[thelist] tracking a url

[David Dorward]

On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 08:48:35 -0800, Tom Dell'Aringa wrote:

> <a href="www.companyA.com">Find out more!</a>

>  Shouldn't web trends be able to track that the above HREF was an
> exit link? I'm not up to speed on web trends yet but I know its
> fairly robust.

Of course it can't, that's basic http.

A server side process running on server A can't know if a client has
gone to server B and asked it for a resource.

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David Dorward                                       http://dorward.me.uk/