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<strong>How can I fire a pixel on a page I can’t modify?</strong><br />
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Let’s take a look at a common example where you can’t insert a pixel on a page because you don’t control that page and you can’t edit it:<br />
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In this example, you have an email Opt-in Page that leads into the Sales Page of an affiliate network. You can edit the Opt-in Page just fine, but you can’t edit the Sales Page to set a pixel in order to record how many people opted-in.<br />
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So how would you set—and fire—a pixel after the Opt-in Page in a case like this?<br />
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It turns out that this problem is easily solvable if you can insert an “intermediate” (or “interstitial”) page right before the page you can’t edit—in this case, the Sales Page:<br />
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This new page wouldn’t do anything but fire the pixel and immediately redirect to the page that you can’t edit. You’ve certainly seen these pages before—they’re usually a blank white page that says something like “Please wait one moment” or “Redirecting in 3 seconds...” or something like that.<br />
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Workable, but not pretty.<br />
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In our FAQ on <strong><a href="/user/faqs.cgi?answer=208">Intermediate Pages</a></strong>, we explain exactly how these pages work, and more importantly we explain how using the Pixel/Code setting of a tracking link is a <em>much</em> better solution.<br />
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You can read about the Pixel/Code solution right here:<br />
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