[thelist] tracking a url

Hassan Schroeder hassan at webtuitive.com
Tue Nov 4 12:16:54 CST 2003


Tom Dell'Aringa wrote:

> I have a situation where a parent company web site is linking to some
> of its own company web sites that are other brands. So for example,
> on web site "Main" we have this link:
> 
> <a href="www.companyA.com">Find out more!</a>

> They suggested having a 'redirect' page that passes the link of the
> company ("companyA") the user clicked. So an asp that gets that value
> in the URL, where it can be tracked, then using a redirect to send
> them to that page.
> 
> Is it me or is this really stupid? Shouldn't web trends be able to
> track that the above HREF was an exit link? 

?!  Logs show page requests.

The logs of the "Main.com" site that web trends is analyzing don't
have any requests for pages on "companyA.com".

So yes, the choices are 1) use a redirector (this is pretty common)
or 2) merge the logs from all the affiliates and the main company.

HTH!
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