Ad Trackers - what are your recommendations?

[webcommerce]

Hello All .... I've just been offered the chance to try out the new forum, thanks!

I am looking for the best server based ad tracking software. I am currently using AsRep, which is comprehensive but not really user friendly reporting. I'm looking for something more graphical which has similar capabilities. Currently I have checked out adtrackzplus, dynatracker, and proanalyser. Anyone had experience with any of these? Other recommendations?

:)

[Joel Comm]

AdSense Tracker is the program of choice for the time being. You can pick it up through my link here..

http://www.adsense-secrets.com/adsensetracker.html

Joel

[webcommerce]

Thanks Joel, I'll check out adsense tracker ....

[philg]

While the above url does provide a lot of very good information that I think everyone should have, it should be pointed out that the correct url for Adsense Tracker is:

http://www.AdsenseTracker.com

Phil G

[ukjim]

I use AdsenseTracker and Dynatracker from www.dynatracker.com

Adsense Tracker

Brilliant. Very fast, excellent stats for Adsense Ads, in simple format, which result in giving you lots of info for any web site you own containing Adsense, plus side effect is gives some webstats info even if you don't have basic webstats logging already on a site. And of course tracks your Adsense ads, so you know EXACTLY which ones you're getting ads clicks on. Tells you so much more than your Google Adsense account control panel.

Also the bonuses, like the 3600 top-paying keywords are a good start for learning about this topic. And there's a database of website content articles. Great stuff.

I love it! :D

This is the site I am talking about.....
http://www.adsensegold.com/

but there is also a different product at
http://www.adsensetracker.com/
that doesn't seem to have the bonuses, but is nicer looker interface, and is probably what most people on this forum are referring to.

Confusing!
Anybody got any other comments on these 2 similarly named products? :confused:


DynaTracker

DynaTracker is a general purpose clicks tracker - it does not track Adsense ads.

I think it gives good features and control of links for a very reasonable price compared to some of the big boys in tracking.

If you are confident technically then its good (its fairly simple to set up), but their help/support is a bit flat. Some upgrades have been very slow in coming, their forum is pretty dead, and CJ the author of the program never seems to answer emails.

I've not had any trouble with the scripts myself, but I did make some tweaks to them to prevent SE spiders affecting click stats!!

I think some other people on the Dynatracker forum are not happy, but I've always liked it and got on with it - for the one-off price of $67!

Many tracking scripts are monthly payment or where cheap purchase are very basic. Those with fuller features get more pricey. Dynatracker is well featured at a reasonable price.
This is why I recommend it, but I would contact them about the support issues beforehand if you need hand-holding.

[webcommerce]

Thanks for that ukjim

[AndyBeard]

Is there any reason not to use Adsenselogger.com (http://www.adsenselogger.com) ?

[Mr. Tech]

AdSense Tracker is the program of choice for the time being. You can pick it up through my link here..

http://www.adsense-secrets.com/adsensetracker.html

Joel

Have you used http://www.adsensegold.com/? If yes, what is it like compared to AdsenseTracker?

[ukjim]

In fact I edited my post after you made the previous reply.
I use AdsenseGold which I think is probably less pretty, but is excellent.
It uses PHP/MySQL to store its stats, so in theory you could extract the database tables import into Access and create graphs etc.

I have not used AdsenseTracker (trouble is both products seem to be named the same, which is why its a tad confusing).

Maybe, in short, people should refer to them as ASG or AST ? :rolleyes:

[seowisdom]

Been using Astracker for a long time, and keep a look out for other software. Still the best I think.

[mylinkexchange]

I vote for asrep for great tracking

[jruiseco]

Adsense Tracker is the way to go. The only problem with it is that it does not detect Mozilla browsers right now. According to Jonathan, there is a bug in the Mozilla implementation of javascript. Because of that, the stats do not always agree with Google.

Josen

[ukjim]

Jonathan Ledger's Adsense Tracker (the one Joel Comm recommends, and the one I too use and recommend :) ) is available from
www.AdsenseGold.com

but

Adsense Tracker V3.0 is available from
www.AdsenseTracker.com

They are two different products. Or was one the forerunner of the other?

The bug in Mozilla browsers is something to do with passing referrer information I think. A similar effect occurs when firewall software like Norton Internet Security has the option turned on to prevent referrer information being passed by people browsing your site / clicking your ads. It is not a fault of the Adsense Tracking software.

[Flashni]

Hi folks

The famous ones have been mentioned.

