The Domains/IPs page allows you to modify your domain and IP address information.

Configured Domains

Do not add or edit configured domains from this page. To setup, edit, or add domain and IP address information, please contact your support representative for assistance. Under Configured Domains, the following information is provided:

• Primary Tracking Domain
• Additional Tracking Domains
• Primary Affiliate Center Domain
• Additional Affiliate Center Domains
• Primary Merchant Center Domain
• Additional Merchant Center Domains
• Point to IP Addresses

Random Domains

The random domain feature allows domains to be passed randomly into creatives and tracking URLs for specific campaigns where a token is used. When the [=randomdomain=] token is used, one of the domains from the random domain list is randomly selected and used.

To use random domains, open Account Settings in LinkTrust. Download a sample of random domain scripts to host on these domains to redirect traffic to the tracking URL or use the Remote Traffic Agent (RTA). Make sure each script is hosted and edited to work with the tracking URL.

In Random Domains, you can do the following:

• Add a Random Domain
• Delete a Current Domain
• Assign an Affiliate to a Specific Domain

Add a Random Domain

To add a domain to your random domains list, do the following:

1. In the Add Domain field, enter the domain.
2. Select Add Domain.

Delete a Current Domain

To delete a domain out of the Current Domains, do the following:

1. In Current Domains, select the domain you wish to delete.
2. Select Delete Selected Domains.

Assign an Affiliate to a Specific Domain

To assign an affiliate to a specific domain, do the following:

1. In the Affiliate field, enter the name of the affiliate.
2. If you do not know the name of the affiliate, search for the affiliate by selecting Browse.
3. In Affiliate Search, enter the name of the affiliate in the Affiliate field or select Search.
4. If you want to include suspended affiliates in your search, mark Include Suspend Affiliates.
5. In the Domain field, enter the domain.
6. Select Add Domain.

The table shows each affiliate and domain association created in your account.

In addition to the enhanced searching feature, you can export custom affiliate domains be selecting Export above the search results table.

Redirect Root Tracking Domain Traffic

A redirect is a process of routing Internet traffic, consumers or affiliates, from one web location to another.

To redirect the root tracking domain traffic, do the following:

1. In the URL to Redirect to field, enter the redirect URL.
2. Select Update Redirect URL.

IP Black/White Lists

The IP Black/White Lists section allows you to control traffic by IP address.

IP Black List

The IP blacklist is an account level IP filter to allow you to block fraudulent activity. The system will drop all traffic which comes from matching blacklisted IPs. An HTTP 403 status code will be returned by the web server no stats will be recorded in LinkTrust.

To create or update your IP black list, do the following:

1. In the IP Address Black List field, enter the IP addresses you wish to block.
Note: Enter each IP address on a separate line.
2. Select Update Lists.

IP White List

The IP White List feature allows you to create a white list of acceptable IP addresses.  This allows you to securely receive AFID and ClickID pixel posts from trusted IPs.

To create or update your IP white list, do the following:

1. In the IP Address White List field, enter the IP addresses you wish to allow.
Note: Enter each IP address on a separate line.
2. Select Update Lists.

Agent Black/Gray Lists

The User Agent Black/Gray Lists section allows you to control traffic by User Agent.

User Agent Black List

The User Agent blacklist is an account level User Agent filter to allow you to block fraudulent activity. The system will drop all traffic which comes from matching blacklisted User Agents. An HTTP 403 status code will be returned by the web server no stats will be recorded in LinkTrust.

To create or update your User Agent black list, do the following:

1. In the User Agent Address Black List field, enter the User Agent you wish to block.
Note: Enter each User Agent address on a separate line.
2. Select Update Lists.

User Agent Gray List

The User Agent Gray List feature allows you to create a gray list of User Agent addresses.  All User Agent traffic click and conversion stats, filtered by the Gray List, will not record in LinkTrust. However, this traffic will to be redirected to the landing page.

To create or update your User Agent gray list, do the following:

1. In the User Agent Address Gray List field, enter the User Agent addresses you wish to filter.
Note: Enter each User Agent address on a separate line.
2. Select Update Lists.

You can filter bot traffic based on based on key words in the consumer's User Agent.  If you identify a key work like "spider" in the offending user agent, you may add the '*' around the key word to the Black or Gray lists.

Here are some examples:

1. *Googlebot*
2. *YahooFeedSeeker*
3. *testbot*
4. *bot.html*
5. *spider*
6. *crawler*
7. *bot*
8. *ASPSeek*
9. *robot*
10. *Feedfetcher*
11. *Findlinks*

For an extensive list of Bots identified, Visit: http://www.botsvsbrowsers.com/category/1/index.html