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Re: How do I read referral logs?

  • Subject: Re: How do I read referral logs?
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:55:39 +0000
  • Newsgroups: alt.internet.search-engines
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / MCC / Manchester University
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__/ [John Bokma] on Thursday 29 December 2005 22:13 \__

> "kevboy" <themckinneys@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> This seems like a stupid question, but how do I read me referral logs?
>> I have a blog with Blogger, and I'm guessing I should be able to read
>> it, but every time I do a search for how to read them I get a billion
>> hits that just mention the phrase....
>> 
>> I'm sure it's very easy, so I apologize if it's a stupid question.
> 
> FTP to your server and download the file access_log

Over 80% of the referrals I see are pure spam, so don't get your hopes high.
Inspection of referral logs can be an utter waste of time. This pattern
begins to emerge and gets worse as a site matures, it seems. It goes in line
with E-mail spam.

Best wishes,

Roy

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