[thelist] tracking a url

John C Bullas jcbullas at nildram.co.uk
Tue Nov 4 13:31:17 CST 2003


>>
>>The key is they want to know how many times somebody clicked that
>>link and left the site - and *which* site they went to. It seems to
>>me this redirect page is unnecessary... what do you all think?
>
>How will your server know they clicked on the link and went to the other 
>site? That information is recorded at the other site via the referrer, not 
>your site.
>
>IMvHO - Having a redirect page is the simplest and most efficient way to 
>track links leading off your site.

True

This will show the viewer left the site ASSUMING The only way they can 
leave the site to the "target" is via the redirect page
http://www.ime.org.uk/hits/latest/Access_Statistics.htm#Exit_Pages
http://www.ime.org.uk/fluxredirect.htm is one of our redirects

and the weblog on the target site will simply show the hit from the 
appropriate referring URL eg:
http://www.fatblokeracing.org/hits/Referrers.htm#Referring_URLs

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