Technical documentation
Click tracking and redirects
AdsClickTracker is a transparent third-party click tracker. Every tracking URL shows its destination in plain text and the visitor is always sent to that exact address.
What the service does
AdsClickTracker records advertising clicks (timestamp, country, referrer, device signals and the advertising click identifier) for invalid-traffic detection and campaign reporting, then immediately forwards the visitor to the advertiser's own landing page. No content is served to the visitor and no software is downloaded.
The destination parameter
The next destination is always given in the visible url= parameter of the tracking URL. The tracker redirects to exactly that address. If no destination is supplied, the visitor is sent to https://adsclicktracker.com/. Stored settings never change the destination shown in the URL.
Redirect behaviour
Requests are answered with a single HTTP 302 response and a Location header pointing at the destination. The redirect happens server side, over HTTPS on every tracking domain, with no interstitial page, no JavaScript requirement and no additional redirect hops added by us.
Tracking domains
The following domains are operated by AdsClickTracker and used for click tracking: track.adsclicktracker.com, click.adsclicktracker.com, go.adsclicktracker.com, tracking.adsclicktracker.com, guard.adsclicktracker.com, adsclicktracker.com. All of them support HTTPS and behave identically.
Example link
https://track.adsclicktracker.com/1000000001/?url=https://adsclicktracker.com/ — opening this link records the click and redirects straight to the address shown in the url= parameter. In Google Ads the tracking template is https://track.adsclicktracker.com/<link code>/?url={lpurl}&gclid={gclid}.
Privacy and data handling
Click data is processed only to provide the service and to detect invalid traffic. IP addresses are stored one-way hashed. See the privacy policy for retention periods and data subject rights.