WordPress.com Forums » Tag: wordpress.com as a referrer - Recent Posts http://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/wordpresscom-as-a-referrer WordPress.com Forums » Tag: wordpress.com as a referrer - Recent Posts en Wed, 22 May 2013 22:55:31 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 fabiusmaximus2000 on "What happened to the WordPress as referrer?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/what-happened-to-the-wordpress-as-referrer#post-790811 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 04:22:45 +0000 fabiusmaximus2000 790811@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Everyone experienced a spike in traffic in late October from the change in stats counter -- counting in the total stats the hits from wordpress as referrer (previously and now shown only in the stats for specific posts, but not the blog total).

This generate a flood of complaints, I think because of the way it was implemented. But including referrer traffic -- from wordpress and other services -- is IMO a great idea. Are additional changes under consideration?

]]> ismailimail on "For Matt: An unusually large uptick in stats without any reasons" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/for-matt-an-unusually-large-uptick-in-stats-without-any-reasons#post-757114 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:04:28 +0000 ismailimail 757114@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I have closed this chapter. The response from Matt is obvious above. This is not going to go anywhere and it is only personally aggravating.

]]> kevinfromcanada on "For Matt: An unusually large uptick in stats without any reasons" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/for-matt-an-unusually-large-uptick-in-stats-without-any-reasons#post-757108 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:00:46 +0000 kevinfromcanada 757108@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Isamailimail: Have you had any response? I cerntainly have not. It has been six days now since Matt's response and we still see nothing on something that obviously has a simple explanation.

Let's keep this thread alive. We deserve an answer.

]]> cheeptalk on "For Matt: An unusually large uptick in stats without any reasons" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/for-matt-an-unusually-large-uptick-in-stats-without-any-reasons#post-752038 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:32:02 +0000 cheeptalk 752038@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Why did you turn off rss stats? It would be good to have those.

]]> matt on "For Matt: An unusually large uptick in stats without any reasons" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/for-matt-an-unusually-large-uptick-in-stats-without-any-reasons#post-751311 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:39:00 +0000 matt 751311@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Lots of questions floating around in this thread, I'll try to summarize:

* A jump that huge looks like a bug, it's very difficult to go back and see what caused it but I'll see what we can do.
* Referrals from WP.com might be freshly pressed, tag pages, the reader, people subscribing to you by email.
* The unusual spikes we saw and enabled and then turned off were from syndicated views, from RSS and similar, not sure yet why for some people they're unusually high.

]]> kevinfromcanada on "For Matt: An unusually large uptick in stats without any reasons" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/for-matt-an-unusually-large-uptick-in-stats-without-any-reasons#post-750390 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:57:54 +0000 kevinfromcanada 750390@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I agree that once Matt finds an explanation for one blog it will probably apply to the many others that were affected (you will recall from the now closed origiinal thread that many people were concerned). I don't think giving him a few screens to consider is too much detail at all -- simply an indication that this was a widespread problem that probably has a fairly simple explanation. Something went wrong for about a week (stats before and since that week have been quite consistent) -- I'd just like to be able to adjust my numbers so I know they are accurate.

]]> ismailimail on "For Matt: An unusually large uptick in stats without any reasons" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/for-matt-an-unusually-large-uptick-in-stats-without-any-reasons#post-750383 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:48:03 +0000 ismailimail 750383@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ ingridcc, I'd agree with you and I believe this individual investigation idea of Matt is an overkill, given that there are many people who were affected by this change. I am also trying to have Support investigate another issue which I believe is affecting several others at the same time, so it is odd, but as an individual blogger, I give benefit of the doubt and do my own due-diligence to report things in detail.

]]> ingridcc on "For Matt: An unusually large uptick in stats without any reasons" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/for-matt-an-unusually-large-uptick-in-stats-without-any-reasons#post-748991 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 20:43:06 +0000 ingridcc 748991@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I think all the screen shots are a little too much detail! Matt, what this is (and was) all about was not whether individual people were happy or upset about that week-long temporary jump in stats coming from WordPress.com referrers.

It was about--initially--the mystery of that unbalanced jump in total stats (yet not in page/post views) and then the information from you that our stats had been historically undercounted, and now were about to be more accurately counted, but that a glitch was (presumably) causing the newly counted views to show in the referrer and total views tallies, yet not show up in our post-and-page-view stats.

