What is Web Beacon?

venkatjaya · #1 (**permalink**) 11-16-2011, 08:56 AM

A web beacon is a clear picture file used to keep track of your navigation through a single website or a series of websites.

enni · #2 (**permalink**) 11-16-2011, 09:39 AM

Web page may contain electronic image that allow a website to count user who have visited that page or access to certain cookie.Web beacon is a clear picture file used to keep track of your navigation through a single website or a series of website.

Pavan123 · #3 (**permalink**) 11-16-2011, 11:00 AM

I bookmarked your information. your information will be appreciable. Thanks

aarisindia · #4 (**permalink**) 11-16-2011, 11:05 AM

Web beacon, is a file object that is placed on a Web page or in an e-mail message to monitor user behavior.

gaurav467 · #5 (**permalink**) 11-16-2011, 12:15 PM

Web beacons are typically used by a third-party to monitor the activity of a site. A Web beacon can be detected by viewing the source code of a Web page and looking for any IMG tags that load from a different server than the rest of the site.

cheapmattress · #6 (**permalink**) 11-16-2011, 12:16 PM

A web beacon is a clear picture file used to keep track of your navigation through a single website or a series of websites.

mazhar1986 · #7 (**permalink**) 11-16-2011, 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gaurav467

Web beacons are typically used by a third-party to monitor the activity of a site. A Web beacon can be detected by viewing the source code of a Web page and looking for any IMG tags that load from a different server than the rest of the site.

thanks for this reply, but how the image view is counted?