Link tracking

[daniel_eastley]

I have on my website several links which point to a partner site. I would like a cgi script to log the clicks on links to the site.

got any suggestions?

cheers


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[aspen]

well, if you first set the links to an intermediate page that was set to refresh using an http-equiv meta tag you could then use tracking software (or just look in your server logs) and see how many times the intermediate page was accessed.

You could also use a script the same way, link to a script that adds to a counter file in your directory and then sends the user to the site, but that would be more difficult, so dont make things hard for yourself.

Chris

[daniel_eastley]

sending the user to a page with a counter then refreshing it takes to long - I'm thinking more of the kind people use for banner tracking:

a href="cgi-bin/links/links.cgi?linkid=1234"

kind of thing

[arpith]

Sure,

There should be hundreds lying around on the web.
http://www.datatrendsoftware.com/countlink.html
http://www.staff.net/cgi-scripts/

Regards
Arpith



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[Carl Lerche]

hello,

You could also try http://www.cgi-resources.com, and if you really can't find one exactly for you, I probably could make one for you.

Good Luck
Carl Lerche

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[daniel_eastley]

you mean like the one on hotmail when you read an email and click on a link in the email, anyone know what I mean?

it opens a new window with the link in the bottom half and a hotmail bar in the top half

[daniel_eastley]

Thanks arpith,

the http://www.datatrendsoftware.com/countlink.html
one seems perfect

thanks again

[WebDevHQ]

Thanks guys! I was looking for the same thing. The CountLink one works great!

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[imaginebeinglost]

Hey! I'm looking for something similar to this script exept... I'm looking for something that creates a top frame that will let you go back to the main page...

for example ../cgi-bin/frameset.cgi?http://www.yahoo.com/

I've seen this on other sites, but could never find it my self at any pay/free CGI places.

Thanks, Alex.

[Hierophant]

To track links check out LinkNLite.

For a dynamic frame generator check out FrameIt

For a list of Alternative scripts check out:
Form or Link Based Redirection

If you can use ASP you can check out Dynamic Framesets

I hope this helps some.

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