Tracking PDF's

[spherica]

I did a search but it turned up nothing.

Was wondering if it possible to track PDF files. If so how can it be done?

[hakre]

hi spherica,

what kind of tracking are you looking for?

[spherica]

I use hitslink for tracking, is there anyway of adding the tracking script to a pdf.

[mivox]

Contact your server to find out what kind of access you have to the traffic logs for your domain... They should either have a log analysis program installed on the server, or allow you to access the logs so you can install your own script.

Almost all log analysis programs will produce a report showing number of hits per page/file on your site, including pdfs.

[spherica]

Thanks mivox.

And is that the only answer, I'm guessing then that there is no way of adding the tracking to the pdf.

[mivox]

Not that I know of... but I've never used an off-site tracking service like that. You might try contacting hitslink's tech support to see if they know a way.