I like Bitly because it has a pretty interface and a login for all of the links you create. Conversely, when you delete an object ID, the link tracking service stops maintaining links to the file. For more information about OLE links, see IOleLink. In those cases, you can add the following parameters to your affiliate tracking link for your publisher to provide more data: Source & Affiliate Sub IDs Some of the most commonly used parameters are the traffic source and affiliate sub ID parameters: source aff_sub aff_sub2 aff_sub3 aff_sub4 aff_sub5 These parameters are used to store non-unique session information from the affiliate’s tracking system that they want passed back on conversion.
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