is a HTTP header field that identifies the address of the webpage (i.e. the URI or IRI) that linked to the resource being requested.
Questions tagged [referrer]
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Android referral tracking does not work
I am attempting to get Android Referral tracking to work. I am following the only documentation I have found here http://code.google.com/mobile/analytics/docs/android/#referrals I have the following in my android manifest file

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Redirect based on referrer URL
In my site I have a password protected page containing some links to other sites also operated by myself that cannot be password protected. I would like to place a HTML code onto one of the other sites I operate that checks that the person arriving…

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Send a location hash through a referrer
I have a page where in Javascript I add to the location hash something like:
location.hash = "initial_source=previous_referrer".
Afterwards a window.location is done in order to redirect.
However the receiver gets the referrer in his request…

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How to get full referrer in Google analytics?
Several days ago, I just following the instructions at
http://www.slideshare.net/pandyajigar/how-to-see-the-full-referring-url-in-google-analytics-by-jigar-pandya
to add a filter in order to get the full referrer path in Google analytics…

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How to use Google Analytics track referrer install from Google Play?
Add libGoogleAnalytics.jar to your project's /libs directory.
Add the following permissions to your project's AndroidManifest.xml manifest file:

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JavaScript Redirect based on Referrer?
Is there anyway to grab the referring URL using javascript, lets say the reffering url is http://page.com/home?local=fr, then redirect a user to a new page with the same local as the reffering page (http://page.com/login?local=referring…

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How can I detect rel="noreferrer" support?
Is there any way I can detect the support for rel="noreferrer" with Javascript?
link without referral
Solution - $.browser is deprecated, and it may be moved to a plugin in a future release of…

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Implement HTTP to HTTPs redirect preserving Google Analytics referrer
Google Analytics shows a suspicious amount of (direct)/(none) as source for my website. I know that when an HTTP website is linked from an HTTPs website, the referrer information is lost.
In my case, I have a secure website https://example.com and I…

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.htaccess - Check Referer Matches Host Without Hard Coding?
I would like to do the typical thing where you make sure a referrer header matches your host, using htaccess. However I would like to do this without hard coding the domain name, so the htaccess code can easily be reused across many many sites.
I…

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PHP HTTP Referrer
I have a page which accepts POSTs from a remote site. I would like to detect the domain that these POSTs are coming from. I realize that it can be spoofed but it is better than nothing.
I have tried accessing the HTTP_REFERER variable but it just…

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Get HTTP Referrer on Redirection
How can you get the HTTP Referrer when redirected from another website, not when they click on a link since it would work for $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'], but it doesn't work when a user has been redirected a website and the referrer would be…

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Only allow users from specific referrer (redirect the rest) - HTACCESS
I've been trying to block access from everyone that is trying to see a .php page without coming from my specific tracking link.
I want that if they're not coming from my link, they be redirected to another website.
I tried using .htaccess method as…

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how can I pass data to android Market using the new scheme on chrome?
so I noticed according to here, you can put a link on the site and have user to click on it. If user had the app installed, app will be launched. If the app wasn't installed, Google Play Store will be launched and search for the particular package,…

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Android Google Play intent referrer
I'm launching Google Play like this:
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("market://details?id=com.example"));
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY |…

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Install referrer is not tracking on android web market
When installing an app via the Market app on a phone, the app will correctly receive the referrer information passed to it (as described here: http://code.google.com/mobile/analytics/docs/android/#android-market-tracking).
However, when installing…

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