Tuesday, 18 October 2016

Web bug tracking

A bug is an  Error occurred in the software  or defect in the software system. Or in other words, you can say finding the problem and fixing it is called bug tracking. In previous time finding the bug was the most difficult and complex task but as the technology is changing day by day new bug tracking application comes in the market with great and efficient way of tracking bugs  with most easy ways that helps the tester and developer a lot by which they can consume time and cost for the different task. Bug tracking is used to test the software before its final launch or in between the development process to find errors in the software coding while making the software that occurred this type of application helps in easy rectify the error and fix it in time before it’s too late to fix it. And web bug tracking is an advanced version of bug tracking that helps the developer online to rectify bugs send reports to the concerned team. Web bug tracking doesn’t require any download or installation of the software as the server is hosted online so it doesn’t require any storage space in the system and gives the flexibility to modify changes and report an error and send error report at the same time to the concerned department without any download or email attachment issue. 

Example Like XYZ company is making anti-virus software and different people are working on it some are working from home and some are working in different branch, but all of them are working for the same software making then it will be very difficult for them to interchange the information related to work and there will be no work coordination because everyone have to wait for the email from another team with some attachment of the software making then they will manually change things this will occur more time, energy and cost of each employee and can be a big loss to a company. so  they can sit together to complete the task or as they are working from different places they can used web bug tracking tool this tool ill help them to coordinate their work interchange their data and related information all in one platform which will avoid big hassle of sharing files to each other like team member is working on the project he will update the data in the application that will automatically reach to the relevant team member who will perform the next task as this is online all the alters and changes in the software can be seen by every member at the same time so that they can perform their job in more effective manner.


A web bug is also used to track the user behaviour on the website or in an email that means like when a user visits the website or email we track that how to time the user has spent on the website or in reading the emails with the help of web bug. Web bug completely invisible user can’t see that, but the help of this you will know that how much time is user spending on your site what page he spends the time most on or how long it is viewed and or in which browser he is using it and its IP address this web bug tracking can track all the information of the user when he visits the website or opens the email. If you want to prevent tracking your web activity, then simply you can disable cookies or installed web bug blocking add-on, by that it will block the third person to see what you are doing on your web browser or what website you are visiting it this will help to secure from unwanted people to know about you.

Tuesday, 27 October 2015

Techniques to Track the Web Bug

When we talk about web bugs, the first question comes in our mind: “What are web bugs?” Web bugs are small pieces of codes which unofficially enclosed into emails and web pages and are activated when user visit any websites or access their email.

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Web bugs also known as Web Beacon which is implemented on website or in email, so when user visits the website or sending mail, it tracks all users’ works. Images in the system’s monitor are shown in numbers of pixels. There are many names of web beacon are: tracking tags, tracking page tags, Pixel GIFs, 1x1 gif, etc. Web analytics are commonly used email tracking and page tagging.

Commonly web bugs discovered in images format (which is in GIF format) on websites. Web beacon images are mostly invisible because it works on collecting information about user’s activity on website. If images are visible then user’s browser looks more jumble and scatter.
When web beacons are present in the users system, it will recognize the cookies and visited pages description. Web beacon goes up to user’s system through visiting website or through an email. Sometime we call it as “Spyware”.

Web Bug Tracking on web pages:
Web Bug Tracking System was designed to make users’ logging easier. Through web beacon, website images are stored in common server and the web pages can access through any place. Mostly companies use this system for calculating the number of visitor to visit on web page.

Web Bug Tracking in email:
For business purpose, companies send email which having web beacon. If receiver opened that mail, then companies get receiver’s IP address, set cookies to the system, and according to web browser send web bug graphic images.
There are number of techniques to stop web beacon tracking on web pages:
·       Web browser’ cookies should be Turn off. It helps to stop web beacon on your system.
·       With the help of add-ons and extensions, we can block the web beacon services.


If user wants to remove these web bugs from their system, they need to delete all cookies but after deleting all cookies, system speed will slow down. But Scopidea provide tools to delete only those cookies through which your information access by unauthorized companies or person and save all other helpful cookies. Also Scopidea tools help to protect from unwanted web beacon on website or on email.