Cpanel help

Hi there

I have www.123.com permanently redirected to www.main-site.com for a specific promotion, and I was trying to track my results counting the visits to that 123.com site. Now I have only 1 visit which is my own, but at the end of the report I have the 301 statistics showing a different amount of hits.

How do you track this visits on a 301 permanent redirect ?
I have to make a splash page at least to make things easier, but is always good to know even when you are aware of a different solution.

I know I’m probably reading my report wrong or not paying attention to something, I’ve tried looking for info on the web bit as a bit confusing.

thanks

keep in mind that hits and visits are not the same.

“hit” is not a visitor to the web site, but a hit on the web server. A hit on the web server can be a graphic, java applet, the html file, etc. So, if a site has 79 small graphics on the page, every visitor to the site registers as 80 hits on the server

Hits vs. Visitors: Do You Know the Difference?

So is “hit” good or bad. Should I have less pictures on my website. I mean I want potential customers to read the content.

I appreciate the explanation Doug, I knew the difference, no so clearly but got the idea they were both different. Now, about the 301 redirect ? Any idea ?

do you have google analytics set up for www.123.com? that should work.

I thought about that, but to install analytics you have to insert a code on your page, and I don’t have a page for that site. That code needs to be on every page you want to track.

Maybe an automatic redirect after they get to 123.com/index.htm to www.mainsite.com

does that make sense ?
Thanks for the help Doug

If you install in on www.mainsite.com I believe it will let you know how many people are getting to www.mainsite.com FROM www.123.com even if it’s via a redirect.

Does that help, or am I misunderstanding your question?

I do understand, and that’s very ingenious if it really works like that.
I’ll check and post later

thanks again

anytime. :smiley: