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Tim_Madel1
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August 11, 2016
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Anonymous Users and Cookies

  • August 11, 2016
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Is it safe to assume that any data on anonymous users (i.e. web page visits, etc.) means that user has a cookie installed?

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SanfordWhiteman
SanfordWhiteman
Level 10
August 11, 2016

It is safe to assume that at the time a web activity was logged the device had a cookie installed, yes (you cannot know if it has since been deleted).  Why do you ask, specifically?

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Tim_Madel1Author
Level 3
August 11, 2016

Thanks Sanford - we're trying to get some estimation of how many visitor's machines we are placing a cookie on (or conversely how many visitors are blocking cookies). 

SanfordWhiteman
SanfordWhiteman
Level 10
August 11, 2016

Well, unless you have something to non-cookie-dependent to compare it to (i.e. raw web server logs) you can't know the percentages, but you're doing all you can.

(Note even server logs will undercount visitors because they're thrown off by people sharing the same source IP and user-agent string.)

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