Detect Social Snowball
Social Snowball is an affiliate and referral marketing platform tailored for ecommerce brands.
Detection looks at cookies, javascript globals across 3 fingerprint rules among the site's public responses.
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Websites using Social Snowball
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Signal classes
PluginView evaluates public page signals in these classes when identifying Social Snowball. Individual fingerprint rule bodies are proprietary and are not published.
- Cookies
- JavaScript globals
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Example public indicators for Social Snowball
Illustrative indicators derived from public catalog metadata for Social Snowball. A live scan may match additional proprietary rules beyond these examples.
- _omappvp
- social_snowball_session
- snowballTrackScript
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What a detection means
- Establishes
- One or more public signals on the scanned page matched a known Social Snowball signature (3 rules) at the time of the scan.
- Does not establish
- A sitewide install of Social Snowball, an active vendor contract, exclusive use, or that Social Snowball is still in place today.
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How to check a site for Social Snowball
- 1. Enter the website URL in the scan form — homepage, pricing, checkout, or login pages usually expose the strongest Social Snowball signals.
- 2. PluginView reads only public responses (cookies, javascript globals) and scores them against the Social Snowball signature set (3 rules).
- 3. Review the confidence score and text explanation for Social Snowball on the results page.
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FAQ: detecting Social Snowball
- Can PluginView detect Social Snowball without logging in?
- Yes. PluginView only reads publicly accessible responses when checking for Social Snowball — typically cookies, javascript globals. It does not bypass authentication or paywalls.
- What category is Social Snowball?
- Social Snowball is classified under Affiliate programs in the PluginView directory.
- How many fingerprint rules cover Social Snowball?
- This reference currently tracks 3 fingerprint rules across cookies, javascript globals. Individual rule bodies are proprietary and are not published.
- What public signals suggest a site uses Social Snowball?
- Illustrative public indicators for Social Snowball include _omappvp; social_snowball_session; snowballTrackScript. A live scan may match additional proprietary rules beyond these examples.
