Anyone know how to use referrer info to track stats?
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ok.. I'm not sure what to google for here, I think "referrer" info is what I'm looking for, but that just turns up a bunch of spam-related stuff... Anyway, I have an internal website and I want to track where people are coming from. Do I have to manually set the referrer info in the links I give out, or is that info tacked on automatically? And how could I recognize and use that info on my end? Any links/suggestions? ~Nitron.
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startFirst and foremost, what stats are you looking to track? Just where the visitor came from? Jeremy Falcon
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First and foremost, what stats are you looking to track? Just where the visitor came from? Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
what stats are you looking to track? Just where the visitor came from?
yeah, just where they came from. I want to guage where I get the most bang for my buck per-se. ~Nitron.
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startWell, you're right about the name. You don't need to do anything with the links, but rather to track people's origin, on the page you want to know where they came from (say an article) you'll need to read the HTTP_REFERER environment variable. Depending on which web technology you use, there could be one of several ways to get it. Jeremy Falcon
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ok.. I'm not sure what to google for here, I think "referrer" info is what I'm looking for, but that just turns up a bunch of spam-related stuff... Anyway, I have an internal website and I want to track where people are coming from. Do I have to manually set the referrer info in the links I give out, or is that info tacked on automatically? And how could I recognize and use that info on my end? Any links/suggestions? ~Nitron.
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startyou could implement a stats-counter which will give you some nice reports. Eg. http://www.web-stat.com[^]. If you track it yourself you can pull out the host, search phrase etc. from the full URL.
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ok.. I'm not sure what to google for here, I think "referrer" info is what I'm looking for, but that just turns up a bunch of spam-related stuff... Anyway, I have an internal website and I want to track where people are coming from. Do I have to manually set the referrer info in the links I give out, or is that info tacked on automatically? And how could I recognize and use that info on my end? Any links/suggestions? ~Nitron.
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startIf you're using IIS, you can record this info in the log files - you can choose what info in the properties of the website. Then you can just parse the logs. HTH ---------------------------- Be excellent to each other :) EasiReports[^] My free reporting component for WinForms.
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ok.. I'm not sure what to google for here, I think "referrer" info is what I'm looking for, but that just turns up a bunch of spam-related stuff... Anyway, I have an internal website and I want to track where people are coming from. Do I have to manually set the referrer info in the links I give out, or is that info tacked on automatically? And how could I recognize and use that info on my end? Any links/suggestions? ~Nitron.
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startFree stat couner[^]. It will give you the info you are looking for and much more.
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Free stat couner[^]. It will give you the info you are looking for and much more.
IMO http://www.google.com/analytics/[^] is much better than statcounter.com and is completely free. I've used both and I like Google the best. Statcounter is free but you only get a small amount of logging. You can only go back like 100 page views unless you are willing to pay for more. Analytic's saves all your data forever and you can easily import the reports. Although if you are on an a secure intranet, you might have to use some other tracking software. "Half this game is ninety percent mental." - Yogi Berra If you can read thank a teacher, if you can read in English, thank a Marine. M y and h don't work so well due to m addiction to caffeine and m in abilit to to set a cup down uprigt.
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IMO http://www.google.com/analytics/[^] is much better than statcounter.com and is completely free. I've used both and I like Google the best. Statcounter is free but you only get a small amount of logging. You can only go back like 100 page views unless you are willing to pay for more. Analytic's saves all your data forever and you can easily import the reports. Although if you are on an a secure intranet, you might have to use some other tracking software. "Half this game is ninety percent mental." - Yogi Berra If you can read thank a teacher, if you can read in English, thank a Marine. M y and h don't work so well due to m addiction to caffeine and m in abilit to to set a cup down uprigt.
Looks like you need an invite code for google analytics - they're maxxed out for now. Bummer, I wanted to check it out.
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IMO http://www.google.com/analytics/[^] is much better than statcounter.com and is completely free. I've used both and I like Google the best. Statcounter is free but you only get a small amount of logging. You can only go back like 100 page views unless you are willing to pay for more. Analytic's saves all your data forever and you can easily import the reports. Although if you are on an a secure intranet, you might have to use some other tracking software. "Half this game is ninety percent mental." - Yogi Berra If you can read thank a teacher, if you can read in English, thank a Marine. M y and h don't work so well due to m addiction to caffeine and m in abilit to to set a cup down uprigt.
It's by invitation only for now. Thanks anyway, I'll wait.
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It's by invitation only for now. Thanks anyway, I'll wait.
Yep, by invitation only, but you have to request an invite. Mine took about 6 months, but a co-worker requested an invite a couple weeks ago, and he got his invite the next day. "Half this game is ninety percent mental." - Yogi Berra If you can read thank a teacher, if you can read in English, thank a Marine. M y and h don't work so well due to m addiction to caffeine and m in abilit to to set a cup down uprigt.
