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Matthew_Firetto
Matthew_Firetto
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May 12, 2017
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Capturing URL Parameters from previous pages on forms

  • May 12, 2017
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I'm trying to capture tracking code data from URLs on forms that are on standalone pages. We are running campaigns with tracked links to a landing page, but when visitors leave the landing page to go to a form, we lose the url paramater data. Is there a way to retain these paramaters for the leads that fill out the forms on other pages?

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Best answer by SanfordWhiteman

Sure, a typical way is to use a cookie-based touch persistence library like Conversion Path.

Note if the form is literally on the *next* page view, you can Autofill hidden fields from Referrer Params (= query params on the Referrer URL). No need for cookies in that case.

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SanfordWhiteman
SanfordWhitemanAccepted solution
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May 12, 2017

Sure, a typical way is to use a cookie-based touch persistence library like Conversion Path.

Note if the form is literally on the *next* page view, you can Autofill hidden fields from Referrer Params (= query params on the Referrer URL). No need for cookies in that case.

Matthew_Firetto
Matthew_FirettoAuthor
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May 12, 2017

I figured using cookies would be the ideal way to collect this info. Thanks for the tip on the referrer param, that's a start at least to collect some data in the meantime.

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