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Every Platform Grades Its Own Homework : Scott on the ROAS Trap

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The Paid Traffic Truth : Meta's New Customer Conversion Just Jumped 66%

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The Paid Traffic Truth : The New Customer Markup Your Dashboard Hides

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Why Agencies Shouldn't Fear the Numbers

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Your Data Is Being Estimated — And Nobody Told You

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How Meta, Google, and TikTok Changed Your Numbers Without Telling You

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Meta Is Now Charging to Reach Your Customer

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How Link Necklaces Cut Meta nCAC 22% and Nearly Doubled New Customers

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How to Track ChatGPT Ads the Right Way

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Why Your Meta CPA Is Lying to You in 2026

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The Monday Routine That Stops Wasted Ad Spend : The Five Forces Playbook

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How the Optimization Force Improves Campaign Performance

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Apple Link Tracking Protection & Attribution guide

By Scott Desgrosseilliers on Jun 16, 2023, 12:08:08 PM

APPLE'S LINK TRACKING PROTECTION IN 2026: WHAT IT ACTUALLY DID TO ATTRIBUTION (AND WHAT TO DO NOW)


Short version - Apple has spent the last few years quietly stripping the tracking parameters that marketers rely on to know which ads work. It started with iOS 17 in 2023 and iOS 26 escalated it. If your tracking depends on click IDs, a growing share of your Safari and Apple traffic is now going dark but UTMs survive and there are concrete ways to keep your attribution accurate. Here's the real state of play and what to do about it.

Topics: Email Marketing Automatic Link Builder Facebook conversions UTM value UTM UTM values Attribution Health WBRAIDS GCLID
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Two New Wicked Reports Functions Make Your Job Easier

By Scott Desgrosseilliers on Jan 4, 2017, 3:17:54 PM

Wicked Reports has announced two new functions that give our customers greater simplicity, flexibility and ease of use. The CSV Upload feature makes it easy to upload data from multiple sources and the Automatic Link Builder lets you create tracking links from inside Wicked Reports.

Topics: New Feature Announcement Automatic Link Builder CSV Upload Feature
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3 Big Problems With Link Tracking & How to Fix Them for ROI

By Scott Desgrosseilliers on Jul 1, 2016, 4:12:49 PM

Link tracking has been in the news lately because it’s just not working efficiently.

Topics: Automatic Link Builder online ads Link Tracking