Host Grouping*

The Host Grouping option allows you to group the traffic from multiple hosts into a single Host Group. This option is useful for grouping the traffic from major online service providers or large corporations whose traffic to your web site comes through multiple proxy servers. For example, if someone from America Online is browsing your web site, each hit to your site could come through a different proxy server (host), thus showing up as multiple visits. Using the Host Grouping option you can group all hosts that end with ".aol.com" as America Online to avoid the incorrect visit calculation. By default NetTracker is configured to group traffic from America Online, CompuServe and Prodigy.

To add a Host Group, click on the Add button. Then select from the list boxes to create the request: Group hosts "[That end with]", enter the hostname in the next text box (e.g.: ".aol.com"), enter the name of the Host Group in the bottom text box (e.g.: "America Online") and click on the Add button. Note that in the above example users can also use this option to request that NetTracker groups hosts "[That match], [That start with] or [That contain]" a hostname as a Host Group.

To delete a Host Group, highlight the Host Group in the list box and click on the Delete button. To edit a Host Group, highlight the Host Group in the list box and click on the Edit button. Then make the desired changes and click on the Update button.



* - Only available in NetTracker 3.5 Professional and NetTracker 3.5 Enterprise