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Re: What is jump.cgi ?
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sun, 11 Jun 2000 17:44:42 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Richard Franks writes:
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> When you link to an outside page now in FTX, it goes through 'jump.cgi', eg
> linking to "http://www.google.com/" would create the
> URL "http://www.lugnet.com/jump.cgi?http://www.google.com/" when the FTX is
> converted into HTML.
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> Is it some sinister tracking device, or is it to stop people linking to
> places you don't want, or doing something illegal?
It is a tracking device but not sinister and not intended to stop anything.
It's simply to be able to count outgoing click-throughs. The jump.cgi script
does simply rewrites the URL and outputs a new HTTP 'Location:' header. Then
the httpd logs then contain a record of the click-throughs, which can be
analyzed a variety of ways.
Potential uses include:
* Giving relevance feedback to users optionally on click-counts from unique IP
addresses
* Learning whether people click to the CLSotW from the main page, from a sub-
page, or from a spotlight page, or from a mention in a news article (since
the referring page is known)
* Be able to tell people (if they want to know and they don't have another
way to find out) how many people were referred to their site
etc...
> It probably deserves a bit in the FAQ! :)
Mmm.
--Todd
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