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  1. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #21
    Certainly a measurable amount... 40,000+ sites have adopted it, so getting an http request for the image for every page view of every site running it. And it's of course more than a "simple" file request... each request does 2 SQL queries (one to locate the user, and one to log that location).

    So if the average site gets 500 page views in a day (that's just a made-up number... no clue what it really is), that's 20,000,000 hits/day that are being logged... so that adds 231 hits/second 24/7 plus 462 SQL queries/second.

    So yeah... certainly enough to notice, but still no where near the hits the ad network is generating (impression tracking).
     
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    minstrel Illustrious Member

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    I swear it isn't me! It doesn't even work for me :eek:

    I think my firewall blocks the "referer" info so all I get is the default map.
     
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    Or .... minstrel is a super secret location in canada and not wanting to be located :p
     
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    corinaw Not Banned

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    #24
    I just took a look at the geo visitor tool last night. It's really cool. There were several members in my area & a mod in victoria bc. Too bad you can't see who they are. (yes, I know that's not practical!)
     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #25
    It's not that it isn't practical, just a privacy issue. In reality it would be easy to do.
     
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