Using Sub ID's To Track Visitors on a Normal Web Site

[BrandontheGreat]

I noticed that on different websites they'll have the links in their navigation and other sections linked to (example) "http://www.facebook.com/?=nav", the same way you track offers with sub id's.

I assume this is so they can track their visitors entry/exit paths. My question is, when you do this on your website, where can you view the tracking information? I just tried it out on my website by simply creating the link "http://www.mywebsite.com/?=nav" and when I clicked on it, everything redirected as usual. So how can I do this and track the info?

Thanks in advance

 

[DBWebDev]

I'm no PHP expert but what those are called "query strings". I think it might be possible as a very basic traffic method to look at your stats program (AWStats etc) and they should show up as seperate entry points.

Alternatively you'd could build your own counter in PHP for each query string and add it to a database. I have a feeling that there's probably some kind of software out there that makes this a lot easier than this though.

 

[JoshTodd]

It's called Google Analytics.