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Old 2006-09-07, 02:22 PM   #1
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The only thing I have ever really wanted to see, I believe is impossible. Greenie and I talked about this some time ago. But, if there was a way to track where traffic was coming from not only from the link on the webmaster's site but the link they took to get there. It would have to involve a browser's history and I would imagine that if it were possible, someone would have done it by now.

Just in case I'm not clear...here is how it would work. A webmaster builds a free site and submits it to 3 link lists. The site gets a few hundred hits one day and on that day, someone buys a membership. It would be great to know which linklist sent the person that bought the membership.

Like I said, it probably isn't possible. But wouldn't it be nice if it were?
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Old 2006-09-07, 03:50 PM   #2
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Just in case I'm not clear...here is how it would work. A webmaster builds a free site and submits it to 3 link lists. The site gets a few hundred hits one day and on that day, someone buys a membership. It would be great to know which linklist sent the person that bought the membership.

Like I said, it probably isn't possible. But wouldn't it be nice if it were?
All a sponsor needs to do is record (and display for us affiliates) surfer IP addy. From there, you can backtrack.

1. Keep track of referer URL, timestamp, IP when a surfer hits a free site page using PHP (that way HTML stays sqeaky clean).
3. Sponsor records the IP when a sale is made.

Add 2 and 2 together and its pretty easy to figure out where a surfer came from.
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Old 2006-09-07, 03:57 PM   #3
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Just in case I'm not clear...here is how it would work. A webmaster builds a free site and submits it to 3 link lists. The site gets a few hundred hits one day and on that day, someone buys a membership. It would be great to know which linklist sent the person that bought the membership.Like I said, it probably isn't possible. But wouldn't it be nice if it were?
A great idea indeed. I hope that someone can do something about that.
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Old 2006-09-07, 07:09 PM   #4
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Just in case I'm not clear...here is how it would work. A webmaster builds a free site and submits it to 3 link lists. The site gets a few hundred hits one day and on that day, someone buys a membership. It would be great to know which linklist sent the person that bought the membership.

Like I said, it probably isn't possible. But wouldn't it be nice if it were?
Actually I was doing that for awhile until the TGPs got uppity about scripts. I was pulling the refering domain out of the referral URL, grabbing the actual page name, and using them as the banner/campaign code.
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