{"id":4313,"date":"2021-09-21T11:02:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T11:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adspyglass.com\/blog\/glossary-tracking-code\/"},"modified":"2021-09-28T15:14:27","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T15:14:27","slug":"tracking-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adspyglass.com\/blog\/tracking-code\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracking Code"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>A tracking code is a unique fragment of code that is automatically generated for each webpage. Generally, it is information included in URLs that are used to track the activity of users, namely their actions after clicking on a particular advertisement. Tracking codes of marketing campaigns are most often filled via a query line parameter attached to a URL. 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