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How to see ALL referrals

most software dont let you

         

wanderingmind

5:00 pm on Oct 5, 2004 (gmt 0)

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My webtrends or Funnelweb do not let me check all referrals to my site. Essentially they cut off the list around 20.

Any which do this better?

bhartzer

5:04 pm on Oct 5, 2004 (gmt 0)

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To be accurate, you'll have to analyze your log files on your server. I'm not sure if webtrends or Funnelweb allows you to change how many referrers you see, but you might want to check--many web stats programs allow you to change those settings, usually in the configuration area.

topr8

5:16 pm on Oct 5, 2004 (gmt 0)

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get the raw log files, import them into a database on your local machine, run a few queries.

small learing curve but will give you what you want.

cgrantski

9:35 pm on Oct 5, 2004 (gmt 0)

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Change the settings on WebTrends and Funnelweb.

wanderingmind

4:22 am on Oct 6, 2004 (gmt 0)

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Webtrends and Funnelweb do not let you change the settings for Referrals, I think :(

Importing them into a database seems a good idea - I can't do it myself, guess I will have to get someone else to do it for me.

I certainly remember once using some free analyzer which would show all referrals, but have forgotten which one. Anybody remmeber this?

sem4u

7:44 am on Oct 6, 2004 (gmt 0)

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Just change the number of referrals to 'all' or whatever the largest number is.

cgrantski

1:12 pm on Oct 6, 2004 (gmt 0)

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If you're willing to limit it to 60,000 hits, use Excel for a quick list (Excel will only work with files up to a certain number of rows) . First get rid of any .jpg, .gif, .css, and other irrelevant lines with a text editor, open the log with excel telling excel to use a space delimiter, copy the column with the referrer field and paste it to a new sheet, sort on it and get rid of the self-referrer lines, and you'll have a good starter list. If you know how to use Text-to-Columns, AutoFilter, and Subtotals (Count), you can actually end up with a good compact summarized but very complete tabulation.