Thanks; turns out the server is perfectly happy to return nothing when the
request URL is an image...but then the error script returns a status 200 so
it will be recorded as a successful page request...which can be easily
excluded with a FILEEXCLUDE.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Aengus
> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 5:53 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [analog-help] handling custom 404 redirects log entries
> generated by images
>
>
> "Dave Atkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Sorry, I know this is more a programming question than a question about
> > analog, but it is something analog users should be aware of if their web
> > developers are using custom pages to redirect users...those custom pages
> can
> > generate "invisible" page views that give the false impression of high
> > traffic on the site. If you see a situation where there are just way too
> > many pageviews, this is something to look out for.
>
> The right way to deal with this is to have your ASP script not redirect
> .gif requests to the home page.
>
> There isn't really any way to exclude the "extra" hits, because, as you
> point out, they are recorded as perfectly normal requests. You could count
> the number of hits to your redirect script that are requests for .gif, and
> manually subtract that number from your total for the home page, but it
> would be far simpler to just fix the offending script in the first place.
>
> Aengus
>
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