GuideGetting Started
Quick start
Install site tracking and recognize your first paid visit. Last updated 2026-10-05 4 min readJuicyTraffic recognizes paid entries through one site-wide browser probe. Start with your website, then check its channels.
Set up your site
- Sign in and open Sites.
- Select Add site and enter your website URL.
- Open the site's Settings and copy its tracking code.
- Publish the code once in your shared site header so it runs on landing and success pages.
- Select Validate, allow the new tab to open, and wait for Tracking is active.
- Select this site and open Channels.
Recognize paid traffic
Google Ads, Meta Ads and Microsoft Ads are enabled by default. Their landing URLs must retain a supported native marker: gclid, gbraid, wbraid, fbclid or msclkid. A plain utm_source alone does not activate built-in recognition.
For another source, select Enable channel on a template or Add channel. Copy its source parameter into your promotion entry URL, or use Create tracking link. Destination URLs are not saved.
Expected result
A qualified live entry appears in Click events and contributes to its channel's detected count. Direct, organic and unrecognized referral traffic does not start a paid-click record. Validate is a non-credit installation check; it does not prove a real ad URL retains its source information.