ok, so would you class that as a single visit to the site, or several visits to the site? Just because you have left you computer on all day, I think it's safe to say you have made several unique "visits" to the site.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Pierre Abbat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 12:01 PM Subject: Re: [analog-help] Reporting User Duration on a Site > On Friday 15 November 2002 06:42, Tom Freeman wrote: > > Hi, > > Can anyone tell me if it is possible to establish the amount of time a user > > spends on a site with Analog? > > > > I believe this reporting is offered by software such as WebTrends, which > > does this by means of cookies to indentify unique users, then tracking > > their requests. I think there is a 30 min timeout period after which it is > > assumed the user has left the site. > > Bad assumption. I browse Wikipedia, leave the window open, go to work, come > back, edit a few articles, go to sleep, wake up, and add a few mispeelings to > the list. I never left the site. > > phma > +------------------------------------------------------------------------ > | This is the analog-help mailing list. To unsubscribe from this > | mailing list, go to > | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/unsubscribe.html > | > | List archives are available at > | http://www.mail-archive.com/analog-help@;lists.isite.net/ > | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/archives/ > | http://www.tallylist.com/archives/index.cfm/mlist.7 > +------------------------------------------------------------------------ > +------------------------------------------------------------------------ | This is the analog-help mailing list. To unsubscribe from this | mailing list, go to | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/unsubscribe.html | | List archives are available at | http://www.mail-archive.com/analog-help@;lists.isite.net/ | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/archives/ | http://www.tallylist.com/archives/index.cfm/mlist.7 +------------------------------------------------------------------------
