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Re: Meaning of No Referer in webstats From Jim Perry at Palmares of Elite Women Cycle Racers on 6 Feb '01 replying to Re: Meaning of No Referer in webstats posted by Inachu Sometimes the referer is listed as "bookmark". I don't know how that can happen. It is rare, so not too important. In any case, I think what I will do is load a couple of files into a test directory and experiment a bit to see how my accesses get listed on my log stats. If "no referer" does indeed mean that the visitor typed the URL directly into the address field in their browser, then my site has a very high ratio of site visits to home page accesses! That wouldn't surprise me and it is not real critical that they all find their way to the home page so long as they can find it if they want. Jim Perry >I believe they are using Norton Internet Security which disables >everything transmitted by a browser and where they came from(except the ip address) > >I have been using NIS and Zonelabs in tandem and it works great! >This also happens if they click on your hyper link from within their >bookmarks or favorites. > >You can try to force the referer maybe by using the favicon technique. >But this may or may not work depening on how they reach your site. > >Inachu >

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>Sometimes the referer is listed as "bookmark". I don't know how that >can happen. It is rare, so not too important. > >In any case, I think what I will do is load a couple of files into a >test directory and experiment a bit to see how my accesses get listed >on my log stats. > >If "no referer" does indeed mean that the visitor typed the URL >directly into the address field in their browser, then my site has a >very high ratio of site visits to home page accesses! That wouldn't >surprise me and it is not real critical that they all find their way >to the home page so long as they can find it if they want. > >Jim Perry > >>I believe they are using Norton Internet Security which disables >>everything transmitted by a browser and where they came from(except the ip address) >> >>I have been using NIS and Zonelabs in tandem and it works great! >>This also happens if they click on your hyper link from within their >>bookmarks or favorites. >> >>You can try to force the referer maybe by using the favicon technique. >>But this may or may not work depening on how they reach your site. >> >>Inachu >>