Jeremy, I think you basically hit the nail on the head with this one. I use the
following LOGFORMAT:
APACHELOGFORMAT (%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"
\"%{cookie}n\")
With this, I can track cookies, IP address, and time. Using this data, one should be
able to extract data that will more than resemble the marketing data a company wants.
Now, is to just write the code.
sean.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeremy Wadsack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 10:57 AM
Subject: Re: [analog-help] Time spent on site and path through site
>
>
> Stephen Turner wrote:
>
> > I get lots of mails like this defending "approximations", or as you put
> > it "fuzziness". The problem is, I don't think they're approximations. I
> > strongly suspect they're often closer to 5 or 10 times out. Think of it this
> > way and you'll perhaps realise why analog doesn't provide them.
>
> In the marketing world, 5% accuracy is considered the holy grail. 10% - 20%
> accuracy (if I understand what "5 or 10 times out" means) would be phenomenal.
> In marketing systems, data mining techniques are used to increase the
> essentially random 2% - 3% response to as good as 5%. If some data can be
> gleaned from logfiles that helps improve this result, why not use it?
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