Abstract: A method for collecting information provided from a visitor's internet browser and including that information into the log files generated from the originating web server log files. This is achieved by including java, visual basic, and pixel based scripts within an online element such as a web page or web banner. These various types of scripts collect varying amounts of data from the visitor's browser depending on the browser's script execution ability. The data collection process occurs between the visitor's browser and the remote data collection server that hosts the executed scripts. The scripts executed by the visitor's browser can include data not collected from the originating web server. Once the extended data is collected and formed by the remote data collection server the originating web server calls the remote server and combines it with a document such as an image within the online element.