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Example: Use URL Parameters to Verify Facebook Ads Results

Jon Loomer

Inspired primarily by the negative reporting impact resulting from iOS 14-related changes in 2021, Facebook advertisers are searching for ways to verify and uncover conversion results. One approach is using URL parameters. I wrote a tutorial previously about using Dynamic URL Parameters with your Facebook ads for this purpose.

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How to Use URL Parameters for Facebook Ads Tracking

Jon Loomer

One tool available is URL parameters. While the use of URL parameters shouldn’t replace your Ads Manager reporting, they can provide a backup related to the traffic sent to your website from an ad (or even organically from your page or some other source). Let’s go… What Are URL Parameters?

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Understanding Facebook View-Through Conversions

Jon Loomer

Many Facebook advertisers don’t realize that view-through conversions are a thing. Ads Manager reports on conversions that happen within 7-days of clicking or 1-day of viewing your ad without clicking, by default ( Facebook ads attribution ). In other words, your ad can get credit for a conversion without anyone clicking on it.

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How to use Google Analytics for stronger social media reporting

Sprout Social

Google Analytics (GA) offers solutions to these multi-pronged questions around social media analytics. Read on to find out how Google Analytics for social media helps with stronger reporting. Why use Google Analytics for social media measurement?

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Facebook and the Mystery of Organic Conversions

Jon Loomer

If you want to know how many conversions were driven by an ad, Facebook is very good about helping you uncover that information. Today we’ll talk more about conversions from organic distribution, the ways you can track it, and how it ultimately impacts our actions as marketers. Organic Posts and Conversions.

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The 8 best URL shorteners for engagement and tracking in 2022

Sprout Social

Since the beginning of the World Wide Web, Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) have been one of the primary methods for jumping from one webpage to another. Unfortunately, URLs become long and complex as subdomains, subdirectories and tracking codes are added. As social media grew in popularity, lengthy URLs began to present a problem.

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5 Reasons Why Your Facebook Conversion Numbers Are Wrong

Jon Loomer

One of the most common questions I get from advertisers is regarding the number of conversions that Facebook reports. Let’s take a closer look at the most common explanations for why the reported number of Facebook conversions may appear wrong… 1. Pixel Events and Custom Conversions Set Up Incorrectly.