I have searched online for this and came across an article that suggested I should use an image to track human page views because search engine and bots don't download images. It said I should put the image code in javascript like: document.write('code here'). The system I am developing heavily depends on accurate unique user visits the the page. This will be the life blood of the site so i am really worried about someone trying creating a script to read the image file a million times to fraud the page count. Is this the best way to do this?
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Heat Maps are a great solution that can be easily integrated into your site from 3rd parties.
http://www.labsmedia.com/clickheat/index.html
http://www.clickdensity.com/
Using this along with Google Analytics and you've got a full solution.
Nissan Fan
2009-10-05 23:19:25
Would I be able to see the exact count of each article page. I estimate about 1 million pages.
2009-10-05 23:48:56
Wow, cool stuff. I just installed the labsmedia kit on my site. That took all of like 3 minutes. Easy!
Will Shaver
2009-10-05 23:51:03
Luke, for a site with such a large footprint Google Analytics is perhaps the leader in the game. You would be able to see exact counts with it. The heat maps are great for understanding how people are using your site more than anything.
Nissan Fan
2009-10-06 16:30:48
Analytics really is the way forward until you have a packet to spend on something like tealeaf.
Simon Farrow
2009-10-07 12:34:10