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Title: links information
Post by: A Few Questions on July 20, 2012, 12:41:53 PM
Sorry if this is obvious but I'm no webmaster...

Is there a place I can go as admin on my site to find out where my traffic is coming from, like which links are being used to my site and which are not?  I have something like this on my blogspot.com site but I can't find it on my SMF board.

Thank you.
Title: Re: links information
Post by: Arantor on July 20, 2012, 12:44:09 PM
Not in SMF itself, no.

blogspot makes use of Google Analytics, you can install that yourself but an increasing number of people have issues with its privacy abuses.
Title: Re: links information
Post by: A Few Questions on July 20, 2012, 12:48:18 PM
Thank you.

I'm one of those people by the way.  I'm getting out of blogspot because I don't see a reason they should be asking for my birthday and other things.  If that means no information on incoming links then so be it :)

I really like SMF so far.
Title: Re: links information
Post by: Arantor on July 20, 2012, 12:53:16 PM
Your host may provide some tools for examining referral detail but it won't be as thorough as Google Analytics (though odds are it will be more accurate)
Title: Re: links information
Post by: A Few Questions on July 20, 2012, 01:11:25 PM
Okay thanks, I will try that.