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title: Smart Deep Links Guide description: Complete guide to Smart Deep Links for app developers and mobile marketers keywords: smart deep links, deep linking, app install attribution, deferred deep linking, Appgain.io tags: [deep linking, attribution, mobile marketing, app install] author: Appgain.io Team date: 2024-01-01

Smart Deep Links Guide

What is a Smart Deep link?

Short links Allows app developers and mobile marketers to create single link that sends user to a certain page inside an app and trace every step in user journey from click , install to recurrent deep link opens with built in detailed analytics.

Features

  • App Install Detection: detects if the user has your app already installed or not , with deferred deep linking the user screen flow will continue to the target screen even if app was just installed .
  • App Install Attribution: Detect each user acquisition channel ,thanks to our SDK matching algorithm you can identify from where you got highest LTV App users
  • App Install Detection/Attribution: for any link based campaign , like traffic campaigns .
  • Location Aware: Detects user's location, device and OS , and log each link click user location ,device and OS and browser and from where he reached (referral).
  • Cross Platform: Works on PC & mobile even if your app is not installed, opposite to standard deep links which works only on mobiles have your app.
  • Customizable for better CTR: weather you want to use custom sub domain (YourName.appgain.io) to domain branding (Yourname.com) .
  • User flow routing: Route user flow to a page inside the app , even if its not installed.
  • Contextual routing: Any routing action can be defined either per platform(ios, android , desktop) or per location.
  • Detailed attribution Analytics:
  • hits PER platform
  • hits growth over time , per day, per hour , per month
  • hits per country
  • hits per browser
  • hits per browser
  • app installs: users that didn't has the app and install it from the smart deep link
  • deep link open: users that already has the app and opened the link
  • app user Id for each user opened the link and install the app
  • refers: from the site the leads to this link
  • Works with /without mobile app
  • Cross platform: work on PC, or mobile
  • Social Media Preview:
  • preview its content on social media share , for better CTR

  • customizable social media appearance

  • Deep Linking Standards Ready:

  • Complaint with iOS Universal Links, Firebase Dynamic Links, Facebook App Links.
  • Easy Online Editor: easy to use UI to create the links and define its primary and fallback actions per platform.
  • Robust Rest API: link creation automation with SDK integration or Rest API
  • URL Shortener format: https://4all.appgain.io/s/bWBee
  • Deferred Deep Links: trace app installs via matching
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