Hi,
the issue I have is sort of online marketing / ad server / piggyback related, maybe somebody can give me some input. I need to piggyback a pixel in order to combine a pixel and a tag.
Please note: I got the following from a client and I donβt really know what server side technology they use, so any general help or things I should dig in deeper are appreciated
Pixel A:
<img src=βhttp://pixel.domainA.com/pixel?action=pixel&id=123β width=β1β height=β1β/>
Tag B:
http://domainB.com/view.php?id=123456&ai=&si=%SOME_ADSERVER_PARAMETER%&z=[TIMESTAMP]
Problem 1) (redirect implemented cuts off parameters)
- client has implemented a serverside redirect with parameter β&rβ
The parameter correctly redirects to Tag B, but the tag gets cut off at the & after id=123456 so the additional parameters do not get passed. Encoding Tag B fixes the issue in testing but is not a feasible solution because the ad server macro (%SOME_ADSERVER_PARAMETER%) will not work when encoded.
Is there any way to redirect with preserving the ad server macros as parameters?
Problem 2) (redirect does not work at all)
- using a redirect parameter β&goβ
It does not seem to redirect at all. When I look at liveheaders I only see the following requests:
#request# GET http://domainB.com/view.php?id=123456&ai=&si=%SOME_ADSERVER_PARAMETER%&z=[TIMESTAMP]&go= http://pixel.domainA.com/pixel?action=pixel&id=123
GET /view.php?id=123456&ai=&si=%SOME_ADSERVER_PARAMETER%&z=[TIMESTAMP]&go=%20http://pixel.domainA.com/pixel?action=pixel&id=123
#request# GET http://domainB.com/favicon.ico
Again, I donβt really know how the redirects are implemented on the server side. Can anybody point me out to something I can further investigate?
Thanks!