How can I find out which search engines my conversions are coming from?

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ubaidabcd

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Can Google Analystics get this information? I contact support since it's not tracking my conversions at all, he said he wasn't sure and would have to get back to me.

I see that some search engines have an option for "conversions", if traffic clicks your affiliate link it records it as a conversion, but it doesn't actually say if the sale converted or not, is this the closest I can get?
 


There are actually quite a few threads about this already. There is no way for google analytics to track sales (or what someone does after they leave your site) unless you set-up some shit with SID or whatever they're called depending on the network.
 
If you're talking about PPC traffic, I append a lot of my subid's with a search engine designator using php:

Code:
$referer = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
$ref_engine = '0';
 
if(eregi("google",$referer))
{
 $s=explode("?",$referer);
 parse_str($s[1]);
 $ref_engine = '1';
 $keyword= $q;
}
 
if(eregi("yahoo",$referer))
{
 $s=explode("?",$referer);
 parse_str($s[1]);
 $ref_engine = '2';
 $keyword= $p;
}
 
if(eregi("msn",$referer))
{
 $s=explode("?",$referer);
 parse_str($s[1]);
 $ref_engine = '3';
 $keyword= $q;
}
 
$subid = $ref_engine.'-'.$keyword;
 
If you're talking about PPC traffic, I append a lot of my subid's with a search engine designator using php:

Code:
$referer = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
$ref_engine = '0';
 
if(eregi("google",$referer))
{
 $s=explode("?",$referer);
 parse_str($s[1]);
 $ref_engine = '1';
 $keyword= $q;
}
 
if(eregi("yahoo",$referer))
{
 $s=explode("?",$referer);
 parse_str($s[1]);
 $ref_engine = '2';
 $keyword= $p;
}
 
if(eregi("msn",$referer))
{
 $s=explode("?",$referer);
 parse_str($s[1]);
 $ref_engine = '3';
 $keyword= $q;
}
 
$subid = $ref_engine.'-'.$keyword;

Absolutely. Php or various scripts are definatly an answer and is definately worth looking into. DO a quick search to get more inform.
 
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