I'm guessing it is based on the HTTP_REFERER variable. What else could it be??? And to everyone else, I do not have a URL to check this out.
<<keeps scratching head...>> I guess I'll have to do more research in this... ~Ché -----Original Message----- From: Bryan Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 12:16 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Can this be done? Hmmmm....that would seem to imply that this competitor can read the browser history (and even what was typed)....and that's not possible AFAIK because it would be a HUGE security/privacy hole. my 2 cents on a Monday morning ;-) Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP & Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. t. 250.920.8830 e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------- Macromedia Associate Partner www.macromedia.com --------------------------------------------------------- Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group Founder & Director www.cfug-vancouverisland.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Che Vilnonis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 9:08 AM Subject: Can this be done? > Hello all.. > > I'm bidding on a job and the client told me something that a competitor > does that seems pretty amazing. > > He said that this competitor can dynamically build certain sections of > a homepage based on the search term that was used on the previous page > of a search engine site, no matter which one is used. > > I know you can look at the CGI.HTTP_REFERER value for some search engines, > but does anyone know how to do this for all sites. Is there a tool, CFC or > UDF that could do this for me? Is there an easy way to parse the info out? > > Che Vilnonis > Application Developer > Advertising Systems Incorporated > 8470C Remington Avenue > Pennsauken, NJ 08110 > p: 856.488.2211 > f: 856.488.1990 > www.asitv.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com
