[analog-help] count number of hits

[Aengus]

Youbo <YWang at libserv.cmsu.edu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wonder if analog can count the number of hints of each link on
> certain page. For example, I want to count how many times each
> database on the page http://library.cmsu.edu/resources/databases.htm
> have been clicked. Those links lead to other web sites.

Analog analyses log files - when someone clicks on a link that points to 
an external site, they don't normally notify your server, so there is 
nothing in your server logs to tell you that they clicked on that link.

Some websites use a redirect script for external links, so that the user 
actually clicks on a link to your site, and then gets redirected to the 
external site - for instance, look at the "More news from around the 
Web" links on the CNet news page (http://news.com.com).

Aengus