At 11:51 AM 1/13/2003, you wrote: >Yahoo is using something called web beacons. Can anyone simply explain how a >single pixel gif is used as a web beacon. > >http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/pixels/details.html > > >Sebastian
Is that the same thing as a web bug? You load an image off another server and in addition to sending back the image it also retrieves/sets cookies. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
