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    • Gamer07
      Gamer07 last edited by

      Hi,

      We're running our own adserver and we use OPENX. The problem is with the iframe invocation type that we have been using to show ads on pages.

      My question is: How can we track the ad clicks that are being showed in the iframe?

      I know the method in Analytics to count outgoing links as pageviews or events but I am not sure how to do this for clicks for OPENX Iframes as they don't even include Google Analytics tracking code inside the iframe.

      any ideas appreciated

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      • Click2Rank
        Click2Rank last edited by

        You may likely need to have the URL the ads link to first go through a tracking page that then automatically passes through to the destination -  it's not the cleanest solution, and would cause a short delay in the user's experience, however its the only way I know of that will allow you to trap the action.

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