Link counter 1

[dmxd99]

Anyone knows how to track links on a website. I need to determine how many time a user click on a link of a given website. There is more than 1 link on a site. Thanks.

 

[TruthInSatire]

the link would have to go to a counter page, then redirected to the actual link. for example

<a href = "clickCounter.cfm?link=1">Click here</a>
on clickCounter.cfm you would add 1 to a stored value in a database for link number 1. then you would do a cflocation to the actual link distination.

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[dmxd99]

I don't want to redirect to the actual link because the user can bookmark once he gets to the actual page and the count would not be accurate anymore when he comes back to that page. Is there a way to use application variable or custom tag to handle this?

 

[GUJUm0deL]

See if this helps:

http://tutorial244.easycfm.com/

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[TruthInSatire]

I need to determine how many time a user click on a link of a given website

I see. The way you wrote your question it sounded like you needed to keep track of a "click through". A click through is usualy used on websites that gets paid for banners. The click through would count how many times a banner was clicked to the external site.

What you're actually asking for an individual hit counter for each page on your own web site.

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