2008/4/29 Paul Tweedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Bowden > > Sent: 29 April 2008 09:13 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: [backstage] "b00b3zjr" > > > > In some circumstances, yes HTTP_REFERER is fine. > > > > However query strings are arguably a useful method in some > > circumstances > > - feeds being a prime one. Reading a feed in Bloglines for > > example wouldn't give you a good way of tracking. > > > > So then that leads to the question of do you want two ways of > > tracking where people came from, which is technology > > dependent, or one way? > > Which fits in better with workflows, stats reporting etc etc. > > > Yes indeed, and to be open and clear on the purpose of this - the value > in the query string is appended to the item page URI depending the > logical page area in which it appears - Featured, Most Popular, etc - so > we can do clickthrough measurement of how traffic arrives at item pages > and how the site design is performing in relation to the content - which > can inform future iterations/tweaks of the UI to make it better. Plain > old HTTP_REFERER (which we certainly do also have for general user > journey reporting) can't give us this granularity. > > It's a bit of a hack, certainly, but not the worst one we could have > come up with. :)
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