Re: tracking visitors till registration?

on 20/08/02 7:01 AM, Andy (news.letters@gmx.de) wrote: > Hi there, > > I am wondering if following scenario would be possible: > > - Create a unique referer id to make sure that the visitior has been refered > by a particular person. (e.g. server.com?ref=20) yes > - The visitor enters the site and browses around, but the ref=20 should not > be stored inside the url, but in a coockie yes, or alternatively in a session > - If the visitor signs up and there is a referer id assign the person who > refered it some points. yes > The problem I see, is how to make sure that the refered id does not get lost > and in case the person comes back another day still be able to asign the > person who refered it the points. > > Has anybody a good suggestion on that? make sure the cookie has a long expiry date... say a month, or whatever you think is reasonable. Justin