0 Tracking of your website visitors ?

website tracking is a code written to know the visitors details. When your website is opened by a visitor in his web browser, the browser submits lot of information's to the server. All the information's can be collected and can be stored in a text file or in a database for further analysis.

What are the information we can collect ? When a client request a web page from the server, it not only send the URL of the Web page requested but also some additional information. This extra information consists of useful facts about the client. For example, this added information can include what browser is being used, what operating system the client is running, and what URL the user just came from. Hear is a list.

HTTP_ACCEPT

A list of MIME types the client will accept.

HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE

What type of languages the browser expects. These are human language, such as en-us, to represent, English, United States.

HTTP_CONNECTION

The type of connection established between the client and the Web server.

HTTP_HOST

The hostname of the client computer.

HTTP_USER_AGENT

The browser type and version, and operating system information of the client.

HTTP_REFERER

The full URL of the Web page containing the hyperlink used to reach the currently executing ASP page.

HTTP_COOKIE

The cookies sent from the browser.

Two most important information is HTTP_REFERER and REMOTE_ADDR. First one gives the information on from where the visitor has entered to your website . This will tell you who has send the visitor to you. If you have posted your website advertisement in some website and wants to know how effective it is then you can find out how many visitors are clicking your advertisement and opening your website . This value will be null if the visitor has typed the website address in the browser address bar rather than clicking any link. REMOTE_ADDER  is the IP address of the visitors computer.