> -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Weir [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, 13 August 2011 8:31 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WWW] Web analytics > <snip> > > Any web analytics package is going to track IP address and store a cookie. > That is how it knows what country you are from and whether you are a new > or a returning user. >
These days cookies are not reliable enough for analytics to produce accurate data. Lots of users these days have Anti-Virus programs running, Windows has it build in these days. These programs are trained to consider cookies as low risk but at the same time allow the user to delete cookies. Personally, I'll be treated as a new visitor to the site every week as far as analytics is concerned, as that is how often I clean out my cookies. Gav...
