💡Bing Ads server to server tracking
Learn how to enable the new bing server to server tracking method so you can track your affiliate conversions directly in your bing campaigns.
Bing Ads (formerly Microsoft adCenter and MSN adCenter) is a service that provides pay per click advertising on both the Bing and Yahoo! search engines. As of June 2015, Bing Ads has 33% market share in the United States. (DataNize - Zoominfo)
Once you integrate AnyTrack with your Bing Ads account, you will be able to fully attribute all conversions to your Bing Ads campaigns, build audiences according to conversion events and measure your exact ROAS.
Bing Postback URL
Good to Know: A Postback URL, also known as a server to server pixel is a kind of URL that enables ad tracking servers to send conversion data to ad platforms without relying on browser loading tracking pixels. You can learn more about postback URLs here.
Bing does not provide a postback URL as their tracking pixel only supports client side tracking loading from the visitor's browser.
Instead, they provide a javascript pixel that marketers add to the website. To get over this challenge, AnyTrack has fully integrated the Bing Tracking Methodologies so you can send conversions from any conversion sources directly to the Microsoft Ads tracking server.
▶ How to track affiliate conversions in Bing (Tutorial).
Retargeting audiences are being filled from all traffic tracked through your property, not only the traffic originating from your Bing campaigns.
Prerequisites:
You need a Microsoft Advertising ad account (open one here).
You need the Universal Event Tracking (UET) tag on your site.
You need an AnyTrack account with a Personal or Advanced subscription.
In AnyTrack: Connect Bing
Navigate to the Tracking Pixels screen and connect with Bing.
Add the UET Tag ID
Enable Server-Side events
Map the AnyTrack events to the conversion Events you want to see in Bing (useful if you already track some events).
Save
In Bing Ads: Create your conversion goals
Navigate to the Conversion Tracking tab > Conversion Goals
Create a conversion Goal
Add a Name, select Event, and click Next
Now follow the steps in the illustration
Custom Event: Copy / Paste the Event Name from AnyTrack to the Action Field in Bing
Goal Category: Select the appropriate category. (see recommendations below).
Scope: Select the Ad account
Revenue Value: Select the option that suits your needs (for Outbound clicks, it's usually 0, but feel free to pick a value).
Count: Select count All conversions (recommended for lead, CompleteRegistration and Purchase since a visitor might trigger several conversions).
Conversion Window: Select the conversion window - (we recommend 90 days in order to get as much value in the campaign). Yet, this setting might not be suitable for every goal or campaign.
Select the Tag you want to associate with this conversion goal.
You do not need to add the custom event tracking code as AnyTrack will load it in the background.
Recommended Conversion Event Mapping
🎯 Goal Category
The Bing Goal Category is recommended only. If you prefer to use different category, feel free to select what best suit your needs.
AnyTrack Events
Bing Events
Bing Goal Category
OutboundClick
OutboundClick
Outbound click
FormSubmit
FormSubmit
Submit lead form
Lead
Lead
Sign - Up
CompleteRegistration
CompleteRegistration
Subscribe
Purchase
Purchase
Purchase
Repeat the same process for each conversion goal.
In Bing: Create your custom audiences
Creating remarketing list is very similar as creating a conversion goal.
Open the Shared Library section > Select Audiences
Create a new remarketing list
Name your remarketing list
Select Custom Events
In Event Action, add the conversion name as it appears in AnyTrack
Bing Account Settings
To guarantee that traffic and conversion data is properly tagged and attributed, there are a couple of settings to go through.
👉 Navigate to your Bing Ads account > Shared Library > Account Level Options
Copy the Tracking template from your AnyTrack account
Paste it in the Tracking template field.
Check the auto-tagging option if it's not already checked.
🏁 Et Voila! You're done.
Note from Microsoft Advertising Site
"Not all metrics are in real time. Clicks and impressions in the last 1 hour, UET conversions in the last 2 hours, and Non-UET conversions (App Install, Offline Conversions) in the last 5 hours might not be included."
-Bing Ads
👉 Now Get started with AnyTrack & Bing Ads integration
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