Routing glossary

What a Target Page Means in Campaign Routing

A Target Page is the destination a configured flow chooses for visits that satisfy its intended routing policy.

The Target Page is an outcome, not a signal

The page does not decide whether a visit qualifies; the flow makes that decision before delivery. This separation lets operators investigate classification and page behavior independently when a visitor reaches an unexpected result.

One flow can have controlled variants

Some campaigns divide eligible traffic among several Target Page variants for destination management or measured experiments. Variant weights should be documented and tested so distribution changes are not mistaken for a filter or scoring problem.

Campaign context must survive the handoff

Source labels, click identifiers, and approved query parameters may need to reach the Target Page or a tracker. The parameter contract should state which values pass through, how they are encoded, and which internal fields must never appear in a public URL.

Delivery choices shape the visitor journey

A redirect exposes the destination host, whereas proxy and iframe approaches introduce upstream, cookie, navigation, or framing constraints. Operators should select a mode that the destination supports and test the complete interaction rather than only the first HTML response.

A healthy target needs its own acceptance checks

Validate availability, TLS, mobile layout, forms, navigation, analytics handoffs, and failure behavior directly and through the public flow. Repeat the checks after a domain, page bundle, tracking template, or delivery setting changes.

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