Users of Google Ads are struggling to accurately attribute lead sources for conversions that happen on WhatsApp, citing issues with spam clicks and the need for clunky, manual workarounds.

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        "excerpt": "click id parameter passed through to the whatsapp deep link as a custom message prefix, then match it manually against your ads platform export. clunky but at least gets you some attribution instead of pure guesswork.",
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        "excerpt": "I created a little script that adds a 4 digit ID to the initial message they send. Sometimes people delete of course but it still pops-up on our analytics so that we can match the ID to the visit and then we can match manually with GCLID to clarify if someone is a qualified lead or even if they converted to a sale via whatsapp",
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