Query re. referrers on stats page – specifically Facebook
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Hi,
So when I look at my referrers list, I’ll see something like this:
facebook 322 (official logo)
l.facebook.com 49
lm.facebook.com 9Followed, as expected, by other referrers
I was just wondering what the difference was between these different Facebook referrers – is WordPress actually registering whether clicks came from different individual links? e.g. is the above indicative that 3 separate people linked to the blog? Or is it something else entirely?
I can extend the latter two but when I click on the individual link it only takes me to my blog.
Just curious.
Thanks!
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Hi there,
I suggest you read what Staff ie. jeremeylduvall has said in this thread https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stats-are-confusing-me?replies=29 -
Thanks very much!! I did search some the Support function and read a few posts on stats but hadn’t found anything which explained this in much detail :) Thanks again
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If someone clicks on a link shared on Facebook and that leads to them actually viewing a post on a blog, that is a pageview.
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I realise that.
What I am wondering about, is why, when I look at my stats and the referrals which came from Facebook, I have three different Facebook options noted down, with different corresponding views.
For today, my blog stats show this:
facebook 322 (official logo)
l.facebook.com 49
lm.facebook.com 9Is that 322 plus 49 plus 9 i.e. 380 total views referred from Facebook. If so, why does it show three different versions?
Is that because the source in Facebook is in fact in a different place e.g. different people posted about my blog with a link and WordPress recognises that?
Or is it something else?
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Hi there,
Facebook made a change in which they migrated their link shim traffic off of www. to l.facebook.com so that it could be non-https for browsers that don’t support meta referrers to manage referrers.
So, this means that l.facebook.com corresponds to http://www.facebook.com and lm.facebook.com corresponds to m.facebook.com (mobile Facebook).
For more information on link shim, please view this post from Facebook Security:
If you have any further questions or want more details it would be best to contact Facebook about this.
Thank you!
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