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Hitbox (web analytics)
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<p>Hitbox was a popular <a href="/facts/Web_counter/V7lETkYu">web counter</a> and <a href="/facts/Web_analytics/F79UAMvw">web analytics</a> product created by <a href="/facts/WebSideStory/aoTs6VTm">WebSideStory</a>, until taken over by <a href="/facts/Omniture/ffG7sKSF">Omniture</a> (subsequently taken over by <a href="/facts/Adobe_Systems/Bj1d5XvJ">Adobe</a>), originally for <a href="/facts/Adult_entertainment/KCNfCGYx">adult entertainment</a> websites. It was widely used by commercial & other organizations across a variety of industrial sectors as a complete and integrated metrics solution for monitoring web traffic and driving marketing. Adobe plans to completely phase it out by moving all their clients to their flagship product, <a href="/facts/Omniture/ffG7sKSF">SiteCatalyst</a>. </p><p>Companies place <a href="/facts/JavaScript/XhhIIEsl">JavaScript</a> files on their web servers which are linked to from a <a href="/facts/HTML/sSc3fT78">HTML</a> script in the page code. The combination of the two makes a request from the data collection servers for each <a href="/facts/Page_view/re33ACxJ">page viewed</a> by a user. A <a href="/facts/Cookie/thjnw7KW">cookie</a> is placed on the users computer which contains a unique id. This unique id is passed with the request to the data collection servers. During the processing of the data Hitbox ties together the page views to get a perspective of how the user moved through the site. Other, custom information can be passed in the request as well as information from the <a href="/facts/HTTP_header/hEkcQe2f">HTTP header</a> of the browser, such as <a href="/facts/Referrer/WMQI4h4K">referrer</a> and <a href="/facts/Web_browser/2pfyymLs">browser</a> details. </p><p>Some Web Analytics services have been declared <a href="/facts/Spyware/NrVdv1by">spyware</a> by several anti-spyware organizations. </p> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/19990302021025/http://www.hitbox.com/">"HitBOX.com"</a>. Archived from <a href="http://www.hitbox.com/">the original</a> on 1999-03-02. Retrieved 2011-12-12.</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111127085940/http://www.pcworld.com/article/10392/hitbox_tracks_your_site_trafficfree.html">"HitBox Tracks Your Site Traffic--Free"</a>. PCWorld. 1999-04-03. Archived from <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/10392/hitbox_tracks_your_site_trafficfree.html">the original</a> on 2011-11-27. Retrieved 2011-12-12.</li></ul>