Measurement: The Internet has the unique ability to provide marketers with detailed information about the success of their Web marketing programs. Companies can track visitors to their site and collect information about them from their “cookies,” then process this information using Web site analysis software.
Cookies are a type of digital identification, which is read every time the user connects to a public Web site. The Web site can collect some very basic information about the user (e-mail address, time of day the site was accessed, which pages were visited) and use it to create visitor profiles. Visitors can then be identified as “old” or “new” when they visit the site.
Cookies are an essential part of many companies’ business strategies. The information collected from them is used to measure site visitors, develop user profiles, and target advertising — in much the same way that television allows advertisers to target their message to a certain demographic.
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