On 1/16/06, Nick Lewis <nick@smartcampaigns.com> wrote:
John Handelaar wrote:
IP-based *anything* - Just Say No. It's *spectactularly* inaccurate and, frankly, an amateur's mistake. <snip> I disagree with the above assumption (though I acknowledge that it is correct -- in *some* ways, and in *some* situations) on the basis of personal experience.
If you're OK using the IP tracking, xstatistics.module already tracks how many users request your feed at least once in the data in your accesslog (as Adam Knight pointed out). No extra overhead, no new coding, it's done. It does use IP, so it could present problems, but for most situations it is a good generalization of what is going on. John's solution of using the sessionID confuses me (can you expand a bit more) but my understanding of it is that it either presents a privacy problem or would be confusing to the user or both. Regards, Greg