I know this is probably a dumb question, but I've been instructed to ask it. In regards to the user report and allowing it to "cheat" and use cookies instead of authenticated users, what happens if a log file line doesn't contain a cookie? My guess is that Analog ignores it and only counts those lines which do have cookies in them and only includes these lines in it's not listed users total. Is this a correct assumption?
Also, having read over your help files and web site, I know that is impossible to count unique visitors and am aware that analog does not do this. The problem I am having is the head of the web site I'm working on wants a figure for unique visitors regardless if it is impossible or not. And, unfortunately, in another web site he is in charge of, it used Analog's user report as a way to count unique visitors. He now is looking to do the same thing on his new site. Which leads to my second question, in using cookies instead of authenticated users for the user report, is there a danger in allowing him to continue to use the figure of users not listed as the number of "unique" visitors to his site? Thank you so much for all your help in advance. ************************** Jami Ryan Web Developer Automation Creations, Inc. http://www.aciwebs.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------ | This is the analog-help mailing list. To unsubscribe from this | mailing list, go to | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/unsubscribe.html | | List archives are available at | http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/archives/ | http://www.tallylist.com/archives/index.cfm/mlist.7 +------------------------------------------------------------------------
