i need to do a 302 redirect to a partner company domain. they want to track all of their incoming traffic.
will my index.html 302'd page not pass referrer info?
how do i configure this page to pass the referrer info, if not.
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A:
The referer is sent by the browser, and there is not much you can do about that.
If they really want to track which users came from your website, a solution would be to add a parameter to the URL you are redirecting to.
For instance, instead of redirecting to
http://www.otherserver.com/index.php
You would redirect to something like :
http://www.otherserver.com/index.php?from=mysite
But, of course, this means more work, both on your side and theirs...
Pascal MARTIN
2009-12-11 21:00:49
+1: It's the only way to be sure.
Broam
2009-12-11 21:01:28
why does that mean more work? Should i use a 301 instead? Considering this will in place for a year as a pilot program? then adjust the location after that time if need be? here is what i envision my index.asp page would look like: <%@ Language=VBScript %> <% ' Permanent redirection Response.Status = "301 Moved Permanently" Response.AddHeader "Location", "http://www.partnercompany.com/specificpage.asp?from=mysite" Response.End %> <html> <head> <meta name="ROBOTS" content="NOINDEX,NOFOLLOW"> </head> </html> does that look ok?
tony noriega
2009-12-11 21:50:49
It means a bit more work because you'll have to pass an additional parameters -- and the other end will have to understand it to identify your site (which means modifying their existing systems, which is now based on Referer)
Pascal MARTIN
2009-12-11 21:56:07