In a recent note, Phil Payne said: > Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:37:48 +0200 > > Google is running an invitation-only program called "Google Analytics". This > collects > statistics about how the page was found - "referral" and other things such as > how long the > user stayed on the page, what browser was used, how they exit the page, etc. > It doesn't just > collect data about Google accesses, but about all accesses that render the > page in a browser. > What does it use as input data? Do you give it access to your server logs?
"how long the user stayed on the page"? Given that http is a connectionless protocol, there should be no way to obtain this information unless, perhaps, the page contains a script that reports to the server when the user clicks the "Back" button or selects "Quit" from the pulldown menu. -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
