OK - then you include info in the link from their page. For example, the
link to your site could be:
http://www.yoursite.com/index.cfm?track=1
Then you can tally up the links by using a url var ("track" in the above
example)
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----- Original Message -----
From: Randy Adkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: Kind Of Off Topic
> This can work however, I have experienced users coming from
> networks which BLOCK the CGI variable.
>
> I was using the HTTP_REFERER for validation purposes.
> Without the variable I could not validate the data.
>
> Thus another solution had to be developed.
>
> So keep in mind, even with CGI.HTTP_REFERER variables
> your figures will not be completely accurate.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Howie Hamlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 4:22 PM
> Subject: Re: Kind Of Off Topic
>
>
> > The cgi.http_referer var give you the page that the user linked from.
> From
> > there you can extrude the domain name and such.
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > Howie Hamlin
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Ben Densmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 4:16 PM
> > Subject: Kind Of Off Topic
> >
> >
> > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
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> > >
> > > Hey Everyone,
> > > I have a question which is kind of off topic but it's still in the =
> > > scope of CF. my company is going to be doing a promo with another =
> > > company and I need to track how many users will be coming to our site
=
> > > from the link that this other company will have on their site. This is
=
> > > the first time I've ever had to do this so I'm not sure of the best
way
> =
> > > to go about this. Does anyone have any suggestions or good resources =
> > > they can send me to so I can get this set up, I would prefer to do it
in
> =
> > > CF.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Ben Densmore
> > > Webmaster
> > > eSupport.com, Inc
> > > TouchStone Software Corp.
> > >
> > >
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> > > <HTML><HEAD>
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> > > http-equiv=3DContent-Type>
> > > <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=3DGENERATOR>
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> > > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hey Everyone,</FONT></DIV>
> > > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> I have a question which is kind
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> > > of off topic=20
> > > but it's still in the scope of CF. my company is going to be doing a =
> > > promo with=20
> > > another company and I need to track how many users will be coming to
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> =
> > > site=20
> > > from the link that this other company will have on their site. This is
=
> > > the first=20
> > > time I've ever had to do this so I'm not sure of the best way to go =
> > > about this.=20
> >
> > > Does anyone have any suggestions or good resources they can send me to
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> > > so I can=20
> > > get this set up, I would prefer to do it in CF.</FONT></DIV>
> > > <DIV> </DIV>
> > > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks</FONT></DIV>
> > > <DIV> </DIV>
> > > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ben =
> > > Densmore<BR>Webmaster<BR>eSupport.com,=20
> > > Inc<BR>TouchStone Software Corp.<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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