On Fri, 15 Oct 2004, Paul Richards-Training wrote: > Hi... > > I have got one site where the total reported referrer requests are 7,000 > less than total monthly page requests, and 70,000 less than the total > reported file requests. > > Internal referrers are filtered out. > > So, I am completely stuck on trying to figure out what is being reported > in the referrer report? > > I know I have posted questions before about defining what the referrer > report does, and I thought it was safe to assume that the number of > referrers should equal the number of recorded page requests, at least > roughly, maybe give our take a 100. But these discrepancies are so > significant, that I am completely stuck! >
1) Some requests don't have referrers. For example, if the user typed in a URL, or used a bookmark/favourite. 2) Many page requests will have internal referrers, which you say you've filtered out. -- Stephen Turner, Cambridge, UK http://homepage.ntlworld.com/adelie/stephen/ "Low Priced Cambridge Clare College. Big selection at eBay UK!" (Ad after Google search for Clare College Cambridge) +------------------------------------------------------------------------ | TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this list: | http://lists.meer.net/mailman/listinfo/analog-help | | Usenet version: news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.analog.general | List archives: http://www.analog.cx/docs/mailing.html#listarchives +------------------------------------------------------------------------
