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EmpyrNetwork / empyr_web

This repository contains both the Empyr Tracking and Hosted Fields libraries.
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Tracking pixel is being cached in browser #5

Closed ChrisSargent closed 5 years ago

ChrisSargent commented 5 years ago

Because this script is using an image for the tracking, the browser is caching the network calls with the same parameters, meaning that you are not seeing the real usage data. e.g. if a user visits the same offer multiple times, you will only get one 'hit' for that user and pixel. e.g. if a user visit an offer detail page for offer ID 5382, and then at some point later visits it several times that day, you only get 1 hit for that day (looks like you have the images' cache control set to one day)

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jcuzens commented 5 years ago

This is the intended behavior at this time. We are distinctly counting these on the backend per user, per day per offer per view type to try to not over-inflate the view counts while also not burdening the browser with too many requests.