referring URLs in sponsor stats - GoFuckYourself.com

sickkittens · 02-05-2005, 05:46 PM

If a sponsor lists "unknown" in the referring pages stats, what could that mean? What would be the possiblilities of so many "unknown" clicks?

polish_aristocrat · 02-05-2005, 05:47 PM

No idea, but with Nasty Dollars most of my referring urls show "no data".
ARS, Silver Cash etc, show the referrer in 95% cases though.

Dirty F · 02-05-2005, 05:48 PM

Shitty software.

sickkittens · 02-05-2005, 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat

No idea, but with Nasty Dollars most of my referring urls show "no data".
ARS, Silver Cash etc, show the referrer in 95% cases though.

Another strange thing that is going on w/ another sponsor is that I'm getting URL's listed that don't have the linking codes on them.

fris · 02-05-2005, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sickkittens

If a sponsor lists "unknown" in the referring pages stats, what could that mean? What would be the possiblilities of so many "unknown" clicks?

dude i get all sorts of wacked out shit. on nats i got a referal signup from consumption junction. i dont advertise on there

heh

whatever tho

as long as its coin

XPays · 02-05-2005, 05:51 PM

Can't speak for others- but we track our LinkFrom(tm) data for security reasons without server side includes. The info is handy and meant to augment the reporting but tracking a referral url is not as critical as the hard coded webmaster id for example. Also your traffic may come in a fashion that makes tracking the ref url difficult as well. All depends on the source, target, and technology imo.

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sickkittens · 02-05-2005, 05:51 PM

I'm guessing it can track the 1st page the surfer goes to before going to the page where they click the link?

rowan · 02-05-2005, 05:57 PM

About 20-30% of tgp surfers have privacy blocking software or other reasons they don't present a valid referer.

Some sponsors/processors seem to lose a lot more than that though.

Diligent · 02-05-2005, 06:36 PM

If You have some pages with Meta Refesh'es on them, it could be traffic from there...
I just noticed this today and had to switch to JS redirecting on those pages instead.

Appearantly it's a browser-standard to NOT pass the referer if the visitor is coming from such a redirect.

02-05-2005, 05:46 PM	#1
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02-05-2005, 05:47 PM	#2
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02-05-2005, 05:51 PM	#6
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02-05-2005, 05:51 PM	#7
sickkittens I am a meat popsicle. Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,100	I'm guessing it can track the 1st page the surfer goes to before going to the page where they click the link? __________________ HIGHEST PAYOUTS FOR NO-CONSOLE TOURS IN THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY! THIS SIG CAN BE YOURS FOR $200 - ICQ: 78881543

02-05-2005, 06:36 PM	#9
Diligent Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Hoy Suecia, mañana Nirvana Posts: 1,594	If You have some pages with Meta Refesh'es on them, it could be traffic from there... I just noticed this today and had to switch to JS redirecting on those pages instead. Appearantly it's a browser-standard to NOT pass the referer if the visitor is coming from such a redirect. __________________ ~¤~ MORE MONEY ~¤~ VOD? XoD! ~¤~ ~¤~ ICQ# 9828 2461 ~¤~

02-05-2005, 05:48 PM	#3
Dirty F Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 59,204	Shitty software.

02-05-2005, 05:57 PM	#8
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	About 20-30% of tgp surfers have privacy blocking software or other reasons they don't present a valid referer. Some sponsors/processors seem to lose a lot more than that though.