[ciapug] Logging outgoing traffic while being crawler friendly

[Lathrop Preston]

or have go.php do something like this

<?

//log the outlink

header("Location:".$golink);

?>

that should look like a link
I think



David Champion wrote:
> Could you maybe do something with either rewrite, or some kind of error 
> handling, and make the link like:
> 
> <a href="go/www.ames.ia.us">Go to the City of Ames site</a>
> 
> ...then your magic thingy looks for anything after "go/" and redirects.
> 
> -dc
> 
> Claus wrote:
> 
>> Hello
>>
>> I have a php redirect page that I use to redirect outgoing links 
>> through.  That way I can keep track of what links people use from my 
>> site.  Things work great with the exception that search engines / 
>> crawlers don't account these links.  So for instance the link to 
>> /go.php?http://www.ames.ia.us will never get put into the "Find web 
>> pages that link to www.ames.ia.us" list of google.  That's because it 
>> doesn't appear as a link.
>>
>> Is there another way that could do both, track outgoing links and be 
>> crawler friendly?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>   Claus
>>
>> ----Link----
>> <A HREF="/go.php?http://www.ames.ia.us"
>>  onMouseOver="window.status='http://www.ames.ia.us'; return true"
>>  onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true">
>>  Ames City Government</A>
>>
>> ----Redirection/Logging Page----
>> <?php
>>   $link = getenv('QUERY_STRING');
>>
>>   if ($REMOTE_ADDR != 'insert my ip here' &&
>>       $REMOTE_ADDR != 'insert my other ip here') {
>>     require_once('DB.php');
>>     $db = DB::connect('pgsql://www@unix+localhost/database');
>>     if (DB::isError($db)) {die ($db->getMessage());}
>>
>>     $result = $db->query("insert into web_stats_links_visited 
>> (timestamp, server
>> _name, remote_ip, remote_name, url) values (current_timestamp, 
>> '$SERVER_NAME', '
>> $REMOTE_ADDR', ' ', '$link')");
>>     if (DB::isError($result)) {die ($result->getMessage());}
>>     $db->disconnect();
>>   }
>>
>>   header("Location: " . $link);
>>   exit;
>> ?>
>>
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