# Tracking a link

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tracking-a-link/231057>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [July 1, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tracking-a-link/231057 "2007-07-01T19:44:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Petronella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Petronella](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Petronella)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tracking-a-link/231057/1 "2007-07-01T19:44:34Z")

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I’m looking for a way to track a link, so in the web statistics you can see exactly where a visitor came from. Some way to put tracking information inside the link, similar to when you click on an advertisement, it let the advertiser know that you clicked on it. This is for an email newsletter.