How to extract information from Google Click ID (gclid)?

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Leo Cavalcante picture Leo Cavalcante · Oct 24, 2013 · Viewed 29.9k times · Source

There is some way to get campaign information like source, name, medium, keyword, etc from the given gclid parameter that came in the query string?

Answer

iluxa picture iluxa · Dec 3, 2013

Take a look at CLICK_PERFORMANCE_REPORT, it has plenty of information about a click, referenced by ClickId. The easiest way to access report data is via AdWords scripts.

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