But, we've found that bots will also show a screen res of 0 x 0, so if you check this sort of thing you can then exclude anything without a screen res.
Cutter __________________ http://blog.cutterscrossing.com Claude Schneegans wrote: > >>Anyone know of a discussion/tutorial on the best way to go about > creating a website traffic management/reporting system? > > Only my own experience on the subject. > You'll have to parse the headers to distinguish robots from human > visitors, otherwise your statistics will be biased. > This does not guaranty that statistics are perfect, there will still be > some email tracking robots that mimic Explorer, > but it will be better than nothing. And having statistics about robots > visiting your web site is a plus. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:270339 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
