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A feature built into most web browsers is that the browser will tell the server of a web page what web page sent it. A sort of, "Who told you to come see me" sort of interrogation. This is called a referer (sic), and it is used for web authors to see who is linking to them and how people meander through their web sites.
One of the more interesting side-effects of this feature, is that search engines like Google will embed the "search query" that the person used in order to find a page in this "referer" system.
So, if someone types "ugly bulldogs" into a search engine, and it tells them about Sydney and the user clicks on it, then I will know that someone used the term "ugly bulldogs" to get to my site. This is pretty interesting stuff as it lets me see what pages of mine respond to what search queries.
I guess you can look at weblogs.com to see a forum where people enter weird links they find in their search log.
Below you will see part of my latest web site logs that shows the query and the page of mine that it mapped to. Do you notice anything weird that I should highlight? BTW: Would you like the script that generates this output?
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I love your site… It strikes a chord…
Is it ok to publish some howardisms in my site?
Will you allow it? Please let me know.
Thanks.
Comment posted on Sunday, 17 October 2004
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