Tracking clicks with a perl script?

p3rlphr33k · 2008-09-17, 01:40 AM

I am curious about a perl script that I wrote that tracks referrers and clicks. It is implemented by appending the desired URL to the URL of the script (example is below). Would this be valid in free sites, considering the resulting URL is still displayed directly?

example:
http://btuz.com/cgi-bin/out.pl?http:...nguysboard.com

dunc · 2008-09-17, 03:51 AM

I'd say no... but what do I know

MadCat · 2008-09-17, 05:53 AM

I doubt it -- also, why no escaping in the URL? It's going to get mighty interesting if you ever decide to use it for anything containing it's own query string

(and please please please don't tell me you did

Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl
print "Location: $ENV{QUERY_STRING}\n\n";

To get the redirect functioning...

Greenguy · 2008-09-17, 08:06 AM

I'd have no problem if it was on the ad links. Most of them look like that anyway.

p3rlphr33k · 2008-09-17, 01:51 PM

Quote:

and please please please don't tell me you did

#!/usr/bin/perl
print "Location: $ENV{QUERY_STRING}\n\n";

To get the redirect functioning...

I would never dream of it. I pull the last entry of the log, compare it to others for security.

Quote:

I'd have no problem if it was on the ad links. Most of them look like that anyway.

I should have specified ads only. I would never stick this to the picture hrefs. It would be pointless and fill the log quickly. Also, one ad click would tell me exactly what page they came from. i don't need to know every image they looked at.

p3rlphr33k · 2008-09-17, 03:41 PM

Thanks for the input, I will try my luck with this script.

Greenguy · 2008-09-17, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by p3rlphr33k

...I should have specified ads only. I would never stick this to the picture hrefs. It would be pointless and fill the log quickly. Also, one ad click would tell me exactly what page they came from. i don't need to know every image they looked at.

Then I say go nuts.

dunc · 2008-09-17, 06:23 PM

How about:

domain.com/go.php?id=223

would that be OK?

2008-09-17, 01:40 AM	#1
p3rlphr33k Operator! Give me the number for 911! Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Grand Forks ND Posts: 138	Tracking clicks with a perl script? I am curious about a perl script that I wrote that tracks referrers and clicks. It is implemented by appending the desired URL to the URL of the script (example is below). Would this be valid in free sites, considering the resulting URL is still displayed directly? example: http://btuz.com/cgi-bin/out.pl?http:...nguysboard.com __________________ P3rlPhr33k http://btuz.com

2008-09-17, 05:53 AM	#3
MadCat If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 247	I doubt it -- also, why no escaping in the URL? It's going to get mighty interesting if you ever decide to use it for anything containing it's own query string (and please please please don't tell me you did Code: #!/usr/bin/perl print "Location: $ENV{QUERY_STRING}\n\n"; To get the redirect functioning...

2008-09-17, 08:06 AM	#4
Greenguy The Original Greenguy (Est'd 1996) & AVN HOF Member - I Crop Pics For Thumbs In My Sleep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Blasdell, NY (shithole suburb south of Buffalo) Posts: 41,814	I'd have no problem if it was on the ad links. Most of them look like that anyway. __________________ Promote POV Porn Cash By Building & Submitting Galleries to the Porn Luv Network

2008-09-17, 03:41 PM	#6
p3rlphr33k Operator! Give me the number for 911! Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Grand Forks ND Posts: 138	Thanks for the input, I will try my luck with this script. __________________ P3rlPhr33k http://btuz.com

2008-09-17, 03:51 AM	#2
dunc You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 658	I'd say no... but what do I know

2008-09-17, 06:23 PM	#8
dunc You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 658	How about: domain.com/go.php?id=223 would that be OK?