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@daveyerwinJul 04.2020 — #@kiwis80#1620243
humans could click the link all they wanted to
and never read the article@daveyerwinJul 05.2020 — #search engine bots don't push buttons
black hat bots push buttons
you are not likely to be visited
by the black hats 
@NogDogJul 05.2020 — #You could look at @kiwis80#1620256 said ...
Then look up the ID in a database, increment the counter field
by 1 before getting the URL and redirecting the user.
@kiwis80#1620256 said ...
"I've previously had counters from the IP address of google bots and many other safe bots.
They may not push buttons but they find the URL and crawl through it.."
Right
exactly my point
use buttons to initiate server action
no urls on webpage
nothing to crawl
urls on server in database@daveyerwinJul 05.2020 — #@kiwis80#1620260 said ...
"Are are you suggesting I make the hyperlink a button
but made to look like URL with CSS?
making the button link to the URL via Javascript"
no
in a previous post kiwis80 said ...
"Then look up the ID in a database, increment the counter field
by 1 before getting the URL and redirecting the user."
you can redirect from server with
a url stored in database after you
increment the counter field
one button per target url
or a select element populated with
identifiers associated with url
or an input element for the user to
actually type in the url@daveyerwinJul 07.2020 — #
Link Clicks
I want to keep track of how many times a link is clicked and display this to a users, it’ll help determine what’s a great read. So not a 1990’s visitor counter.
Last time I tried something similar is doing
refer.php?linkID=$$$
Then look up the ID in a database, increment the counter field by 1 before getting the URL and redirecting the user.
The issue was robots used to increase it by one all the time and it wasn’t realistic.
What’s the best practice way of doing something like this?
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@daveyerwinJul 04.2020 — #humans could click the link all they wanted to
and never read the article
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@daveyerwinJul 05.2020 — #black hat bots push buttons
you are not likely to be visited
by the black hats
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@NogDogJul 05.2020 — #You could look at $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']0
@daveyerwinJul 05.2020 — #in a previous post Then look up the ID in a database, increment the counter field
by 1 before getting the URL and redirecting the user.
"I've previously had counters from the IP address of google bots and many other safe bots.
They may not push buttons but they find the URL and crawl through it.."
Right
exactly my point
use buttons to initiate server action
no urls on webpage
nothing to crawl
urls on server in database
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@daveyerwinJul 05.2020 — #"Are are you suggesting I make the hyperlink a button
but made to look like URL with CSS?
making the button link to the URL via Javascript"
no
in a previous post kiwis80 said ...
"Then look up the ID in a database, increment the counter field
by 1 before getting the URL and redirecting the user."
you can redirect from server with
a url stored in database after you
increment the counter field
one button per target url
or a select element populated with
identifiers associated with url
or an input element for the user to
actually type in the url
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@daveyerwinJul 07.2020 — #``<i>
</i><form action="link.php" method="post">
<select name="select1">
<option value="1">Google</option>
<option value="2">Yahoo</option>
</select>
<button> Submit </button>
</form><i>
</i>`</CODE>
link.php
<CODE>`<i>
</i><?php
if(isset($_POST['select1'])){
$select1 = $_POST['select1'];
switch ($select1) {
case '1':
$ID = 1;
break;
case '2':
$ID = 2;
break;
default:
break;
}
echo $ID;
}
?><i>
</i>``