> What about tracking clicks? Suppose you have a website with ads -- or
> search results -- on it, and you want to keep track of which links to
> third party sites get followed. You can't do that with a web bug. You
> can only do that by setting up a redirect script so that you log the
> click, then send the browser off to the other site.
>
> At that point it's a matter of locking it down so that only specific
> targets are allowed, etc., or else you end up setting up a script that
> can be abused by spammers. Which brings us to where this thread started.
Ah, but at least they would have a log of the number of clicks to the
spammer site!
Perhaps they could then send the spammer a bill for services provided? ;-)
Loren
