Computer geek type question - WAY O-T

[Hal S]

As a frequent buyer/seller on ebay, I have always wondered whether it was possible to "see" how many people are viewing a particular page at a given time.

Anyone know if that is possible?



Thanks,

 

[Keith Lewis]

best thing you could do easily is a counter...beyond that, you'd have to put something on the page from a website that tracks the requests for that object in order to see that (not really worth the effort IMO)

 

[David Griffith 2]

They offer a free tracker when you post something for sale. (or they used to, might charge for it now)

 

[Eric C 2]

yeah, you can only see how many have viewed the page, not currently viewing and that all depends on if the seller put a counter when they listed the auction.

 

[Hal S]

Yes, it's that "currently vewing" that would give an indication as to possible last minute activity.

 

[Eric C 2]

Yeah, I would love to see that when I'm doing my last second (literally) bidding. Unfortunately, thats just not a feature they have...yet.

 

[jbluther]

It shouldn't matter really. I just "snipe" my highest bid and live with the results.



I agree it would be interesting to see those stats though.

 

[Shelby Crane]

I'm not sure you could have a html stat on how many people are viewing a page. You could have a stat on how many people have viewed the page in the last 5 mins, or 10 mins, or whatever.



But to say how many people are viewing this page at this moment is not possible. Pages work on hits and you can leave a website page open forever on your computer but you only viewed it once.