Systems, devices, articles and methods for tracking user referral actions

A processor-based system, comprising:

• at least one nontransitory processor-readable storage medium that stores at least one of processor-readable instructions or data;
• at least one processor communicatively coupled to the at least one nontransitory processor-readable storage medium, in operation the at least one processor:
• receives a Web page request for a first Web page from a client processor-based system, the Web page request includes data indicative of a Web address of the first Web page and does not include data which identifies a Web address of a second Web page that linked to the Web page;
• determines whether the data indicative of the Web address of the first Web page includes at least one tracking parameter;
• and
• responsive to a determination that the data indicative of the Web address of the first Web page includes at least one tracking parameter, designates the Web page request as a social share Web request in the at least one nontransitory processor-readable storage medium, the social share Web request signifying the data indicative of the Web address of the first Web page was previously shared with the client processor-based system by another client processor-based system.

A method of operating a processor-based system, comprising:

• receiving, by at least one processor of the processor-based system, a Web page request for a Web page from a first client processor-based system;
• generating, by the at least one processor of the processor-based system, a Web page request identifier based on the received Web page request to uniquely identify the Web page request from other requests received by the processor-based system for the Web page and from requests for other Web pages;
• including, by the at least one processor of the processor-based system, the Web page request identifier in a metadata tag of the requested Web page;
• including, by the at least one processor of the processor-based system, a client side executable script with the Web page, the client side executable script which, when executed by a client side processor of the first client processor-based system, causes the first client processor-based system to transmit a digital package including at least the Web page request identifier and a user identifier logically associable with the first client processor-based system;
• transmitting, by the at least one processor of the processor-based system, the Web page including the Web page request identifier and including the client side executable script to the first client processor-based system in response to the request from the first client processor-based system;
• receiving, by an at least one processor of the processor-based system, a Web page request for the Web page from a second client processor-based system, the Web page request includes data indicative of a Web address of the Web page and does not include data which identifies a Web address of a second Web page that linked to the Web page;
• determining, by the at least one processor of the processor-based system, whether the data indicative of the Web address of the first Web page includes the Web page request identifier;
• and
• responsive to determining that the data indicative of the Web address of the first Web page includes at the Web page request identifier, designating the Web page request as a social share Web request by the at least one processor of the processor-based system in a nontransitory processor-readable storage medium, the social share Web request signifying the data indicative of the Web address of the first Web page was previously shared with the second client processor-based system by the first client processor-based system or by another client processor-based system.

A processor-based system, comprising:

• at least one nontransitory processor-readable storage medium that stores at least one of processor-readable instructions or data;
• at least one processor communicatively coupled to the at least one nontransitory processor-readable storage medium, in operation the at least one processor:
• receiving, by at least one processor of the processor-based system, a Web page request for a Web page from a first client processor-based system;
• generating, by the at least one processor of the processor-based system, a Web page request identifier based on the received Web page request to uniquely identify the Web page request from other requests received by the processor-based system for the Web page and from requests for other Web pages;
• including, by the at least one processor of the processor-based system, the Web page request identifier in a metadata tag of the requested Web page;
• including, by the at least one processor of the processor-based system, a client side executable script with the Web page, the client side executable script which, when executed by a client side processor of the first client processor-based system, causes the first client processor-based system to transmit a digital package including at least the Web page request identifier and a user identifier logically associable with the first client processor-based system;
• transmitting, by the at least one processor of the processor-based system, the Web page including the Web page request identifier and including the client side executable script to the first client processor-based system in response to the request from the first client processor-based system;
• receiving, by an at least one processor of the processor-based system, a Web page request for the Web page from a second client processor-based system, the Web page request includes data indicative of a Web address of the Web page and does not include data which identifies a Web address of a second Web page that linked to the Web page;
• determining, by the at least one processor of the processor-based system, whether the data indicative of the Web address of the first Web page includes the Web page request identifier;
• and
• responsive to determining that the data indicative of the Web address of the first Web page includes at the Web page request identifier, designating the Web page request as a social share Web request by the at least one processor of the processor-based system in a nontransitory processor-readable storage medium, the social share Web request signifying the data indicative of the Web address of the first Web page was previously shared with the second client processor-based system by the first client processor-based system or by another client processor-based system.