activating fancybox when visited from google ads

Question

Hi I would like to activate fancybox on my website every time someone comes to my site by clicking on google ads. Fancybox is usualy triggered by clicking on a link.
Is it posible and what would be the best way to do that?
Many thanks, Dino.

You could check via cookie if the referrer site is Google ads or not... then launch fancybox accordingly. Check http://stackoverflow.com/a/2485971/1055987 for more. — JFK, Sep 06 '12 at 00:01

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 05 '12 at 23:18

I don't know the technicalities behind Google ads and what information you get server/browser-wise to indicate that someone has visited your site through Google ads; however, using jQuery and the following code would load fancybox when the page loads.

$(function(){
    $('#my-element').fancybox();
});

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 07 '12 at 23:33

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If your AdWords account is linked to Google Analytics, then you could check for the presence of the gclid parameter.

Alternatively, you could just add a query parameter to the destination URL, then pick it up in your JavaScript.

answered Sep 07 '12 at 23:33

Ewan Heming

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