Pay per click

Rik Wasmus wrote:
> Paul Lautman wrote:
>> sheldonlg wrote:
>>> I guess you're right. On a click to a site, first collect the user's
>>> ip and record it, the timestamp, and the target before redirecting to
>>> that site.
>> Why would you want to record the ip address?
>
> For possible verification purposes in case of a conflict with the party
> paying for clicks? Not totally reliable, but it might be a weapon in
> your arsenal when comparing access logs. Of course, don't group by IP
> address, every click from the same IP address might be a totally
> different user indeed.

Also for fraud identification.

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Paul Lautman wrote:
> sheldonlg wrote:
>> I guess you're right. On a click to a site, first collect the user's
>> ip and record it, the timestamp, and the target before redirecting to
>> that site.
> Why would you want to record the ip address?
>
>
>


Because the target site might want to know what we are charging him for.

sheldonlg wrote:
> Paul Lautman wrote:
>> sheldonlg wrote:
>>> I guess you're right. On a click to a site, first collect the
>>> user's ip and record it, the timestamp, and the target before
>>> redirecting to that site.
>> Why would you want to record the ip address?
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> Because the target site might want to know what we are charging him
> for.

It's just that so many people share ip addresses, I wondered what you
expected to prove by it.