I too would like to know if there really has been a change if any in how views are being counted by WordPress now---right at that time of the "Wordpress as referrer" mystery jump in stats, my very small-time blog was suddenly getting some more exposure thru various circles and I'd like to have a sense of how much of the new traffic I'm getting is from that vs how much from a new way stats are being gathered/ assessed...

Thanks!

]]> kevinfromcanada on "For Matt: An unusually large uptick in stats without any reasons" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/for-matt-an-unusually-large-uptick-in-stats-without-any-reasons#post-748373 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:22:07 +0000 kevinfromcanada 748373@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I apologize for hitting a Send button twice, producing a distracting double post. I figured two screens was enough to illustrate what my problem was with swamping Matt. I agree that we should be careful about just how much we load on him -- the issue seems fairly simple and I can't understand why it has taken WordPress so long to address it.

]]> ismailimail on "For Matt: An unusually large uptick in stats without any reasons" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/for-matt-an-unusually-large-uptick-in-stats-without-any-reasons#post-748361 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:15:03 +0000 ismailimail 748361@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Sorry, I just realized that this issue was affecting many people collectively, so it would make no sense to have separate threads for each person. I take my above comment back. But I think it would be best if we provide details with screenshots and all, so Matt can see where exactly we are coming from and why.

]]> ismailimail on "For Matt: An unusually large uptick in stats without any reasons" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/for-matt-an-unusually-large-uptick-in-stats-without-any-reasons#post-748359 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:11:13 +0000 ismailimail 748359@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I am not sure if Matt wanted all of us to report our issues individually on different threads, but I just wish to make sure that my first message doesn't get lost amid many others posting their own. I think it wouldn't hurt if you follow Matt's advise and create a separate thread of your own by adding that specific tag as he has asked (formatt). This way, you will be ensured that your issues are being tracked.

However, I have no issues if Matt can investigate everyone together via this thread.

]]> tessf on "For Matt: An unusually large uptick in stats without any reasons" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/for-matt-an-unusually-large-uptick-in-stats-without-any-reasons#post-748320 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:13:40 +0000 tessf 748320@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I had that happen to my blog too. A couple of weeks ago actually. ..
Same story. Stats jumped up for about seven days in a row. ..until I bought the domain. ..then they crashed. . .and the referrer was wordpress.com.

]]> kevinfromcanada on "For Matt: An unusually large uptick in stats without any reasons" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/for-matt-an-unusually-large-uptick-in-stats-without-any-reasons#post-748311 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:03:40 +0000 kevinfromcanada 748311@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Matt: Here are a couple of days stats from my blog which illustrate the extent of the problem (I don't see any point in sending the whole week, but would do that if you need it):

http://kevinfromcanada.wordpress.com/wp-admin/index.php?page=stats&blog=6088923&day=2011-10-19

http://kevinfromcanada.wordpress.com/wp-admin/index.php?page=stats&blog=6088923&day=2011-10-20

]]> kevinfromcanada on "For Matt: An unusually large uptick in stats without any reasons" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/for-matt-an-unusually-large-uptick-in-stats-without-any-reasons#post-748312 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:03:40 +0000 kevinfromcanada 748312@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Matt: Here are a couple of days stats from my blog which illustrate the extent of the problem (I don't see any point in sending the whole week, but would do that if you need it):

http://kevinfromcanada.wordpress.com/wp-admin/index.php?page=stats&blog=6088923&day=2011-10-19

http://kevinfromcanada.wordpress.com/wp-admin/index.php?page=stats&blog=6088923&day=2011-10-20

]]> kevinfromcanada on "For Matt: An unusually large uptick in stats without any reasons" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/for-matt-an-unusually-large-uptick-in-stats-without-any-reasons#post-748303 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:52:57 +0000 kevinfromcanada 748303@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Matt: I don't have a screen shot but I will give you an anecdotal scenario., For a period of a week, I was getting about 400-500 hits a day from WordPress.com referrer -- I'd never seen it before and have not seen it since. The total approached about 2,000 hits in my case -- given that the months before showed zero and there have been none since, it seems this was an aberration that should be explained. Sorry about my previous post -- I had not seen your response on the much longer thread regarding this issue.

]]> kevinfromcanada on "For Matt: An unusually large uptick in stats without any reasons" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/for-matt-an-unusually-large-uptick-in-stats-without-any-reasons#post-748291 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:40:01 +0000 kevinfromcanada 748291@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm with you Ismailimail. I can understand that there was a problem, and that people said it was being addressed, but for the life of me I can't understand the weeks of silence since. I am not assigning blame in any way -- I'd just like to be able to sort my stats out so they are reliable.

