Cookies from web sites

[Renee Stillings | Alinga]

Spylog is one of several popular "counters" used in Russia. By putting a
cookie on your system, I believe it tracks exactly how you move through the
site you are visiting, for now long, entry point, exit point, etc. Another
one is hotlog. The user of this data is generally the owner of the site
itself, who is trying to determine whether visitors are finding the site (or
various parts of it) interesting or not. It is also very effective in
determining the effectiveness of various forms of web advertising.

Renee

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From: "Wayles Browne" <ewb2 at CORNELL.EDU>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 2:34 PM
Subject: [SEELANGS] Cookies from web sites


> I'm curious about 'cookies' which web sites wish to leave on my
> computer. Many sites in Russia try to leave a cookie that says
>
> Site: .spylog.com
>
> Can anyone tell me what spylog does, and why it is named what it is named?
>
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