At 02:36 PM 8/10/1998 -0400, Urb LeJeune so eloquently stated:
>> >>> What is the easiest way for me to track the source of a visit to
>> >>> our site? If you refer somebody to me, I want to track that and
>> >>> report back to you.
>> >>
>> >> Easiest way is with cookies. Second is with IP addresses although
>> >>you cannot reliably tract from session to session with IP address.
>> >>Another way ... forget it you said simple :-)
>>
>> *blink* Sorry, this answer makes no sense at all. Cookies are not relevant
>> to this question and how are you suggesting that ip addresses give you a
>> methodology to access the referrer?
>
> First, I'm assuming the process is to automated. Second, Identfying
>an individual accurately is virtually impossible unless someone has a
>static IP address which is rare.
>
> Once someone arrives there referer will indeed tell where the came
>from but will not track a user through a site nor will it track if they
>come back to the site by entering the url directly in their browser.
>Let's assume someone calls a page by clicking on a link:
>
><A HREF="http://xyz.com/buy-books.pl?id-number>Check out Joe's book
>store</A>
>
>where id-number is unique. When the arrive at xyz the referer will have
>the calling site and query_string will contain the unique id-number. If
>the user allows cookies, I can track their progress through the site,
>even on subsequent visits.
>
Forgive an old guy here. This looks possible, in that I can have
the referring site give an ID#. Now let's assume you are the
referring site, and we give you URB as the referring ID.
Somebody goes to you and you point them to me
http://www.gapent.com/pr/ . What do you need as an ID# in the
above address? And when the visitor comes to me, what do I see
in whatever I have here? Am I the only one with cookies on?
Does the visitor have cookies on? Since I want to know when a
visitor visits and comes back and be able to link them back to
you, will this work?
Let's do details:
1. Urb's site is www.urb.com
2. On your site you have reference to us www.gapent.com/pr/?ID_URB
3. You pass the reference ID URB to us.
What happens?
George
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