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how do these link referals work ?
« on: June 21, 2011, 03:46:25 PM »
I get some weird sites on my referal sites list when I check my website.

I get the facebook ones and whenever I've linked to it on here "intensitysquared.com" has come up, but what is with the really random websites that obviously haven't got people actually posting the link to my site on them? why do they show up?

not that it matters, just wondering


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Re: how do these link referals work ?
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2011, 03:47:26 PM »
I believe those are just the last page someone was on before loading yours.  Could be coming from a bookmark or just typing in the address.

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Re: how do these link referals work ?
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2011, 03:50:38 PM »
Oh right, I thought it only showed where someone had actually linked to it from. ie if they'd clicked the link on facebook, it would show facebook. But if they'd just been on facebook and typed in my address, it wouldn't count ?


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Re: how do these link referals work ?
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2011, 04:01:27 PM »
What I really want to know is , what are the sites with the red lines through them.  :orly:
I'll just diagnose myself as Goddess of the Universe and have done with it. Hell with autism!  :green: :zoinks:

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Re: how do these link referals work ?
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2011, 04:07:55 PM »
Oh right, I thought it only showed where someone had actually linked to it from. ie if they'd clicked the link on facebook, it would show facebook. But if they'd just been on facebook and typed in my address, it wouldn't count ?



I think so.

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Re: how do these link referals work ?
« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2011, 05:17:51 AM »
Those ones with the blue lines next to them could just be Russian spammers. I get a lot of them on my blog.
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Re: how do these link referals work ?
« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2011, 05:19:39 AM »
Yeah that is what I was thiunking, but wondering how it happens?

I mean what do they do, crawl random sites or something? ???

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Re: how do these link referals work ?
« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2011, 05:47:20 AM »
Yeah they do and post some spam too if they can. There is stacks of it on my blog (though it doesn't actually show up unless I approve it), over a thousand that I should delete but can't be bothered as it takes so long. Have been meaning to get GA to  fix some sort of security up for me on there.

I am not sure how they actually get to the site though, it is probably a random thing as you said.
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Re: how do these link referals work ?
« Reply #8 on: June 22, 2011, 05:53:55 AM »
I hope I don;t get that on my blog as I'm always excited to see I have new comments :green:

I'd be majorly disappointed if I clicked it and it was spam :P

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Re: how do these link referals work ?
« Reply #9 on: June 23, 2011, 04:04:17 AM »
It is unlikely you will get spam because you have that part of posting where you have to write down your name and email address and all. I hope it continues to keep the spammers away. :)
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