You can now ignore the tracking of certain visitors within a range of IP addresses. For example, If I did not want to track my own visits and I knew that my IP addresses was always 123.123.123.123 when I connect to the internet, I would use a tag like this:

For user IDs beginning with A, B, C, D, E, or F:
<IMG src="http://cgi1.fxweb.com/v2-trackrun.cgi?userid=A12345&ignore=123.123.123.123">

For user IDs beginning with G, H, I, J, K, or L:
<IMG src="http://cgi2.fxweb.com/v2-trackrun.cgi?userid=A12345&ignore=123.123.123.123">

For user IDs beginning with M, N, P, Q, R, or S:
<IMG src="http://cgi3.fxweb.com/v2-trackrun.cgi?userid=A12345&ignore=123.123.123.123">

As this document continues, note that we are not showing the complete tag. A portion has been replaced by ellipses (...), but the full tag is of course required.

Notice the addition of the '&ignore=123.123.123.123'. With the 'quiet' option, your tag would look like this:

<IMG src="...v2-trackrun.cgi?userid=A12345&quiet=true&ignore=123.123.123.123">

For many people using PPP or SLIP to connect to the internet, their IP address can be within a large range of possibilities. For example, If I knew that my IP address could be 123.123.123.2 or 123.123.123.56 [etc.] I would use an ignore address of 123.123.123.* - think of the '*' as expanding to be any number. The tag would then look like this (only the prudent part of the tag is shown):

<IMG src="....v2-trackrun2.cgi?userid=A12345&ignore=123.123.123.*">

Using this method, you can ignore much wider ranges of IP addresses. For example, '123.123.*' would reject addresses such as 123.123.43.33 or 123.123.126.22 [etc].

• To prevent ALL tracking of visitors, simply use a '*' for the address. For example:

<IMG src="....v2-trackrun2.cgi?userid=B12345&ignore=*">

Using this tag, no visitors would be tracked whatsoever. This feature combined with the '&quiet=true' option will then allow you to display the total hits in the logo, but not count visitors twice.

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Common questions:
Q: How will I know that my hit was not tracked?


A: A different logo will appear - the cheetah (yes, a cheetah, not a dog, bear, or anything else) will have its head lowered in a 'sleeping' manner, and 'Z z z' will appear above its head. EXCEPTION: If you use the 'global' ignore (ignore=*) the logo will appear as normal.

Q: Will the count still display in the logo?


A: Yes. It will be an up-to-date count.

Q: I only want to ignore a couple IP addresses, and not an entire range. For example, I know that my IP address is only ever 123.123.123.2 or 123.123.123.3 - I do not want to ignore addresses like 123.123.123.7 [etc.]. How do I do this?


A: This can not be done currently. We may include in the future the ability to use more complex regular expressions to match a more distinctive set of IP addresses, however, don't hold your breath ;) We are willing to listen to suggestions regarding this topic.

Q: What's an IP address?


A: An IP address is a unique number given to a machine; any hostname your machine may have is translated to this unique number. Using the example of names, there may be many "John Smith"'s in the world, however only one of them has the social security number of 844-46-2342.

Q: I don't know my IP address, how do I find out?


A: This is never an easy question to answer; if you were to ask us, we would be unable to tell you.


While you may have a dynamic You can find your current IP address by clicking here. Remember, as stated previously, for most users this IP address will change each time you dial in to your service provider. Try checking this after repeated dialups to try to determine the base range of addresses that become assigned to you.

Q: I use a large service provider; my ignore address would need to be '167.*' (for example) in order to ensure that my IP address is matched. However, I think I will lose alot of other visitors if I do this. What can I do?


A: We have no remedy at this time.