SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING STATISTICAL INFORMATION ON A WEB PAGE
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1. A system for tracking website activity, the system comprising:
- one or more server systems;
one or more computer systems communicatively coupled with the one or more server systems; and
one or more databases communicatively coupled with the one or more server systems, wherein the one or more server systems are configured to perform the following operations to track website activity comprising;
for a plurality of web pages, including a source page displaying links to one or more destination pages, tracking activity relating to a number of times each link of the source page has been selected by one or more users navigating among the web pages over a period of time;
parsing the source page to identify the links displayed on the source page;
determining the number of times each link has been selected from the source page by the one or more users;
transmitting tracking information for each link to the one or more computer systems, wherein the tracking information includes a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that includes the number of times the corresponding link has been selected from the source page; and
receiving instructions from the one or more computers systems to modify the source page so as to optimize access to popular links based on the number of times each link has been selected.
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Abstract
A method for displaying information on a display screen of a user computer comprises sending a computer readable document from a server computer to the user computer for display on the display screen. The computer readable document includes links that are viewable on the display screen and are selectable to cause subsequent documents to be rendered on the display screen. The computer readable document further includes viewable information regarding selection of the links over a certain time.
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1. A system for tracking website activity, the system comprising:
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one or more server systems; one or more computer systems communicatively coupled with the one or more server systems; and one or more databases communicatively coupled with the one or more server systems, wherein the one or more server systems are configured to perform the following operations to track website activity comprising; for a plurality of web pages, including a source page displaying links to one or more destination pages, tracking activity relating to a number of times each link of the source page has been selected by one or more users navigating among the web pages over a period of time; parsing the source page to identify the links displayed on the source page; determining the number of times each link has been selected from the source page by the one or more users; transmitting tracking information for each link to the one or more computer systems, wherein the tracking information includes a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that includes the number of times the corresponding link has been selected from the source page; and receiving instructions from the one or more computers systems to modify the source page so as to optimize access to popular links based on the number of times each link has been selected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for tracking website activity, the method comprising:
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for a plurality of web pages, including a source page displaying links to one or more destination pages, tracking activity relating to a number of times each link of the source page has been selected by one or more users navigating among the web pages over a period of time; parsing the source page to identify the links displayed on the source page; determining the number of times each link has been selected from the source page by the one or more users; transmitting tracking information for each link to a computer system for display on the computer system, wherein the tracking information for each link includes a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and the number of times the corresponding link has been selected from the source page; and receiving instructions from the computer system to modify the source page so as to optimize access to popular links based on the number of times each link has been selected. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for tracking website activity, the method comprising:
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providing a source web page for display to one or more users, the source web page including a plurality of links to one or more destination web pages; generating a log file when a link of the source web page is selected, the log file comprising a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the source web page and a URL for a destination web page that uniquely define the selected link, wherein over a period of time one or more servers generate a plurality of such log files; parsing the plurality of log files to determine a number of times each link of the source web page has been selected; in response to a user'"'"'s request, transmitting tracking information to one or more computer systems for each link of the source web page for subsequent display on the one or more computer systems, wherein the tracking information includes the destination web page URL for each link and the number of times each link has been selected from the source web page; and receiving instructions from the one or more computer systems to modify the source web page so as to optimize access to popular links based on the number of times each link has been selected. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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