This week’s tip
Check your ad links every week
Catch broken links before your campaign goes live.
Three steps
- List this week’s ad URLs, one per line, with the campaign name and dates. Remove admin URLs and customers’ personal data first.
- Paste them into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini with the prompt below.
- Open and check the links on the AI checklist yourself before launch. AI drafts; you approve.
Prompt
You are my advertising assistant. Below are the ad links going live this week. Check each one for: 1. URL format: missing https://, extra spaces, line breaks, or duplicates. 2. Tracking parameters: missing or misspelled utm_source, utm_medium, or utm_campaign, or inconsistent capitalization. 3. Page content: if you can open the page, confirm it exists and matches the campaign. If you cannot open it, write “Needs confirmation.” Do not guess. Reply with one line per link: campaign name, result (OK, Problem, or Needs confirmation), issue, and suggested fix. Finish with a list of links I need to open and check myself. If information is missing, write “Needs confirmation.” Do not invent details. Link list: [Paste campaign names, URLs, and campaign dates here]
Check company policies before putting confidential information or customers’ personal data into AI tools.
In the full issue
- A Google Sheet and script to check links every Monday
- Setup steps to email you only when something needs attention
- False positives: bot protection and pages that require sign-in
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