{"id":15028,"date":"2026-02-18T15:09:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avelonetwork.com\/?p=15028"},"modified":"2026-02-18T15:24:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:24:47","slug":"link-count-different-to-analytics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avelonetwork.com\/knowledge-base\/affiliate\/troubleshooting\/link-count-different-to-analytics","title":{"rendered":"My link click count is different my own analytics &#8211; why is this?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15028\" class=\"elementor elementor-15028\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c32966 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6c32966\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b042a36 elementor-align-start elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"b042a36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/avelonetwork.com\/knowledge-base\/affiliate#troubleshooting\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Back to Affiliate Troubleshooting<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-608b2f13 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"608b2f13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">My link click count is different my own analytics - why is this?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de557f1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"de557f1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92baee2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"92baee2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why are my link clicks different to other analytics tools?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-183bc95 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"183bc95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Avelon uses click deduplication to stop the same user being reported multiple times within a 24-hour time frame. This means if a user clicks the same link multiple times within a 24-hour period, then a click will only be registered once.<\/p><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/avelonetwork.com\/knowledge-base\/affiliate\/attribution-explained\">first-party cookie<\/a> will still be placed on that users browser, but multiple clicks will not be registered in the dashboard.<\/p><p>There are other reasons for this, including:<\/p><ol><li>Accurate reporting of users, not just clicks<\/li><li>Conversion rate optimisation<\/li><li>Elimination of CPC (cost per click) fraud<\/li><li>Enhanced anti-bot technology<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fa009b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0fa009b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Common link clicks differences<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7bea46 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b7bea46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The most common link click differences are found in other attribution tools such as Google Analytics \/ GA4 (which has its own fundamental issues to tracking users) and Instagram&#8217;s external link tool.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.2px;\">We&#8217;ll outline the issues with each tracking tool below:<\/span><\/p><p><b>Google Analytics \/ GA4:<\/b> Only reports on users when they agree to the cookie consent tool, so your clicks will only be counted inside GA4 if they consent. Avelon uses a redirect \/ ping to our server to count clicks &#8211; so whilst the user can reject cookies \/ tracking, we will still count the click.<\/p><p><b>Instagram&#8217;s external link tool:<\/b> Obviously Zuck(erberg) doesn&#8217;t want you to leave Instagram, so they kick up as much fuss as possible when you click an external link. Warnings that you are leaving the platform are the biggest hurdle for affiliates, but Instagram actually pre-loads the destination and classes it as a click before the user gets to the destination. This means whilst the user may have clicked, they might decide not to continue and then we still count the click.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c5fdd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c5fdd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Where can I see the actual number of clicks?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-732eee0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"732eee0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You can view the actual number of clicks inside My Links. Just go to:<\/p><ol><li>My Links<\/li><li>Click the &#8216;i&#8217; icon next to the link<\/li><\/ol><div>Please be aware that this is <b>all<\/b> link clicks and cannot be reported with custom date ranges. The numbers here will not reflect the numbers you see in the Dashboard for a specific date range.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd7fdbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cd7fdbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15013\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/avelonetwork.com\/knowledge-base\/affiliate\/troubleshooting\/posted-link-no-sales\/attachment\/info\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/avelonetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/info.png?fit=483%2C330&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"483,330\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Link info button on My Links\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Link info button on My Links&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/avelonetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/info.png?fit=483%2C330&amp;ssl=1\" width=\"483\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/avelonetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/info.png?fit=483%2C330&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15013\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/avelonetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/info.png?w=483&amp;ssl=1 483w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/avelonetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/info.png?resize=300%2C205&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" data-attachment-id=\"15013\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/avelonetwork.com\/knowledge-base\/affiliate\/troubleshooting\/posted-link-no-sales\/attachment\/info\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/avelonetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/info.png?fit=483%2C330&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"483,330\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Link info button on My Links\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Link info button on My Links&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/avelonetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/info.png?fit=483%2C330&amp;ssl=1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Link info button on My Links<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-547048d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"547048d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A pop-up will open with all of your link statistics:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d637dfe elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d637dfe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15014\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/avelonetwork.com\/knowledge-base\/affiliate\/troubleshooting\/posted-link-no-sales\/attachment\/screenshot-2026-02-18-at-12-46-18\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/avelonetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-18-at-12.46.18.png?fit=709%2C593&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"709,593\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Link statistics from My Links\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Link statistics from My Links&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/avelonetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-18-at-12.46.18.png?fit=709%2C593&amp;ssl=1\" width=\"709\" height=\"593\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/avelonetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-18-at-12.46.18.png?fit=709%2C593&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15014\" alt=\"Link statistics from My Links\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/avelonetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-18-at-12.46.18.png?w=709&amp;ssl=1 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/avelonetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-18-at-12.46.18.png?resize=300%2C251&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/avelonetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-18-at-12.46.18.png?resize=650%2C544&amp;ssl=1 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" data-attachment-id=\"15014\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/avelonetwork.com\/knowledge-base\/affiliate\/troubleshooting\/posted-link-no-sales\/attachment\/screenshot-2026-02-18-at-12-46-18\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/avelonetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-18-at-12.46.18.png?fit=709%2C593&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"709,593\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Link statistics from My Links\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Link statistics from My Links&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/avelonetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-18-at-12.46.18.png?fit=709%2C593&amp;ssl=1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Link statistics from My Links<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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