Hey Debra,

Do you have any type of "linking" plugin installed, such as Link Whisper?

I've used Clickbank for about 15 years now, and although payment is always on time and correct I have noticed over the years that often the hops don't correspond to what other applications are telling me, e.g. Analytics, email software, etc.

However, something that I did notice a few years ago is that once I installed Link Whisper (I use it mainly to find internal link opportunities once a website gets to a few hundred articles), when you perform a link scan it literally goes through all the links on your website.

And I was surprised to see my hop count in the 1000s for that website (when it was usually only about 150-200 hops per day).

But, as I say, even before this I always noticed that the hop count never seemed to correspond with other software, although the only time I saw "ridiculous" levels of hops was when I used Link Whisper.

I also note that you say the "article isn't indexed yet", I'd also check your rankings on Bing. This may not explain a huge amount of hops, but it may explain some if you're indexed and ranked on Bing too.

Partha

Hi Partha,
Thanks so much for the quick reply. When I said not indexed, I mean I mark them No Index. They're not for SEO, just for creating content for Pinterest.

I use Pretty Links. But I've used that for years without a problem.

I probably should just not waste time on this since you've had this happen as well. I wish we could get accurate data from Clickbank, but as long as they're tracking the sales correctly, that's what's important.

Thanks again.
Debra

Hmmmm... it's a difficult one.

But yes, you're right, probably best to move on.

I will say that I've never had an issue with payments, or even using specific tracking IDs, it's just always the hops that cause a slight issues.

Funnily enough, I was just checking a completely separate email campaign this morning. According to email stats, I've had 228 clicks on the links yesterday, when checking Clickbank it says 58 hops, LOL!!

So, now it appears it goes the other way too!!

However, sales are always tracked correctly.

The only other thing you can do (although a bit of a hassle) is to create a new hoplink (you'll usually find when you click on "promote" to create a hoplink it will be a different one from yesterday, obviously it's still allocated to your "Clickbank nickname", but the actual url will be slightly different).

If it's not too much hassle to replace the links in your article, you could do that.

But overall, don't worry about it. Clickbank is great for payment, some of the other things have clear room for improvement.

Partha