However, have a look at AdSenseLOG (http://www.metalgrass.com/)

The good thing is that they offer a genuine one month FREE trial without taking card details and it only costs $50

No rocket science involved. Just download and you're off

[Ice]

I have been using ASTracker for a long time and I have yet to find one better (plus I don't want to change all the code on my sites). But I was looking at another one that appeared to give you more information in an easier format instead of having to click all the links to get what you want.

Cheers,

Ice

[adsenseguide]

I think it is important to decide what kind of tool you need.

Basically as I see it there are two types of scripts:

1. Stats converters

These scripts display nice stats and graphs based on the data available from your google adsense account.

2. Click trackers

These scripts usually does the same as above, but also provides you with a lot of detailed information on the actual pages you have adsense on. This type of script does offer you much more material to analyse then the first one.

Which type of script you should use depends solely on your needs. But be carefull not winding up with a $100 script that you will "outgrow" in the near future, and also make sure that the developer is going to develop the script - when google changes adsense.

[bloodwrath]

Joel
In your book u recommend
http://www.adsense-secrets.com/adsenselog.html
http://www.asrep.com/
http://www.nix.fr/en/csvadstats.aspx
http://www.biz-directory.org/adsense/
http://www.adsense-secrets.com/tracker.html
http://www.adsensedesktop.com/

these all seem the same or similar
which is the best if i could use that term

[Joel Comm]

Without a doubt, it is AdSense tracker.

www.adsense-secrets.com/tracker.html

Joel

[rowelle]

I'm also looking for a good Adsense tracker script. I've searched Google for Adsense trackers reviews and all of them are positive reviews -- followed by an affiliate link on the page. So, it's hard to choose which tracker to use when everyone's saying that the one they're using is great and you don't know who to believe because they might just be trying to make a sale.

In Joel's teleseminar with Rick Butts, I think it was real smart of Joel to tell the listeners to refer to his eBook for more information on Adsense Trackers and how he didn't want to go into detail in the seminar because his book covers a great deal of it. A real smart way to get affiliate sales. Joel, you're a smart guy. Seriously!

[bloodwrath]

Without a doubt, it is AdSense tracker.

www.adsense-secrets.com/tracker.html

Joel

thanks joel, ill get that one..

[ukjim]

Hi Rowelle,

Right near the start of this thread I had this to say about the tracker that Joel recommends, and gave the url of the actual site, not an affiliate link.

I had researched 3 different trackers independently before making up my mind, and once I had got it, felt it was excellent value for the money. It was the additional bonuses that made my decision.

3600 Top Paying keywords
and
Database of website content articles (almost 12,000 articles covering a wide variety of topics).

Adsense Tracker

Brilliant. Very fast, excellent stats for Adsense Ads, in simple format, which result in giving you lots of info for any web site you own containing Adsense, plus side effect is gives some webstats info even if you don't have basic webstats logging already on a site. And of course tracks your Adsense ads, so you know EXACTLY which ones you're getting ads clicks on. Tells you so much more than your Google Adsense account control panel.

Also the bonuses, like the 3600 top-paying keywords are a good start for learning about this topic. And there's a database of website content articles. Great stuff.

It is the one Joel recommends:
www.adsensegold.com (http://www.adsensegold.com)

You might want to compare it against the other prettier Adsense Tracker at

www.adsensetracker.com (http://www.adsensetracker.com)

Now go use Joel's affiliate link with confidence :)

Jim

[emagine]

I have tried using Adsense URL channels for my 6 sites - and it does not seem to be giving me accurate data. My total aggregate data is much higher than the total of all my URL channels.

Does anybody know anything about Google's URL channels?

Thanks,

Julie

http://www.factsaboutmortgages.com

[hotways]

Hi Julie,

I had that same problem until I realized you are supposed to enter your sites like this, mysite.com and not like this, www.mysite.com. If you enter your sites with www.site.com Google will only give you the channel results from your home page instead of from your whole site.

What's aggravating is that you have to delete your channels listed that way and enter them the shorter way which loses your past data.

All the best,

[tors]

I just bought the Adsense tracker,and I'm very impressed by how much information this software gather.
But as my site now have over 1000 pages,it can take some work to add the tracking code to all the pages.
I guess the work will pay of in the long run.

[ukjim]

tors - is your web site built using a template?
I use Dreamweaver which allows templates to be created and applied to pages. You could put the Adsense Tracker code into a page footer and apply it to all pages.

Also with a template it makes changing Adsense Ad code globally thru your site an absolute doddle.

Jim

[ukjim]

I have had a couple of people PM me for more about Adsense Tracker, so I thought I would add this post.

