Domain from WordPress

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  theianfox · Member · Mar 9, 2011 at 5:47 pm

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  If you purchase a domain name from WordPress does the stats indicate where the links into your site come from?

  I had a free Domain name pointing to my WP.com blog. In the referrer stats it only ever listed the domain name as being the referrer. I’d posted links to the site on various different forums. I think it’s handy having a record of which places get you the most traffic?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Mar 9, 2011 at 6:25 pm

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  The stats on a domain being domain mapped by wordpress.com are the same stats we get on the wordpress.com root blog stats. Nothing changes in that regard at all. Please see here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/stats/

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  timethief · Member · Mar 9, 2011 at 6:33 pm

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  If you wish you can run third party stats programs.

  1. Visitor tracking on WordPress.com blogs
  2. Real time visitor tracking (non-JavaScript) for blogs
  3. getclicky real time stats for wordpress.com blogs
  4. Two free unique visitor counters for wordpress.com blogs
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  theianfox · Member · Mar 9, 2011 at 6:41 pm

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  Thanks very much.

  I’m still not sure about this. I’d already that support page and the premium features page that details domain names.

  I was kind of hoping someone who has a domain through WordPress could just give me a yes or no answer.

  Hypothetically if I post a link on the “fans of shoes forum” to example.com which points to my WP.com site, will it say in the referer stats the view came from “fans of shoes” or example.com

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  timethief · Member · Mar 9, 2011 at 6:44 pm

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  I have two domain which are being domain mapped by wordpress.com. I see the referrers from this forum and other forums I post to in my stats only when people use the link on the other forum to click into my blogs.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 9, 2011 at 6:48 pm

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  What you will see is the URL from whence the referrer came.

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  theianfox · Member · Mar 9, 2011 at 6:50 pm

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  Brilliant.

  Thank you very much.

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  theianfox · Member · Mar 9, 2011 at 6:51 pm

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  Incidentally I had no idea that would hyperlink “example” in my post.

  Please don’t follow those links.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 9, 2011 at 6:54 pm

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  Hi again Ian,
  I’ll flag this thread so our Moderator breaks the links. Happy Blogging. :)