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I'm in the process of analyzing events in some of our download logs. When I click on "http_referrer" it brings up the top 10 values for this field, however the very first value is blank. This first value is significantly higher than the others, so I'm interested in where this traffic is coming from. What does a blank http_referrer field mean?
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According to this page over at stack overflow, http_referrer is an unreliable field. Blank means it wasn't filled in. in some cases, that means the browser was in a private window or otherwise had privacy enabled, in others it might indicate that the referring page just didn't care enough to code it.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6023941/how-reliable-is-http-referer
According to THIS page - https://gispunt.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/why-using-referer-header-as-a-security-mechanism-is-a-bad-i...
"Most modern browsers have a “enhanced
privacy mode” that will remove the
referrer header next to refusing all
sorts of other tracking mechanisms,
which the header was initially
designed for."
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According to this page over at stack overflow, http_referrer is an unreliable field. Blank means it wasn't filled in. in some cases, that means the browser was in a private window or otherwise had privacy enabled, in others it might indicate that the referring page just didn't care enough to code it.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6023941/how-reliable-is-http-referer
According to THIS page - https://gispunt.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/why-using-referer-header-as-a-security-mechanism-is-a-bad-i...
"Most modern browsers have a “enhanced
privacy mode” that will remove the
referrer header next to refusing all
sorts of other tracking mechanisms,
which the header was initially
designed for."
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Very useful information - thanks so much!
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you're welcome!
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