Why is my own web address always in the "Referring URLs

Posts: 2 · Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:44 am

I've always lived with that annoyance, but can someone explain me why I see my own web addresses in the list of referrers for the "Referring URLs" (and "Referring Sites") report?

Posts: 570 · Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:15 am

Your own address will show up if you have absolute links on your site:

Example:

Code:

<a href="http://www.example.com/Shopping/Cart/">Click Here for Shopping Cart</a>

Instead, you should make them absolute to the site root

Code:

<a href="/Shopping/Cart/">Click Here for Shopping Cart</a>

Posts: 2 · Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 1:46 pm

Thanks! It seems Community Server is putting absolute links where they could have been relative. I never realized that. I'll investigate.