Can we track referer of referer?

[kslup_k]

Hello

DOes anyone know if we can track the referer of referer?

Like, i have mysite.com to be redirected to funnypage.com

i know that if i track the referer from funnypage.com, it would be mysite.com, right?

so, my question, can we track the referer of mysite.com?

may be it came from google.com --> mysite.com --> funnypage.com.

can we do it?

Thanks in advance.

 

[deadmoon]

Not really. Unless mysite.com sends the referer of that, to funnypage.com (something such as funnypage.com/?originalreferer=http://google.com/search...etc)

 

[kslup_k]

Not really. Unless mysite.com sends the referer of that, to funnypage.com (something such as funnypage.com/?originalreferer=http://google.com/search...etc)

No, i dont think it has funnypage.com/?originalreferer=http://google.com/search..

Is there any way?
I am suspecting that we can do it, but i just dontknow how to.

 

[deadmoon]

no i wasn't saying that it is funnypage.com/?orig..., im saying thats the only way, esp if theyre ondifferent servers tbh. I take it only one site is yours??

 

[kslup_k]

mysite.com belongs to me. and the first domain is mine too.

but google.com (LOL) and funnypage.com are not mine

I had this question all over my head for the past week. So, i decided to tried it with my friend's help. I "supposed" that this CANNOT be done.

So, i offer him $20 if he can show me that this can be done. and he did.

but he still doesnt want to show me how to do it.!

 

[Jim_]

Unless you can get funnypage to send you their referrer information, it's not possible.

 

[kslup_k]

Quoted from Wikipedia

"Dereferer

Since a web server and site can log where visitors have apparently arrived from (ie the page which was clicked to reach the page they are loading), there are a number of dereferer services, which allow web pages to link to others without giving meaningful referer information. An example of a derefered link using a common dereferer service is:

* http://ultimod.org/?url=http://en.wikipedia.org/

In the above example, your browser first goes to the ultimod.org site and then is redirected to en.wikipedia.org. To the wikipedia server, it appears that the referer was on ultimod.org, not on this page which would normally be considered the referring page.
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[ahtum]

hmm <?php header("location:funnypage.com"); ?> put this on mysite.com and on funnypage.com you`ll see the refer as from google

 

[yeppers]

Hey kslup_k,

You CANNOT track the referer of a referer. If you owned 3 websites, and you wanted to track referering from one to another, that's possible, but you cannot get the referer of a 3rd website.

If a person were to go to: Google.com > somewebsite.com > yourwebsite.com

You could only get the referer 'somewebsite.com', you could never get 'google.com' unless ofcourse you owned the website 'somewebsite.com' then you could pass the referer 'google.com' on to the next website in hidden data.

So the short answer: No.

So, i offer him $20 if he can show me that this can be done. and he did.

but he still doesnt want to show me how to do it.!

Your friend must have 'tricked' you , either he owned all the websites he was using as referers, or he did something else fake lol

All the best,
Rhett.

 

[kslup_k]

I think i must have worded it wrongly and some misunderstanding between my friend and me.

Billy, you are right about your previous post.

There is no way we can track according to Billy's post, and i agree with that.
However, here is a trick that cost me $20.

From google.com -> somepage.com AND that somepage.com is redirected to funnypage.com

and guess what, the referer from funnypage.com would show google.com

i didnot referer worked like that, and apparently he does.

I hope i cleared this mess up.