Don't see some referers in log files

referer problem

[rchilakapati]

Hi there,

I have a directory on my site where, when a user clicks on a link:
1. a new window will open ( with the <a target=> tag)
2. some database calculations are done
3. html is shown on this window with the <meta refresh> tag so that after a few seconds, the window is directed to the client's site.

The problem is, I've seen my clients log files, and 90% of the referrals do not show up with a referral tag, i.e. it shows up as '-', instead of my site. I'd feel more comfortable if they were unable to see any referrals from me, but to miss 90% lends me to believe that there is something wrong with how I am doing this. Does anyone have any suggestions? The 10% that do show up do not have any noticable difference than the 90% that are missing the referral tag in the log files.

Would appreciate any help!

[cgrantski]

I'll bet that the 10% have Firefox, Safari, and other non-IE browsers in the User Agent field, because IE does not pass the referrer information for <Meta> refreshes.

[rchilakapati]

Thats what I thought, but I looked at the log files and there is no consistency between which browser was used.

[Pfui]

You'll find a related discussion about the increasing lack of referer info here [webmasterworld.com].