| | One intersting thing about having a tracker is checking out the
anonymous visitors. There is one anonymous visitor who likes to
check out this page every day or so. Click on the screenshot of
some of the visits. I've nicknamed this person "Grand Haven
Lurker"... 
Here's what I know about "Grand Haven Lurker"...
 Uses Microsoft Internet Explorer- Has a cable modem
- Has Internet through Charter Communications of Grand Haven, Michigan
- Has visited this site over ten times
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Never visits earlier than 3:15 p.m.
- Has visited pages of at least a couple different students
- Has an IP computer address of 66.227.170.238
One nice thing about the Internet is that with the information
above, it would be very easy for the police to track down the person.
If "Grand Haven Lurker" were doing anything illegal, I
could print out the log of the visits, and take it to
the police. It would be a simple matter for the police to call up
Charter
Communications in Grand Haven, ask for the name and address for the person using the IP address
66.227.170.238. The police could nab that person within a few minutes.
"Grand Haven Lurker" might be surprised that I know that IP
(Internet Protocal) Address. Or, might be surprised that it would
be so easy for the police to match that number with their name.
In fact, everytime a person uses the Internet, the computer has an IP
address. This IP number is just like the home address of
the computer. For "always on" connections, like cable modems,
this
IP number remains the same. For dial-up modem users, this number
changes
slightly with each log in. Either way, a log is always kept
by the Internet Service Provider as to which user was using which IP
address during which period of time. 
One last interesting tid-bit. Almost every major web site has
something like a tracker. These are sometimes called "hit
counters" or "visitor logs". Not only do these logs keep track of
everytime a page is viewed, they also show where the visitor came from
and then where they went to next. Click on the picture above and
look on the right side to see what I mean. Interesting, eh?
Good luck and stay safe!
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