Re: UKNM: old chestnuts: upfront registration

[Duncan Clubb]

Cait


It is NOT possible to *register* users at a site without their knowledge.  The

absolute most that can be done is tracking with cookies, but cookies cannot

extract information that they did not place there themselves.  Thus, unless

you specifically ask a user for personal details, the most you can ever tell

about them is the ip address and host name of their machine, and even then,

you are most likely to pick up the proxy server/firewall/ISP that they go

through.


aye

duncan


Cait Hurley wrote:


> The fact of the matter is that most people *are* registered on sites they

> visit regularly, whether they know it or not.


>

> > -----Original Message-----

>

> From: ownerchinwag [dot] com [ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of Tim

> > Ireland

> > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 3:28 PM

>

> To: uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com

> > Subject: Re: UKNM: old chestnuts: upfront registration

> >

> >

> > I'd like to barrel in on this topic by saying that I do not

> > trust 'stats' in

> > the first place (see: lies, damn lies and statistics).

> >

> > That said, the great majority of Internet users are after

> > anything they can

> > get for free - they also like to feel anonymous whenever possible.

> >

> > It is highly unlikely they will register for a 'site unseen'

> > (unless they

> > had already read literature on it or it had been highly recommended by

> > someone they knew).

> >

> > I know this may not be of much help if the party who 'needs

> > convincing'

> > wants to see something on paper, but if they are blind to

> > basic human nature

> > then perhaps they are beyond help.

> >

> > ��

> >

> > Tim Ireland

> > Senior Copywriter

> > DESIGNERCITY LIMITED

>

> Email: timdesignercity [dot] com

> > URL: http://www.designercity.com


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