Page views for proxy servers

A non-transitory computer-useable storage medium storing a computer program, the computer program comprising instructions for causing a computer to perform the following operations:

• determine, via a client, whether a user has explicitly requested, over the Internet, a first resource from an HTTP server, wherein a uniform resource locator indicates a location of the first resource on a network, the uniform resource locator including a domain name section, a directory section, and a filename section;
• wherein the determining includes at least one of:
• detecting that the user has clicked on a hyperlink and detecting that the user has typed a location of the first resource into a navigation bar of a browser;
• generate, via a client, an HTTP request for the first resource based on the uniform resource locator, wherein to generate the request based on the uniform resource locator, the program further comprises instructions for causing a computer to include at least the directory section and the filename section of the uniform resource locator in a first field of the HTTP request;
• only if the determination indicates the user explicitly requested the first resource, append, via the client, to the generated HTTP request an indication that the user explicitly requested the first resource, the indication being included in a second field of the HTTP request;
• send, via the client, the request for the first resource to a server computer, wherein the server computer is configured to determine which resources the user intentionally requested based on information in the second field of the HTTP request;
• receive the first resource from the server computer;
• and
• render the first resource, wherein rendering the first resource includes:
• generating, via the client, a request for a second resource not explicitly requested by the user, wherein a second field of the request for the second resource identifies at least the domain name of the first resource, and wherein the request for the second resource does not include an indication that the user explicitly requested the second resource;
• and
• sending the request for the second resource.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• determining, via a processor, whether a user intentionally requests a web object by clicking on a hyperlink, wherein a uniform resource locator indicates a location of the web object on a network, wherein the determining includes at least one of:
• detecting that the user has clicked on a hyperlink and detecting that the user has typed a location of the first resource into a navigation bar of a browser;
• generating an HTTP request for the web object based on the uniform resource locator of the website;
• only when the request is intentional, appending, to the generated HTTP request, an indication that the user explicitly requested the web object, the indication being included in a second field of the HTTP request;
• when the request is unintentional, including at least a domain name in the second field of the HTTP request, wherein the domain name corresponds to a website intentionally requested by the user, wherein the unintentional request is made in association with rendering the website;
• and
• tracking, via a server computer, which web objects the user intentionally requests based on the second field of HTTP request.