How to track click throughs in an a pdf document?

I am working on an online magazine created using Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro. The document is made in Indesign CS4 and converted to a pdf for reading online or downloading. It's important to us to be able to track click throughs to advertisers urls. I've been told by both Adobe tech support and my hosting provider that it can't be done. Is there another product or service which would allow us to do track these click throughs?
Any help is greatly appreciated.

Clicking on a link in a PDF is not different from clicking a link in a browser. In both cases, a URL is launched.
In this URL you can include the parameters your web-server needs in order to record the action.
You can even add an extra parameter to tell you what the source of the click was, another web-page or a PDF.

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Definitely spoken like someone who's been there!
"clintonG"
<[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]...
> Refer the client to MyAffiliateProgram [1]. Your wise to
leave well enough
> alone and let a service provider handle any flack that
may come. You CYA
by
> sending your client e-mail lets them know click fraud
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> never properly advised them of any risk. If the client
responds with the
> contents of the message you sent intact you have
successfully covered that
> part of your anatomy they will go after ;-)
>
> <%= Clinton Gallagher
> NET csgallagher AT metromilwaukee.com
> URL
http://www.metromilwaukee.com/clintongallagher/
>
>
http://www.myaffiliateprogram.com/
>
>
>
> "David" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Thanks Joe and Clinton,
> >
> > Click fraud is something I was concerned about. I'm
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talk
> > with my client and let him know the possible
liabilities involved here.
I
> > was hoping there would be a product I could
purchase that would handle
> > everything easily and smoothly. My client is NOT
computer literate and
he
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you're telling me
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> >
> > Thanks again,
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> >
> >
> > "clintonG"
<[email protected]> wrote in
message
> > news:[email protected]...
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> >> At this point I would never develop this type
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lawyers
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far
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> >>
> >> <%= Clinton Gallagher
> >> NET csgallagher AT metromilwaukee.com
> >> URL
http://www.metromilwaukee.com/clintongallagher/
> >>
> >>
> >> "David" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
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> >> > charge those clients based on the number
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> > R
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want
> > to
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other pertinent data. The
> >> > sites
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hosted through a variety of
> >> > companies on a variety of servers.
> >> >
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don't have a clue how to go
> >> > about this. Is there a product that gives
me this ability?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> >
> >> > David
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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