Thread: Giga Theives?
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Old 12-10-2003, 12:14 PM  
fletcher
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Originally posted by notjoe
I have to agree with Space Puppy on this. Has anyone ever got a referred signup?

Here is what i see. You go to that url (
http://gigacash.com/index.php?gcasid...p&gcaid=248749 ) and sure it does have the affiliate code.

Now this is where it gets interesting because unless someone came up with a new way of tracking someone there are only 2 real ways to do it. You track them via variables in a url or you set a cookie on the surfers computer.

The url to enter the site is http://gigacash.com/home.htm which clearly shows that there are no varibales located in the url, however, i do not have any cookies set on my browser (which allows for cookies to be set). This url is on the page which comes up after clicking the affiliate ref. link

So my question is pretty simple. If you dont store any variable which could identify the surfer in the URL and you dont set any cookies then how exactly do you track the person once they click the enter link?
It's amazing the number of people who run websites and don't understand basic concepts. There are a million ways to track a user without a cookie. Off the top of my head, they could be using a session (sort of like a server-side cookie - very common practice), IP tracking, etc.

Maybe something is wrong, but if all of you people think cookies are the only way to track visitors, you're morons.
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