Tracking Vanity URL Visits

yes! i think it is the most common way to add the cid to the final URL after the redirect. this way you have access with DTM to the query string and you can save it in the campaign variable.

Hi - would you recommend putting the cid string in the landing URL? For example, example.com/vanityurl and it directs the traffic to example.com/fullurl?cid=campaign  Does it work this way?

Got it thanks

Hi Vijay, unfortunately the answer to your question is no.

If you're redirecting example.com/vanityurl?cid=campaign to example.com/fullurl, the cid query string is not recorded. Only the landing URL is recorded, so you must therefore have additional measures in place to preserve the query string. You can do this either with server-side logic to append the query string, or store the query string in a cookie to be pulled on the landing page.

Tanmay's links to our docs on redirects provide more information on how to handle them in terms of Adobe Analytics data collection.

Hi Tanmay,

I have a quick question here, if I use "CID" in the vanity URL for example (https://xyz.com/test?cid=test) will be redirect to Original URL (https://xyz.com/test-new). Are you saying that if we create the segment by filter the cid id "test" in visit report will able to see the results of vanity URL hits right?

If "Yes", for your information I have tried that scenario but it is not working for me. Correct me If I am wrongly understand your statement!

Thanks,

Vijay

In addition, you could also create a segment with the logic 'cid equal to xxx' and apply it to the visits report.