Clicks and privacy
What Linkaloo records for a click, what is never stored, and how bots are told apart from people.
What a click records#
- the time;
- the country;
- the host of the page the visitor came from (the referrer);
- the device, browser and operating system family;
- a flag for bots and link previews;
- a visitor hash made with a salt that changes every day, so unique visitors can be counted for a day.
What is never stored#
The IP address and the full user agent are never stored.
Bots and previews#
Known bots, chat and social link previews and a flood of clicks are flagged as bots and shown apart from people, so your totals are not inflated. A HEAD request is not counted.
Where you read it#
The dashboard shows totals, clicks per day (people and bots), top links, referrers, countries and devices. A link's own page adds uniques, browsers and systems, over 7, 30 or 90 days.
The counting is after the answer#
The redirect answers first. The click is counted right after, so counting never makes a visitor wait.