What is Web Beacon?

[mosesaaron]

Web beacon to me looks like a way to track user's behavior on a site, is there anything more to it?

[aarisindia]

A web beacon is a clear picture file used to keep track of your navigation through a single website or a series of websites.

[takeshiro]

wow, this is the first time I've heard of this term.

[Vinil]

thats fantastic .i have never heard of this term.Enlighten this topic with more details

[RichardSmith]

 Hello Friends,

A Web beacon is an object that is embedded in a Web page or e-mail and is usually invisible to the user but allows checking that a user has viewed the page or e-mail. Alternative names are Web bug, tracking bug, pixel tag, and clear gif.

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Richard Smith

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[kelly]

A web beacon is a clear picture file used to keep track of your navigation through a single website or a series of websites.Web Beacon is a line of code that is placed in an advertisement, a web page or in an e-mail to track the visitor's actions.