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cgi-bin · 07-17-2009, 10:40 PM

i saw a web a few days ago.this web lists all the ips which has visited his site,the corresponding time and how did the visitors go to this site.in my opinion,the methods how people went to the site are generally classified two groups. one is entering the URL directly into the address bar and reaching the site,another general method is going to the site by search engines.this web even lists which search engine did the visitors use to reach the site,for example,google,yahoo,etc. i wanna know how can it know which search engine visitors use to reach his site?
when u do a search,the search engine just return the data(the visible text including anchor text and the hidden URL)stored in his own database,when u click a hyperlink,whose anchor text is the title,the browser will send a piece of request message to the corresponding site. there is no reason that the visited site knows which search engine the visitor uses. can anyone give me any suggestions? i will be very appreciated.
can someone give me some explanation using TCP/IP knowledges,especially HTTP in this case? i dont know how hyperlink is defined in TCP/IP.

Reveal · 07-18-2009, 04:27 AM

Alot web site leave tracking Cookies know where you vist.

Jinesh Tirur · 07-18-2009, 05:25 AM

It can be done by simple URL tracking..
When one visites ur site, along with the HTTP request ur server gets some more information eg: which OS and browser the visitor is using, URL info etc
If one visits ur site by clicking any links from any web page(any web site), that URL is sent to ur server as 'Link From'info.
By analysing this info u can findout how many visitors are coming from search engines and from other web site links.
For anlaysing it, u have to write some server side programming or have to use any web server log analyser.
Cheers

07-17-2009, 10:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
cgi-bin Status: Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1	how can web site know which search engine the visitor uses? i saw a web a few days ago.this web lists all the ips which has visited his site,the corresponding time and how did the visitors go to this site.in my opinion,the methods how people went to the site are generally classified two groups. one is entering the URL directly into the address bar and reaching the site,another general method is going to the site by search engines.this web even lists which search engine did the visitors use to reach the site,for example,google,yahoo,etc. i wanna know how can it know which search engine visitors use to reach his site? when u do a search,the search engine just return the data(the visible text including anchor text and the hidden URL)stored in his own database,when u click a hyperlink,whose anchor text is the title,the browser will send a piece of request message to the corresponding site. there is no reason that the visited site knows which search engine the visitor uses. can anyone give me any suggestions? i will be very appreciated. can someone give me some explanation using TCP/IP knowledges,especially HTTP in this case? i dont know how hyperlink is defined in TCP/IP.

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07-18-2009, 04:27 AM	#2 (permalink)
Reveal Status: Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1	Alot web site leave tracking Cookies know where you vist.

07-18-2009, 05:25 AM	#3 (permalink)
Jinesh Tirur Status: Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2	It can be done by simple URL tracking.. When one visites ur site, along with the HTTP request ur server gets some more information eg: which OS and browser the visitor is using, URL info etc If one visits ur site by clicking any links from any web page(any web site), that URL is sent to ur server as 'Link From'info. By analysing this info u can findout how many visitors are coming from search engines and from other web site links. For anlaysing it, u have to write some server side programming or have to use any web server log analyser. Cheers