Patent ID: 8122336

Claim:
One or more non-transitory computer readable storage mediums having stored thereon one or more sequences of instructions for causing one or more microprocessors to perform the steps for capturing network user link-tracking information at a link-tracking server that is communicatively coupled with the network user via a data communication network, the steps comprising: initializing an initial function to create an array of links contained in a received tracking enabled content page; determining a domain name of the received tracking enabled content page; receiving a selection of a first link in the array of links; determining a domain name of the selected first link; comparing the domain name of the received tracking enabled content page to the domain name of the selected first link; and causing a link tracking request to be sent to a link tracking server via the data network, wherein the link tracking request corresponds to the selected first link and indicates an exit link if the domain name of the received tracking enabled content page and the domain name of the selected first link are not the same.