G Optimizer Split Test Setup & DLGuard

The first problem I ran into when setting up my first G optimizer test had to do with the way I have DLGuard setup. At the advice from Sam at DLGuard, I set the download security software up so that the "thank you" pages are all on the same domain as the DLGuard software itself - this is necessary - and not an issue if you are dealing with one website. My multiple sites that sell products all direct the transactions through a single centralized domain w/ DLguard on it. This works fine.

G optimizer requires, at this point, that the "test" page (the page you are running a/b tests on) & the Conversion page (the page that measures the success of your a/b test) be on the same domain.

In my case, and many others I'm sure, the conversion page was my 'thank you' page for product downloads - on the centralized domain.

How I resolved this: this issue came up just last night as I setup my first Gooogle Optimizer test, so maybe I'll eventually figure out a better way to resolve it. For now, what I did was add some text to the download page (the page itself and the customize area of the DLGuard "box") telling the customer that they NEED TO CLICK HERE after downloading in order to get the password for the eBooks they just downloaded. I normally just gave them the password right there.

That clicks bring them to a "thanks - the password is blah blah" page back on the domain I'm running G Optimizer tests on. So now Im able to use that new page as my Conversion Page in Optimizer. It will be a day or so before the Gooogle optimizer data kicks in so I'll see how that goes.