Click tracking
Also called: Link tracking, Redirect links
Click tracking replaces each link in an email with a redirect through the sender’s tracking server, which records the click before sending the reader on.
How it affects cold email
Rewritten links point at a domain the reader didn’t expect, which filters notice. Mail security gateways also follow links automatically, so some clicks are machines. Use a custom tracking domain on your own domain if you track at all.
How Inboxed handles it
- Click tracking is off by default and per campaign. When on, links are rewritten through your workspace’s tracking domain; the unsubscribe link is never rewritten. Inboxed recognises the user agents of common security gateways and adds a hidden link that people never see but scanners follow, so machine clicks are counted apart.
Related terms
Sources
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- Email sender guidelines · Google, Gmail Help
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