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Referrer Info

Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:25 am
by Berbbrown
Can anyone help please?

Which browsers support "Referrer Info" effectively?

I want to record when hyperlinks are clicked on my site. Once recorded I want to then redirect to the external website. I also want to make sure that the customer when viewing their logs know traffic was directed from my site.

I have heard that some browsers do not support "referrer info" very well.

Can anyone tell me the most effective method?

Thanks in advance.

B

Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:20 pm
by feyd
Don't rely on the referrer info at all. Simple enough.

Use a redirection script. Rewrite the URL's to go through this script that records where the click is going.

Re: Referrer Info

Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 1:43 pm
by Roja
Berbbrown wrote:Which browsers support "Referrer Info" effectively?
IE, Firefox, Opera, Konqueror, and Safari all support referer (one r, the typo is the correct reference) properly, and very well.

However, IE, Firefox, Opera, Konqueror, and Safari all have addons, plugins, mods, and config options that allow users to remove/edit/manipulate the referer info.

As such, its not a question of the browsers support. Its a question of reliability. The answer is "Its not reliable".