Applies to: SmarterStat 4.x
Any time a visitor comes to your site, chances are they came from somewhere else. The site that they come from, therefore, is called the "referring site". This report shows you the domain name or IP address that referred a visitor to your site, in descending order, based on the number of times that domain name or IP address was the referrer.
As of version 3.1 of SmarterStats, this report item shows only the referrers that were used when entering your site. To see referrals that are the result of navigation in your site, use the report item "In-Site Referrers."
Occasionally, you may see a "No Referrer" listed. If a person types your web site address, or the URL to any particular page within your web site, directly into their browser's address bar, or if your site is their homepage when they open the browser, there will not be a referral for that visit because the visitor is not coming from someplace prior to hitting your site, they are coming directly to your site. There are also some scripts and privacy programs that can be used to block referral information when a visitor navigates from one web site to another.
Article ID: 177, Created On: 5/22/2007, Modified: 3/31/2010