Site logs have site referring to itself & no referrers

something that's always bothered me

[Ranger]

Hi folks:

Even though I'm using WebTrends, and am attempting to Exclude my site's URL from the reports, I still get my site showing up in the Referrer logs.

What IS the deal with that? Why does it do that, anyway? I see this happening on other sites, too...

Also: No referrers: are they definitely one of these:
- someone typing the URL in the address bar
- someone clicking on an email sig file link

What about someone who comes in from a bookmark?

Thanks in advance for your insight

[Air]

>No referrers: are they definitely one of these:

It could also be search engine spiders, especially where you see page after page of no referrer requests.

[mbauser2]

What about someone who comes in from a bookmark?

Those don't get referrers, either, unless the person is using a very old (10 years or more) browser.

[Hannu]

What about someone who comes in from a bookmark?

From MSIE 5.x (I think) the browser requests "favicon.ico" when you go to a site via a bookmark. These requests are shown in the "Top Referring Sites" table as "Bookmarks".

[added] See this thread about favicon.ico: [webmasterworld.com...] [/added]

...attempting to Exclude my site's URL from the reports, I still get my site showing up...

Try this:

Create one include filter:

Referring URL: http:* www*

And one exclude filter:

Referring URL: *yourowndomain.com*

These two filters will exclude all internal referrers and "No Referrer".

If you want No Referrer to show up just ad an normal "Include All" instead of the above include filter.