AutoScan

Overview

AutoScan is a crawler that visits your website as soon as the AnyTrack Tag is detected. It automates the tagging of your product links, enabling accurate tracking. It scans your website and uses AutoTag to tag your product and offer links with click_id and conversion events, ensuring you don't miss any tracking data.

Built for Affiliate Marketers

The AnyTrack Tag automatically tracks outbound click events and tags links with subid parameters for precise conversion tracking.

Shopify and WooCommerce: AutoScan False Negative Errors

If your site runs on Shopify or WooCommerce, you can ignore AutoScan and any errors, as all trackable elements are already mapped.

How It Works

Once your website is fully scanned, all product links supported by our integrations will be automatically tracked via the AnyTrack Tag.

The AnyTrack Tag appends the correct tracking parameter to links, using the --CLICK-ID-- placeholder, which is replaced at runtime by the actual click_id value for the specific visitor triggering the conversion event.

Scanning Your Website

After installing the AnyTrack Tag, AutoScan will crawl your website according to your sitemap.

• If some pages aren't discovered, manually scan a page by going to Property Setting >> Auto Scan and entering the page URL.
  • If the webpage wasn't scanned, click "Scan Page."
  • If the page was already scanned, view the results or choose to Rescan.

Handling Ignored Scan Results

If you've installed security software, add the AnyTrack crawler to your allowlist. Use the crawler name, not the IP address, as we use dynamic IPs.

Crawler Name: AnyTrack-Crawler/1.0

If the crawler is blocked by your hosting or security software, it does not mean that the AnyTrack Tag is not present on the website.

Page Scans Indicator

The Page Scans indicator in the AutoScan tab shows the number of available page scans for the property. This is crucial for affiliate marketers who frequently update links, allowing pages to be rescanned to automatically tag affiliate links. Scans reset monthly, and limits can be increased by upgrading your plan.

Found Element IDs Dropdown

When editing an element in AutoScan, you'll see a list of Selector IDs under the tracked element name. This allows you to change the selector to match other elements.

Why Change the Element Selector?

Element selectors have a property scope. Changing the conversion event for an element on one page applies to all pages with the same selector. To be more specific, change the selector to better match your element.

Types of Element Selectors

1. Link Selector: Matches full or partial links on your website.

   • Examples:
     • trafficker.io/recommends/cj-affiliate-link/
     • https://trafficker.io/recommends/cj-affiliate-link/?utm_source=trafficker

2. Element ID Selector: Matches HTML elements by type and ID.

   • Example: button#add-to-cart matches elements like "Add to Cart."

3. Element Label Selector: Matches HTML elements by type and label.

   • Example: a:"Buy Now" matches elements like "Buy Now."

Note: A link selector can be followed by an element label selector to match elements only on a specific page URL.