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Referrer meaning
A person who refers another. | The URL from which a user agent was referred to another URL.
Example sentences (5)
By having a robot randomly access many sites enough times, with a message or specific address given as the referrer, that message or Internet address then appears in the referrer log of those sites that have referrer logs.
Also, site administrators who notice the referrer log entries in their logs may follow the link back to the spammer's referrer page.
Checking the HTTP Referrer header can also help.
Since some Web search engines base the importance of sites on the number of different sites linking to them, referrer-log spam may increase the search engine rankings of the spammer's sites.
Some websites have a referrer log which shows which pages link to that site.