Blank User Agents?

Discussion in 'Traffic Analysis' started by Mat, Dec 13, 2005.

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    Hi guys,

    I'm trying to collect accurate logs of genuine page views (ie. not from robots or scripts).

    I get a fair number of requests with an empty/blank user agent. Could these be genuine page views? Would I get more accurate results if I don't count these?

    Thanks in advance!

    Mat
     
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  2. Mat

    Mat Peon

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    bump.........
     
    Mat, Dec 18, 2005 IP
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    itsme Well-Known Member

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    would it be possible that those are Firefox/Opera users that blank out their user agent field?

    try adding a bit of code to your header or footer that loads a 1x1 pixel image via JavaScript... robots won't grab it, browsers will. Same goes for cookies.

    Could this help solve your problem?
     
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    the pixel in javascript idea sounds interesting - but javascript is client-side, how do I report back to the server? I need to use php to record a count of genuine users.
     
    Mat, Jan 28, 2006 IP