Whether you use only a final URL to define your landing page or a final URL with a tracking template or custom parameters, it’s important to make sure that your ad is leading your potential customers to the right part of your website.
This article explains how to test your landing page and tracking URL.
How it works
When you test your landing page, you’ll receive detailed test results and one of the following messages.
| Message | Campaign type | What it means |
| Landing page has additional parameters | All | The landing page has more parameters than the final URL. |
| Landing page has URL mismatch | All | The landing page domain doesn’t match the final URL domain. |
No eligible ads found |
All | There were no ads in the ad group that could be tested. The ads that can be tested are text ads, image ads and ads from the Ad gallery. These ads must also use upgraded URLs. |
| Final URL mismatch | All | The landing page and final URL don't share the same domain, the URLs in the redirect chain don't begin with your final URL, or your redirects after your final URL don't stay on the same domain. Please check that your URL meets the requirement listed here. |
| Page found | All | A landing page was found. |
| Page not found | All | The landing page was not found (e.g. 404 error). Please check your tracking template, custom parameter(s) or final URL. |
| HTTP redirect in tracking chain | All | The tracking chain has an HTTP URL. |
| JavaScript redirect in tracking chain | All | The tracking chain has a JavaScript redirect. |
| Tracking chain terminates | All | The tracking chain ends before reaching google.com/asnc. |
| Unreachable | All | The landing page couldn't be reached (e.g. because it timed out). Please try again later. |
| Unknown/Tool failure | All | There was an error while testing your landing page. Please try again later. |
| Website domain empty | Dynamic Search Ads | The 'Website domain' field (found in 'Campaign settings') is empty. |
Bear in mind
- This test doesn’t check for Google Ads policies violations. Learn about our policies
- This test doesn't support any form of URL redirects including JavaScript-based redirects.
- This test doesn't catch all parallel tracking errors and you should consult with your click measurement provider for details.
- This test doesn’t work for standard Shopping campaigns with Ad Type: Product ad
Instructions
You can test your landing page at any level of your account.
Before you begin, you may have to add the “Tracking template” column to your table:
- Sign in to your Google Ads account.
- Click on the page menu at the level at which you wish to test your landing page.
- Click the Columns icon
then choose Modify columns.
- Expand the Attributes option and tick “Tracking template”.
- Click Apply.
then choose Modify columns.- Click the Settings page menu.
- Click on the tracking template of the campaign that you wish to test.
- Click Test.
- Click the Ad groups page menu.
- Click the tracking template of the ad group that you wish to test.
- Click Test.
- Click the Ads & extensions menu.
- Mouse over the ad that you want to test and click the pencil
icon.
- Click the arrow in the corner to expand the editing view.
- Click Ad URL options to see more options.
- Click Test.
icon.- Click the Keywords menu.
- Click the tracking template of the keyword that you wish to test.
- Click Test.
