I have a clicktracker for my website that keeps track of when banners in certain spots on my site are clicked. The problem I have is that pretty much every day I load a report I see multiple clicks from the same IP address all at the same time. What would be causing this type of clicking? Is there something wrong with the clicktracker or are there automatic bot type things that come through and repeatedly click banners? Here is an example: CLICK # DATE CLICKED IP ADDRESS AD # 1418 4/1/2008 0:36 124.181.217.139 135 1419 4/2/2008 19:07 212.106.154.2 109 1420 4/2/2008 19:08 212.106.154.2 96 1421 4/2/2008 19:08 212.106.154.2 70 1422 4/2/2008 19:08 212.106.154.2 110 1423 4/2/2008 19:08 212.106.154.2 107 1424 4/2/2008 19:08 212.106.154.2 76 1425 4/2/2008 19:08 212.106.154.2 111 1426 4/2/2008 19:08 212.106.154.2 138 1427 4/2/2008 19:08 212.106.154.2 75 1428 4/2/2008 19:08 212.106.154.2 121 1429 4/4/2008 19:59 74.86.171.82 130 1430 4/4/2008 19:59 74.86.171.82 103 1431 4/4/2008 19:59 74.86.171.82 136 1432 4/4/2008 19:59 74.86.171.82 156 1433 4/4/2008 19:59 74.86.171.82 122 1434 4/4/2008 19:59 74.86.171.82 99 1435 4/4/2008 19:59 74.86.171.82 114 1436 4/4/2008 19:59 74.86.171.82 155 1437 4/4/2008 19:59 74.86.171.82 137 1438 4/4/2008 20:00 74.86.171.82 139
Can anyone offer anything on this? Would another forum be better? I need this thing to work properly so I can tell what is working and what isnt working on my site and it just seems like the only information I am getting from it is crap. The same thing today, nine or ten clicks divided between two ip addresses all at the same time. Very strange.
I'd have to see your click tracking code, but it sounds like it's not tracking clicks on ad links, but lands on pages.... Wait... That could be search engines parsing your page... Though I don't recognize the address ranges, that SMELLS like a spider. Do you have rel="nofollow" on those links? In either case, we'd need to see your link tracking code, both the html/js and the code to which that feeds to make a real determination.
Here is what I have for you, again I didn't write this or anything but it is what was created for my site. Does this give you what you need to look at or do I need to find some more code somewhere? Thanks for the help <%@language=vbscript%> <%if not isnumeric(request("siteid")) then response.redirect "/default.asp"%> <%siteid=abs(request("siteid"))%> <!--#include virtual="/includes/connx.asp"--> <% 'open ads record set ads = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset") sql="SELECT top 1 * from ads where id="&siteid&" " ads.Open sql,dconn if ads.eof and ads.bof then response.redirect "/default.asp" else ''''' AD IN DATABASE, RECORD CLICK AND REDIRECT!!! datenow=now() ipaddress=request.servervariables("remote_addr") sql = "insert into clicktracker (dateclicked,ipaddress,adid) values ('"&datenow&"','"&ipaddress&"',"&siteid&")" dconn.execute sql response.redirect ads("url") end if ads.close set ads=nothing dconn.close set dconn=nothing %>
ASP and vbScript - not my department... Since I know JUST enough ASP to port applications away from it - and I know just enough about vbScript to know not to use it. Try asking over in the ASP forum area - they might have more of a clue. Though if you have the HTML that is calling the above (since the above appears to be the handler and not the launcher) I might be able to tell something.
Okay didn't realize there was a specific ASP section here... I am trying to find what you are asking for but I am just not sure what to look for...Where would the HTML that "launches" the ASP jargon I copied in the above post be? Is it something I would find on the default template for the site? If you could point me to what type of wording or tags I would be looking for I could find it. I will take this over to the ASP forum though, thanks for the help