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Tracking visitors from a banner to a site

bailey · 2003-01-15 15:22:05

What is the simplest method of tracking any visitors that come onto a site via an external banner or link? All suggestions very gratefully received. Cheers

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15-01-2003 4:22pm

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bailey

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What is the simplest method of tracking any visitors that come onto a site via an external banner or link?

All suggestions very gratefully received.

Cheers

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#2 15-01-2003 4:38pm
The Corinthian

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Get the HTTP referrer header (the page that they came from or referred them, either using server side scripting (i.e. PHP, ASP, Perl, JSP, etc.) or recorded in the logs.

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#3 15-01-2003 4:43pm
bailey

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any idea where I could find a nice free resource that would supply me with the necessary scripting

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#4 15-01-2003 4:48pm
ballooba

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PHP, ASP, CGI?

www.phpclasses.org has lots of stats stuff. Try google or altavista otherwise.

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#5 15-01-2003 4:58pm
peterd

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If you have a web stats program for your site, just look at the referral url's, which will tell you where most people came from.

If not, use an external counter, such as www.sitemeter.com .

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