Web stats question

[Space Cadet B^3]

One of our web advertisers wants to know how many times their ad on our web site has been clicked. Is there a way to know what this number might be?

Thanks

[there_is_no_bob]

Yes.

No, I don't have such a script available. Check with your favourite FWSE.

[Space Cadet B^3]

FWSE?

[there_is_no_bob]

Famous Web Search Engine.

Generally, Google. It's a joke I picked up from New Scientist that never ceases to entertain me.

[Space Cadet B^3]

ugh, scripts...

[Space Cadet B^3]

How do I know what script language is best for my purposes. Keep in mind I know as much about scripts as I do open heart surgery.

[there_is_no_bob]

Fucked if I know. You might want to get someone who actually knows what they're doing; I'm at best an amateur.

[Varaj]

Check the web log. Though if you have to ask the question it shows there is some very serious problems with your site.

[Space Cadet B^3]

Keep in mind I am so totally not a web person, I can create stories, update links, etc. But I don't even know if we have a log file, I'll go look and see...

[Varaj]

Keep in mind I am so totally not a web person, I can create stories, update links, etc. But I don't even know if we have a log file, I'll go look and see...

You aren't to blame, I meant you in a more generic sense. :)

[Space Cadet B^3]

Our site is a jalopy held together with hope and baling wire. The owner wants to make it a Lambordini Diablo, and force everyone to pay for a ride.

I can twist baling wire, however I don't know if I can even change the oil on a Diablo.

[Space Cadet B^3]

Any idea where I'd look for a log file? I assumed it would be in my site folder, but I'm not seeing it.

[Varaj]

Any idea where I'd look for a log file? I assumed it would be in my site folder, but I'm not seeing it.

Very unlikely it is in the site folder. The web server itself will usually keep a log of all hits and on what urls. Where that is saved is configurable but will be different based on the type of web server being used. IIS, Apache, Tomcat, etc.
Do you know what web server is being used and do you have access to it?

[Space Cadet B^3]

I'll have to see what I can find out, thanks.

[Name Lips]

How do I know what script language is best for my purposes. Keep in mind I know as much about scripts as I do open heart surgery.

Just work through some tutorials online and play with them. Get a feel for what they can do. You'll probably find that basic scripting is a lot easier than you think.

[Space Cadet B^3]

On our networks solutions File Manager, I found a folder called htdocs/log and when I looked at the one for Feb. 6 I found 39 occurences of this:

205.178.182.168 - - [06/Feb/2009:00:02:14 -0500] "GET /Ads/Community%20National%20Bank/button%20ad.gif HTTP/1.1" 304 - "http://www.iolaregister.com/Sports/Sports.html" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; FunWebProducts; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)"

Does that just mean the file was loaded? Or does that mean someone clicked the link?

[Varaj]

On our networks solutions File Manager, I found a folder called htdocs/log and when I looked at the one for Feb. 6 I found 39 occurences of this:

205.178.182.168 - - [06/Feb/2009:00:02:14 -0500] "GET /Ads/Community%20National%20Bank/button%20ad.gif HTTP/1.1" 304 - "http://www.iolaregister.com/Sports/Sports.html" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; FunWebProducts; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)"

Does that just mean the file was loaded? Or does that mean someone clicked the link?

Just a load.

[Space Cadet B^3]

That log was called access log, there's an error log, but I doubt that would tell me if a link was clicked, right?