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stephenm6392338
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April 18, 2018
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A/B redirect with query string

  • April 18, 2018
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Hi there,


I have two versions of a site

http://site.com/a

http://site.com/b

I want to use Adobe Target to send 50% of traffic that lands on site.com/a to site.com/b ...


However, I want anyone that comes to site.com/a?query=string to stay on site.com/a ... I only want people that land on site.com/a WITHOUT any query string to be considered for redirection.


How can I set this up in Adobe Target?


Thanks!

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    Best answer by LJ_Jones

    To clarify, there is a difference between path and URL.  URL is the full URL including the domain.  So in this case the URL is https://site.com/a.  The path however, does not include the domain. So the path here is just /a.  So it would be incorrect to use path equals http://site.com/a.

    I prefer to use URL because we run Target on more than one domain and I need to specify which domain the test is running on.  Also, I don't find the "equals" evaluator to behave exactly as I would expect it would.  It is very strict and often excludes things I had not intended it to.  So I prefer to use contains.

    I like to be very specific about what traffic I am including and excluding and that is why I wrote it the way I did.  My audience will include everyone who has https://site.com/a in the url, but will exclude those with a ?.  Hope that helps.

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    Rajneesh_Gautam_
    Community Advisor
    Rajneesh_Gautam_Community Advisor
    Community Advisor
    April 18, 2018

    Hi Stephen, you should use Activity Only Audience with either of these conditions:

    1. Path does not equal /a

    2. Page URL does not contain ?

    hope this helps,

    Regards,

    Rajneesh

      LJ_Jones
      LJ_Jones
      Level 3
      April 18, 2018

      Like Rajneesh said.

      Create an audience like this.

        stephenm6392338
        stephenm6392338Author
        Level 2
        April 20, 2018

        Thanks @rajneesh_gautam and @LJ Jones​

        You both give slightly different answers! Would below be correct audience?

        1. Path equals http://site.com/a

        2. Path does not contain http://site.com/a?

        LJ_Jones
        LJ_JonesAccepted solution
        Level 3
        April 20, 2018

        To clarify, there is a difference between path and URL.  URL is the full URL including the domain.  So in this case the URL is https://site.com/a.  The path however, does not include the domain. So the path here is just /a.  So it would be incorrect to use path equals http://site.com/a.

        I prefer to use URL because we run Target on more than one domain and I need to specify which domain the test is running on.  Also, I don't find the "equals" evaluator to behave exactly as I would expect it would.  It is very strict and often excludes things I had not intended it to.  So I prefer to use contains.

        I like to be very specific about what traffic I am including and excluding and that is why I wrote it the way I did.  My audience will include everyone who has https://site.com/a in the url, but will exclude those with a ?.  Hope that helps.

          stephenm6392338
          stephenm6392338Author
          Level 2
          April 20, 2018

          Very helpful thanks for the insight based off your experience!

          I have set it up as per your screenshot and will fine tune it from there if needs be

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