .hulu. |
Video | Daily Motion | .dailymoition. |