Manual or automated implementation of linkpulse-tags
There are to main ways of implementing linkpulse-tags (the tags provide the possibility to log a click on a link).Linkpulse-tags provides meta information for the link (the url generating the click), this meta information contains details such as:
- 1. Where on the page was the link located during the click.
- 2. What kind of a link was it. E.g. "Pay here" button, a navigation link or a form submit.
- 3. Information such as screensize, browser type and time used on the page can also be included as information for the click (this applies only for LinkPulse v.3).
- 1. Manual implementation
The process involves prepending each link that will be monitored with a predefined URL. This is the prefered method and many CMS solutions provides templates solution to automate this process (please refer to your CMS documentation for details around template handling).
- 2. Automated implementation
Automatic implementation of linkpulse-tags has the advantage of being easier to implement, but has some drawbacks in regard to correctnes. This is often the prefered method for sites with high level of alteration of the contents and site structure.
Both methods can be mixed within the same page.
Before reading these documents you should have an understanding of the linkpulse-concepts Log Types and Kategorier - konsept
You also might want to have a look at how to categorize your site - see the LinkPulse kategorisering av et nettsted for more details about this.
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