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Best way to pass referrer info

         

tonynoriega

6:46 pm on Dec 11, 2009 (gmt 0)

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i have a page that will re-direct to a partner domain.

how can i re-direct and still keep referrer info..

if i do a 302, will that still pass the http_referrer info?

if i dont want SE's to find this page, do i just add "noindex, nofollow"

am i pretty safe with that?

incrediBILL

7:04 pm on Dec 11, 2009 (gmt 0)

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I would also include the page in your robots.txt "disallow /somepage.html" or whatever.

The referrer info will be lost when you redirect to the new domain unless you put the information in a tracking cookie or pass it as a parameter.

Tracking cookies are how the affiliate programs remember the referrer domain and it's usually the script that displays the one pixel transparent .gif that creates this tracking cookie.