Top Referrers works by you placing a piece of javascript code on the page you want to monitor. When a visitor surfs in the javascript gets the referring URL (the site that is linked to yours) and sends it to the cgi script. From there it is recorded in a small database and an image is returned, so the visitor sees nothing irregular. There is also an option that will let you record the keywords a surfer used in a search engine to get to your site. You can then run the displayreferers.cgi at any time and view a ranked list of all the sites that bring you traffic and all the keywords used. |
