Keeping track of referrals to client's web site?

To show my site was the referring site to client's site.

[bartainer]

Hello;

For advertising purposes, how does a client know that my web site was the referring site to his site? Can I insert a refer URL extension after the URL? Or, do I have to rely on the client’s web site stats to show that my site was the referring site?

Bartainer

[roseplant]

The client's web stats will show that the visitors came from your URL.

Or if you want it clear to both of you, then link to a page with a hit counter on it and put a 2 second javascript redirect to the real destination page.

[larryn]

Bartainer,

While it is true that your site will show up as the referrer for most (but not all referrals), the best way to ensure your referrals show up and are properly credited, as long as the target site is using some type of tracking, is for the target site to create for you either a special entry URL: www.thatsite.com/referrals/frommysite.html; or that the target site use the commonly found query parameters scheme to identify you as the referring site: www.thatsite.com?ref=www.mysite.com

Using either of those later methods will ensure that your site is clearly identified when the browser hits your site. Counting on the httpd header for referrer information can be risky as the referrring site is not always included, and can be blocked by simplistic firewall settings.

Larry