OK, and these requests would include requests for (italics) ALL FILES...? That is gifs, jpgs, as well as pages?
I am finally getting there now in understanding this clearly in terms of how the reports are laid out too. Very best wishes, Paul Richards -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Duke Hillard Sent: 16 June 2004 16:48 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [analog-help] Silly beginners question! Aengus wrote: >Duke Hillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Page requests and referrers are different. A page request is exactly >>that: a request for a page. A referrer is is the place from which the >>user (or the user's computer) heard about your page. If the user >>followed a link to reach a page, the referrer is the previous page. If >>a page contains a graphic, the referrer is the graphic. If a page >>contains 9 images, your reports should show 9 referrers, 1 page >>request, and 10 total requests. >> >> > >You reports wouldn't show 9 referrers. The referrer for all 9 image >requests would be the same - the URL of the page itself. > You're right. I had a picture in my mind but I did a poor job of explaining it. A better explanation on my part might be, "in the Referrer Report, on a single line, there would one referrer with 9 requests. -- Duke > >Not all requests have referrers - if the page itself was requested from >a bookmark, or a link in an e-mail, then there won't be any referrer, >and the only entry in the referrer report would be the URL of page >itself (because it is the referrer for the images). If you got to the >page by following a link from another page, then there would be 2 >entries in the referrer report - one for the referrer that lead you to >the page, and 1 for the URL of page itself (because it is the referrer >for the 9 images). > >Aengus > >+---------------------------------------------------------------------- >+-- >| TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this list: >| http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/unsubscribe.html >| >| Digest version: http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help-digest/ >| Usenet version: news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.analog.general >| List archives: http://www.analog.cx/docs/mailing.html#listarchives >+---------------------------------------------------------------------- >+-- > > > > +----------------------------------------------------------------------- +- | TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this list: | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/unsubscribe.html | | Digest version: http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help-digest/ | Usenet version: news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.analog.general | List archives: http://www.analog.cx/docs/mailing.html#listarchives +----------------------------------------------------------------------- +- http://www.bbc.co.uk/ - World Wide Wonderland This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. Further communication will signify your consent to this. +------------------------------------------------------------------------ | TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this list: | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/unsubscribe.html | | Digest version: http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help-digest/ | Usenet version: news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.analog.general | List archives: http://www.analog.cx/docs/mailing.html#listarchives +------------------------------------------------------------------------
