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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2003
Brian S. Christian, Sammamish, WA (US);
Devatta Waghdhare, Bellevue, WA (US);
Brian S. Christian, Sammamish, WA (US);
Devatta Waghdhare, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Declarative page view and click tracking systems and methods are described. To utilize page view and/or click tracking, a web page developer includes a link identifier in a function call or build anchor tag call of a web page. A tracking server identifies links that include the link identifier and replaces the links with modified links that include a tracking identifier for use with a tracking system. When a modified link is selected, tracking is initiated for the link. If the tracking cannot be initiated within a specified timeout period, a client is redirected to the site identified in the link without waiting for the tracking to occur.