Visitors using the back button

how to track visitors who return using the back button

[avenue]

Does a page reload when a visitor returns to a site using the back button? I want to track visitors who leave my site and return quickly so I know if they found the link helpful. Is this something javascript is capeable of tracking? Thanks for the help.

[Rambo Tribble]

Hitting the back button simply refreshes the page from the local browser cache. Setting the expires header should allow you to overcome this limitation, though to server scripts is where you'll have to look for keeping track of hits.