... I'm not sure "careful" is the right word to use here, though in this context I understand the meaning since many are new to this concept. LifeTime Value is...
Eric, Following up on HR2929 IH and RH. IH is pretty clearly dealing with spyware code that is downloaded onto a user's machine and the use of such to collect...
I do not think you are being naive at all in thinking that cookies will not be banned completely anytime soon. I do think that the chances that third-party...
... I didn't realise this was still going on. Yes, it's a kind of spam. It started when many blogs started making their referrer lists publicly available, so...
For that same reason, I've disabled commenting on my blog. Mitko Gerensky-Greene mitko@... 703-568-7125 WebSage - http://www.websage.net Search engine...
Hi All, I'm wondering what tools / configuration people are using to do A/B testing (or any other type of split testing you may be conducting). Do you use...
Hi Stephen, but I donīt have anything public re referrers on my web-site. Itīs just in the log files, so Iīm the only one to see it. And I assume, that it...
... Itīs ... But they don't know that. They just spam lots of sites, hoping that some of them will display the referrers publicly. ... No. Why does it matter?...
... Just in order to get rid of it, to keep the logs accurate. ... Ok, Internet es usual, anybody can do anything and as long as you donīt bark, nobody will...
Hi Folks, There'd been recent discussions about finding a good list of spiders and bots. This one was just listed in the latest WebProNews newsletter and looks...
http://www.clickz.com/experts/design/traffic/print.php/3403091 Sometimes I'm just happy I know him and consider him a friend. Other times I'm amazed by his...
... Itīs ... assume, ... As usual, Stephen is right about everything. However, there are some things one can do to reduce the impact of the problem. It is...
Hi there, does anybody know a reliable source of web statistics which describe, how many percent of users have enabled or disabled cookies? Many thanks. ...
Can anyone from Omniture or WebSideStory provide this information for the year to date? I know you have the ability ... not sure if you have the time? Eric ...
Personally, my sites are at 97.36% accept cookies. Jay ... From: retowettstein [mailto:bigboarder@...] Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 11:06 AM To:...
Remember that some people accept session cookies but not persistent cookies. Or alternatively (like me) turn all persistent cookies into session cookies. I...
With a page tag you can query the HTML DOM through javascript (object.cookieEnabled) which will return you a boolean value that specifies whether persistent...
Hello, I believe that this ratio of browsers that accept cookies would vary greatly from site to site. Also, the overall average for the entire universe is...
... This all sounds very dire... Is it really so difficult? How about the following scenario: 1] First only include hits for the home page - therefore...
I wouldn't say it is dire unless you were looking for a real number verses an estimate. My point was that there is a real difference between an estimate based...
Hi Reto, Can you tell us why you are asking the question? Is it that you want to know what % of users accept/reject cookies for your site or your type of site...
I was recently speaking at SES and an audience member came up and asked if there was a basline value for % of people that accept a persistent cookie. He had...
Hi Jonathan the reason why I am asking this question is because I have to convince a technical oriented and privacy concerned person that cookies are not bad...
Hi Reto, ... convince ... not ... So, itīs more a psycholigical, than a rational issue. But Iīm afraid, that you only can do so much to convince a technical...
... login. ... Don't forget about cookie crunchers. Norton Internet Security is the #1 (at times) most highly sold piece of software and can crunch cookies on...
Reto, One way you can create cart functionality without cookies is to pass a sessionID of a visitor along through each next click they make but this requires...
Everyone, The subject of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) keeps coming up. More and more frequently it has been in the context of trying to define KPIs for...
Jim, thanks for the example. I'd love to hear more about the specifics of this implementation, but understand that much of it is confidential. I wanted to...
Eric, I'm particularly interested in the KPI as far as the publishing sector is concerned so will respond in due course. I purchased your publication over the...
