Methods for website version control using bucket cookies

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a first web server electronically connected to a computer network, a first web resource request from a requester, the first web resource request including a bucket cookie and a first web resource address for a first web resource;
• identifying, by the first web server, a second web resource required to fulfill the first web resource request;
• generating, by the first web server, a second web resource request, including a second web resource address corresponding to the second web resource and including the bucket cookie;
• transmitting, by the first web server, the second web resource request to a second web server;
• and
• outputting, by the first web server or the second web server, a third web resource request to a third web server for a third web resource, the third web resource request including an unaltered version of the bucket cookie.

A computer server, comprising:

• a memory storing computer code encoding instructions;
• a processor configured to execute the instructions encoded in the computer code to perform the steps of:
• receiving, by a first web server electronically connected to a computer network, a first web resource request from a requester, the first web resource request including a bucket cookie and a first web resource address for a first web resource;
• identifying, by the first web server, a second web resource required to fulfill the first web resource request;
• generating, by the first web server, a second web resource request, including a second web resource address corresponding to the second web resource and in the bucket cookie;
• transmitting, by the first web server, the second web resource request to a second web server;
• and
• outputting, by the first web server or the second web server, a third web resource request to a third web server for a third web resource, the third web resource request including an unaltered version of the bucket cookie.