Hi Stephen, So, can I be clear that essentially when we talk about a "req" in the "referrer report", we are saying something like the following (Bearing in mind all the caveats that not all referrers are recorded in the logs)-
"A single request in the referrer report is a log of a single request FOR a single web page COMING FROM a single referring page. So it's a record of the number of times requests for pages on your site have come FROM another page on another site. The referrer report does not deal with file requests but looks at page requests explicitly." Or is this too simple an explanation of it? Best, Paul Very best wishes, Paul Richards Gateway Team - Statistics and Search Internal ext: 89354 External phone number: 020 7208 9354 Room 301, 35 Marylebone High St, London W1U 4PX my page on connect.gateway -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Turner Sent: 15 October 2004 17:46 To: Support for analog web log analyzer Subject: Re: [analog-help] Guidance sought on strange referrer report 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 +----------------------------------------------------------------------- +- 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.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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------
