# Link Tester

Link Tester is to validate the campaign's redirection based on Geo & Devices and prevent traffic from wasting over broken / non-converting links. Identify the common partner networks which are involved in redirection chains.

#### Tools **»** Link Tester

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### Instant Link Test

1. Click on Test Now
2. Place Test URL in the "URL" field
3. Select OS / Device and Country as per Targeting
4. Start Test

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### Test Rules

**Tools » Link Tester » Create Rule**

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**Define Rule Name**

#### Test URL

One can define test rules for Advertiser, Offers, Custom URL

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="150"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Fields</strong> </td><td><strong>Description</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Advertiser</td><td>Rule will be implemented on Live offers of selected Offer </td></tr><tr><td>Offers</td><td>Rule will be implemented on added Offer IDs</td></tr><tr><td>Custom URL</td><td>Rule will be implemented on the added custom link</td></tr></tbody></table>

#### Schedule & Targeting

Schedule and Targeting can be customized from this section

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="150"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Fields</strong></td><td><strong>Description</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Status</td><td>Rule can be Active / Stop from here</td></tr><tr><td>Schedule</td><td>Rule will be Run as per the scheduled time </td></tr><tr><td>Browser</td><td>Targeted Browser can be selected here</td></tr><tr><td>Test Country</td><td>Targeted country can be selected here</td></tr></tbody></table>

#### Health Checks

Conditions can be added for link redirection health.

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="150"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Fields</strong></td><td><strong>Description</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Health Check Thershold</td><td>Number of consecutive successful health checks required before considering an unhealthy target healthy.</td></tr><tr><td>Allowed Redirections</td><td>Number of allowed redirections for the health check. </td></tr><tr><td>Resale Detections</td><td>If Test URL repeats in the redirection chain It can be blocked from here  </td></tr></tbody></table>

#### Options

Validations can be added here for a health check

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="150"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Fields</strong></td><td><strong>Description</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Advertiser AppID / DomainD</td><td>One can specify destination AppID / Domain of redirection chain here</td></tr><tr><td>AppID Match</td><td>One must have to enable this if AppID is added to Options</td></tr><tr><td>Allowed Link HTTP Status (200,302)</td><td>One can specify the allowed link HTTP status of the redirection chain here</td></tr><tr><td>Stop Offer</td><td>If Rule is unhealthy the Offer can be stopped by enabling this</td></tr><tr><td>Minimum 1 Redirect</td><td>Limit for minimum 1 redirection can be enabled from here</td></tr></tbody></table>

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### Test Results

All the result logs regarding the Test Rule will be visible in this section

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="150"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Fields</strong> </td><td><strong>Description</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Time</td><td>Time when the Test Rule is executed</td></tr><tr><td>Offer</td><td>Offer ID of the Offer Added in Test Rule</td></tr><tr><td>Custom/Offer URL </td><td>URL which is used for Test Rule can be custom or Offer URL</td></tr><tr><td>Geo</td><td>Country Targeting used for Test Rule</td></tr><tr><td>Rule Health</td><td>Status of the Test Rule can be Healthy / Unhealthy </td></tr><tr><td>Link Jumps</td><td>Number of redirects to reach Test URL to Destination URL</td></tr><tr><td>HTTP Status</td><td>Status code of the URL after the Test Rule performed </td></tr><tr><td>Final URL</td><td>Destination URL in a chain of redirects </td></tr><tr><td>Offer Stop</td><td>Offer Status will be visible here if the Offer is stopped</td></tr><tr><td>Test Status</td><td>Status of the Test Rule </td></tr></tbody></table>

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### Change Logs

All the logs regarding variations in Test Rule are visible here

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="150"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Fields</strong></td><td><strong>Description</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Time</td><td>Time when variation is held in Test Rule</td></tr><tr><td>Offer</td><td>Offer ID in which the variation took place  </td></tr><tr><td>Health</td><td>Health status after the variation</td></tr><tr><td>Rule Broken x Times</td><td>Number of times when the Test Rule status changes</td></tr><tr><td>Healthy Check Threshold</td><td>Number of rechecks after variation took place in Test Rule</td></tr><tr><td>ChangeLog</td><td>If any action is performed due to the variation will be added here</td></tr></tbody></table>

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Video Tutorial - Link Tester and How to use it

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