Its good. I like it.
Its not the prettiest program, but it certainly does the job by giving you all the info you need.
Its also very fast on my server and doesn't seem to affect page download speeds when browsing my web site, and looking at the stats reports is very fast too.

Remember that it requires PHP and MySQL on your web site in order to run. Most ISP's provide this now.
Installation was a breeze.

Just a reminder that this is the program I got from www.AdsenseGold.com
for $97 (I notice the price has gone up to $99.95 now).
[Not to be confused with www.adsensetracker.com which is a different program at $67, but you don't get any bonuses. I don't have any experience of this one so it may be equally as good or better! Anyone out there who might comment on this?]

I find it handy because it also gives additional referrer information for a site of mine which the ISP does not provide any stats for, so effectively Adsense Tracker helps by giving me some stats for that site.

Here is a screenshot:-

http://market.prior-it.co.uk/images/adsense-tracker.gif

Notice that it is giving stats ONLY for the clicks, but there are options to show ALL tracked visits, so giving the bigger picture on visitors who didn't click.

The program has a Maintenance screen which allows you to delete old stats to keep your MySQL database lean and mean.

To backup the database every now and then I do a SQL dump using the free DBTools Manager Professional (http://www.dbtools.com.br/EN/index.php) which I use to backup some other MySQL databases en-masse. Its a very good utility (unrelated to Adsense Tracker).

Now if you like the look of Adsense Tracker and are considering buying it, then please use my affiliate link! ;)
To be fair I think I've earned it now since I've posted several useful replies to this mail thread, and up til now without using my affiliate link, so it would be much appreciated:-
Please Buy Jonathan Leger's Adsense Tracker from www.AdsenseGold.com here! (http://www.adsensegold.com/) (also known as www.related-pages.com (http://www.adsensegold.com/)).

Like I said earlier in the thread, I purchased Jonathan Legers tracker because after checking out Joels recommendations, and reviewing a couple over the space of a few days it seemed the best deal (with good bonuses and documentation) and the clearest/easiest program to use, plus it suited my hosting facilities of PHP+MySQL. I'm not telling you this just because I've got an affiliate link! I am just a bit of a techy and want value for money and the best software because often I find that it is false economy to get something cheap, and later wish you had gone for the more fully featured program in the first place. I have not been disappointed by this tracker.

Hope this helps people.
Jim

[tors]

tors - is your web site built using a template?
I use Dreamweaver which allows templates to be created and applied to pages. You could put the Adsense Tracker code into a page footer and apply it to all pages.

Also with a template it makes changing Adsense Ad code globally thru your site an absolute doddle.

Jim

I use Adobe Golive to build my pages.And I think there is a function that allows me to add the code to all the pages that I have with just a click.
I have to read the instruction to find out.
I'm not using half of the functions of this program.

[team4success]

Hi,

I ordered Adsense Tracker from AdsenseGold in the past but never got it
to show me the right clicks. I tested very much with Jon but the only
result I got from him was that not all clicks can be shown since the tracker
only works with IE browser.

I cannot believe that this is the only problem since I am running adwords
campaigns and get clicks everyday but the tracker doesn't show them.

When Jon tested my added code the click was shown but this was one week
before and since that time I should have more than 30 clicks in my stats
but it shows zero.

Maybe somebody else here has had the same problem and can help me?
At the moment I run adsense logger but I am also not 100% satisfied with it.

Kind regards,

Dirk

[ukjim]

I ordered Adsense Tracker from AdsenseGold in the past but never got it to show me the right clicks. I tested very much with Jon but the only result I got from him was that not all clicks can be shown since the tracker only works with IE browser.

I cannot believe that this is the only problem since I am running adwords
campaigns and get clicks everyday but the tracker doesn't show them.

When Jon tested my added code the click was shown but this was one week
before and since that time I should have more than 30 clicks in my stats
but it shows zero.

Maybe somebody else here has had the same problem and can help me?
At the moment I run adsense logger but I am also not 100% satisfied with it.

Dirk,

Internet Explorer works properly due to sending its Referrer information.

Firefox has something quirky about the way it sends referrer information which is what all trackers rely on, and so some users of Firefox might not register their clicks in your stats.

More importantly though you should consider that many people install Internet Security programs on their computers (eg. Norton Internet Security), and these have privacy options which stop the users browser sending Referrer Information so that web sites and hackers etc can't track the path of the users browsing habits.

This option is often turned on by default when people install their internet security software, or people don't understand the purpose of the option or how it works, and that it doesn't really hurt to have Referrer information sent by their browser. So they leave it turned off.

I think this can account for a large number of "missed" clicks or stats counting.

