Remote Tracking

Can you track traffic remotely??

[indodave]

Hello,
Can anyone help me, i have recently bought a web site which i have automatically redirected to another site (affiliate casino link) recently i know of people using my site. Yet the affiliate programes "stat menu" shows that no traffic has passed through my site. Is there anyway of getting a hit counter attached to my site so i personally can track people using my site? My site isn't hosted though!

Thanks

[mark_roach]

Wecome to wmw indodave.

Do you just want to track the number of visitors to your site, or the number of visitors who click on one of you affliate links (or both) ?

The first one is relatively straight forward. There a number of free tracking services that will give you hit counter. Most require you to simply add an invisible graphic to your page. I am sure someone can recomend one.

The second one can be done relatively easily if you have the ability to run CGI scripts. You can run a re-direct script which logs the click and then redirects the surfer to your affliate site. You can probably also achieve the same effect (although I havew never tried it) with static pages if you have no CGI access. Link to a static page which contains your tracking graphic from (1) above, and have that page do a fast (1 second) META refresh to the affliate site.

[indodave]

Hi mate
The problem is that the site isn't hosted therefore i can't place a hit counter on the page as i don't have a page as the site automatically redirects to the affiliate link. Therefore i was wondering if you can track a url without having any page to place a hit counter
Dave