Jego
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From: Near Brampton, Ontario, Canada
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Using a Redirect Trick to Save Face! - 11/21/2000 22:40:00
If you have a client who has direct access to their own Web site stats, stats that provide the referring URL for all hits, they have the ability to follow that link directly to it's source just by clicking.If you're having a problem with a site and post the URL in the Forums for everyone to take a look at, the referring URL will be that particular thread. Your client can then read about all the problems you're having with their site (not to mention any comments!) ![]("http://www.frontpagewebmaster.com/ubb/eek.gif") My workaround is using "The Redirect Trick", explained fully and with browser compatibility explained at www.builder.com/Authoring/Tagmania/011000/ss01.html This requires that you have another site to redirect from, whether it be your own homepage, or business site or even a freebie site (but make sure the ads are set as static and not a pop-up window).
What you are going to be doing is sending people to your site FIRST to be redirected to your client's site, thereby showing no referring URL, i.e. a post here in the Forums. On your own site, create a page with no theme, colours, etc. Name this page myclient.htm. (When published, or FTP'd this page address will then be www.mysite.com/myclient.htm)
In HTML view, place the following in this new page.
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT language="JavaScript1.1">
<!--
location.replace("http://www.clientsrealaddress.com/");
//-->
</SCRIPT>
<NOSCRIPT>
<META http-equiv="Refresh" content="0; URL=http://www.clientsrealaddress.com/">
</NOSCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
This page has moved to a <A href="http://www.clientsrealaddress.com/">new location</A>.
</BODY>
</HTML>
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When you are referring to the client's site in a post you would then use www.mysite.com/clientsite.htm as the URL, as opposed to the *real* client's site address. All the helpful Outfronters will then be taken to your site first, with an automatic redirect to your client's real site, and no referring URL is shown in the Web site stats (the fact that there's been a "hit", does show, just not from where. I have tested this (a few hundred times!...and a thanks to LB also ![]("http://www.frontpagewebmaster.com/ubb/smile.gif") ) on a freebie hit counter (Sitemeter), which is enabled to show referring URLs (with deadly accuracy I might add). I can not guarantee at this moment if this will hold true for all hit counters, but it seemed like such a good idea (pats self on back! ![]("http://www.frontpagewebmaster.com/ubb/biggrin.gif") ) that I just had to share. If this referring URL thing is a concern for anyone else, and you give the redirect a try on a site, please report back with your hit counter "no referring URL" successes! ( I will NOT add..."failures"...but those too I suppose!). For an example of how fast and efficient the redirect is, here's one for you to look at: www.byjego.com/vaughanofakind.htm [This message has been edited by Jego (edited 11-21-2000).]
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