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GET 302 Redirect to: /blank.gif http://test.tns-cs.net/j0=,,,r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com;+,cp=test+url=www.test.com;;;?lt=ig36v70v&x=1600x900x24 GET 200 image/gif http://test.tns-cs.net/blank.gif |
See the explanation of the request elements in the below table.
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Conclusion: The total viewtime (sum) for the 100 pageviews is then 200 seconds.
How is a client defined?
In the first step, the presence of a cookie in the request is checked. Two types of cookies are possible, either a conventional, third-party http-cookie (i00) or
a cookie passed via URL-Parameter. The i00-cookie has a higher priority, i.e. it will always be used when present while the cookie set via URL is intended
to cope with low third-party cookie acceptance. It will be set if possible (e.g. html5 cookie) and used if no i00-cookie is available.
If no cookie can be set an "ident" as browser-"fingerprint" (combination of IP-address and user agent info) is created.
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Difference to other system that count “visits”: The metric "session" is counted every single hour, whereas the metric "visit" is counted only once for the certain hour when the usage begins. |
A session is a collection of events (like page impressions) with the same cookie or fingerprint (combination of IP-address and user agent info), if the cookie is missing.
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<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<script src="spring.js">
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
spring.ns = true;
var sp_e0 = {
"s":"testsite",
"cp":"Path/to/your/page", //Please go to Chapter ContentPath(cp)
"url": document.location.href
};
spring.c(sp_e0);
</script>
</body>
</html> |
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Asynchronous Tagging (Supported since version 1.6.3 of the sensor library):
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<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
var springq =
springq || [];
springq.push({
"s":"testsite",
"cp":"Path/to/your/page", //Please go to Chapter ContentPath(cp)
"url": document.location.href
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
// some other script
</script>
<!-- some stuff goes here -->
<!-- end of page -->
<script type="text/javascript"> (function() {
springconfig = {"survey":false};
var scr = document.createElement('script');
scr.type = 'text/javascript'; scr.async = true;
scr.src = 'spring.js';
var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
s.parentNode.insertBefore(scr, s);
})();
</script>
</body>
</html>
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How will Adblock or similar tools influence the tracking?
What it is and how it operates:
Ad-blocker predominantly affects web browsers and runs as an extension in this environment:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adblock_Plus
We can of course not be completely aware of every browser-addon or privacy-list out there that is blocking website tracking.
The most important question in the context of Adblock Plus is if there is a domain entry in https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/easyprivacy.txt which corresponds to your counting domain used for a project.
Hence, if there is an entry that serves to block everything to and from the domain that you use for counting no tagged data will be returned to the measurement system.
What can we do about this?
There is not currently a way to circumvent this issue, and all tracking systems will be affected similarly.
We do not have a feel for the levels of usage although we can point out, awareness of such programs is on the rise.
The most practicable solution to this would be changing to another domain name (to which we would send requests).
However, this might prove only temporary because the new domain may also be added to the list very quickly again.
In conclusion: we are aware that it happens, but there is very little we can do about it.