There is nothing that you or Jon can do about this apart from email everyone in the world to tell them "please let your browser referrer information through". But I don't think thats going to happen really ;)

As I said, this will affect any tracking software.

Jim

[philg]

Not to be confused with www.adsensetracker.com which is a different program at $67, but you don't get any bonuses.
Actually, Adsense Tracker has always included some bonuses, I just don't make a big deal of it on the sales page. I feel that if a program cannot stand on its own merits, then it shouldn't be offered for sale. And if the only reason to pay more for a product is to get a few freebies that are readily available elsewhere, are they really free?

Phil G
www.AdsenseTracker.com

[ukjim]

Hi Phil,

My apologies. I stand corrected.
However I must admit that it was the bonuses that made me purchase Jonathan Legers program rather than yours. They made sense as a complete package. Particularly since I was keen to learn about high-paying keywords. And with the articles made available too, it seemed worth the extra. I would not have known where to get these particular bonuses elsewhere for free.

Maybe also the sales pitch was more informative/convincing?

Just my reflection on why I bought this tracker instead of yours.

Out of interest, any suggestion on why both products are named so similarly (it is confusing), and who was first on the scene? I understand if you would rather not answer.

Kind regards
Jim

[philg]

Out of interest, any suggestion on why both products are named so similarly (it is confusing), and who was first on the scene?

www.AdsenseTracker.info was the first one on the scene and was, for the longest time, the only product given official permission by Google to use their Adsense name in the product name.

I probably could have made a "big stink" about Jon's similar use of the name, but just felt that I didn't want to "be that way". Jon did kindly start referring too his product as Adsense Gold, but I think the generic name "adsense tracker" just stuck.

In the end they are both good products and I didn't see any reason to try to stop the other one from being marketed.

Phil G

[Bentley]

Hi Everyone,
I found this old thread very interesting and thought I'd pose my latest question here.

The forum seemed to be down this morning and I tried entering "Adsense Forum" into Google - it was first on the list, but alas it still seemed to not work. :eek:

Being an Adwords guy myself, I tend to look at the ads, and one of the top ones caught my eye - something to do with Adsense Videos. As it turned out, it was put together by Michael Cheney (Website Marketing Bible) and I found it very informative. He was basically making the recommendation that one purchase the Adsense Gold package (which includes Adsense Tracker).
It does indeed look like a GREAT package.

Based on this thread, I take it everyone who purchased it was happy?
Your expert opinions are greatly appreciated!!
Thanks

Bentley

[ukjim]

Bentley, in response to your question, yes I am still pleased with Adsense Gold's Tracker.

In fact I recently upgraded to the latest V2.0 which has added a number of extra features:-


Simpler Maintenance/Optimisation
Better seperation of AdSense, AdLinks and WebSearch stats reporting
Improved stats searching and filtering options
Search results column sorting
Use Calendar feature for easy date selection
Now caters for Yahoo Publisher Network ads
Now shows the local (real) time the person clicked an ad, rather than the time the server recorded the click.
Improved reporting layout - Shows keywords seperately but next to the referrer detail, making it easier to see what keywords the person used to find your site.
New graphical bar representation of Percentage clickthru per Ad
New ability to download a CSV file of any report for loading into spreadsheet or whatever for further analysis.


These are all useful improvements on what was already a good easy to use piece of software. :D

Jim

[JohnHocking]

I use and really like asRep AdSense Tracking & Reporting Script

I had Adsense Tracker but I like the way you can control the reports in asRep
to really dig into your stats and find out exactly where the traffic came from
that generated the click on the ad.


Key Features of asRep


From one installation, track all of your domains.

Support tracking of 3 (three) regular ad units, 1 (one) AdLink unit, and 2 (two) search boxes per page.

Dedicated click tracking algorithms for MSIE, Mozilla & FireFox (Gecko DOM), and a generic algorithm for other browsers.

Detection of whether an ad unit is displaying an alternate ad or AdSense ads.

Capturing the channels of the ad units and search boxes.

Capturing the formats and colors of the ad units.

Log reports for displaying every detail of an impression, click or search.

Summary reports for a summary of the stats for the day, week, month, year or all time.

Top reports to find out which items are doing better.

Count reports for in depth analysis of the stats for different combinations and time ranges.

Meta-reports to save and re-generate an updated version of a report.

CSV download of the generated reports to import them into other applications

Email reports to receive the updated versions of your favorite reports regularly into your mailbox.

Moving average display of the stats to find the trends.

For the rest of the feature visit
http://www.asrep.com/features.php

John Hocking
http://www.blogging-resources.com