]]> ismailimail on "For Matt: An unusually large uptick in stats without any reasons" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/for-matt-an-unusually-large-uptick-in-stats-without-any-reasons#post-748227 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:25:19 +0000 ismailimail 748227@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ As per Matt's suggestion here.

Here is the screen shot from my blog's stats which shows an unusual bump in traffic but absolutely no explanation as to where it is coming from.

Weeks view: http://ismailimail.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/stats-bump.jpg

Here is 30 days referrer links, note the numbers gathered by wordpress.com

http://ismailimail.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/stats-bump-refer.jpg

It would be helpful to know:

1) Why was there a wordpress.com as a referrer so such a large number of hits?
2) Is there a possibility of removing these stats if they are not real.
3) If these stats are real, than why did they disappear after a week?
4) What is the explanation behind this message of yours when you said our stats were historically undercounted? And what is that you were going to fix ASAP?
5) What is this "new change" referred here by macmanx of your staff.

At the end of the day, I don't mind getting a bump in traffic, but this bump needs an explanation and it eventually needs to normalize the past stats data (and now the future one). I hope you realize that this unusually large uptick causes the historical stats data to be useless and the future one to be a suspect.

]]> matt on "wordpress.com as referrer" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpresscom-as-referrer/page/7#post-748210 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:02:40 +0000 matt 748210@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Going to close this because I'm not sure what people are asking for anymore -- people seem similarly mad that their stats were high or low, or that numbers don't add up exactly with what some third-party tracking system says.

If you see "wordpress.com" in your referrers, it's means it's traffic coming from our new social stuff like the reader on the homepage, or tags, or Freshly Pressed. These things are driving a ton of pageviews, so it will be noticeable on your stats, especially if you use the subscription widget or encourage people to follow you some other way.

However I don't want to leave anyone hanging, and happy to look into individual blog issues over Thanksgiving week. Going to close this thread, but start a new one (with a single question) and tag it "formatt" and I'll take a look.

]]> kwesiwa on "wordpress.com as referrer" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpresscom-as-referrer/page/7#post-747971 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:00:53 +0000 kwesiwa 747971@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm hosting a week-long program on my blog this week and as expected it has brought quite a number of visits to the site. In fact, it is my best week ever. However, the stats are skewed due to the bloated stats from wordpress.com referrer week.

It's incredible that WP Support has still not bothered to offer any coherent explanation of what happened. Not even an acknowledgment that they are aware of our pleas for attention on this matter. I don't know what to make of this development given that Support is usually very good and responsive to most issues.

Well, I guess we will continue to wait...

]]> kevinfromcanada on "wordpress.com as referrer" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpresscom-as-referrer/page/7#post-747333 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:36:26 +0000 kevinfromcanada 747333@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I am now moving to completely believe in the conspiracy theory on this issue. I am guessing that a hacker got into WordPress, messed with the program and was the source of the WordPress.com referrer problem in the first place.

Not only that, while the staff was off on their "offsite", the hacker came into this discussion as both Macmanx and Matt and left false messages about what had happened (note how neither of these two has returned to the discussion for more than two weeks, even though they were supposedly "away" when it started).

WordPress doesn't want to admit that it -- indeed its "founder" -- got hacked and misrepresented to those of us who count on it. So they are hoping that it will just quietly go away. Frankly, it doesn't look like that is going to happen.

We all understand hacking. Why not fess up to what really happened?

]]> itspaki on "wordpress.com as referrer" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpresscom-as-referrer/page/7#post-747060 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:01:02 +0000 itspaki 747060@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ One of the referrers of mine is wordpress dashboard what does it mean.
and another referrer is a website which does not contain any link of mine
strange.

]]> ismailimail on "wordpress.com as referrer" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpresscom-as-referrer/page/7#post-746995 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:43:43 +0000 ismailimail 746995@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ It is fine if we don't get any explanation ever, but this thread of 150 plus comments is an evidence of WordPress ignoring this issue.

]]> wank on "wordpress.com as referrer" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpresscom-as-referrer/page/7#post-745433 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:28:47 +0000 wank 745433@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Since it's now almost a month since their failed stats experiment, it seems very unlikely you will get any explanations now.

]]> ismailimail on "wordpress.com as referrer" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpresscom-as-referrer/page/7#post-745014 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:39:01 +0000 ismailimail 745014@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Has the support staff provided any update on this anywhere else?

]]> raincoaster on "WordPress Dashboard referrer and Privacy" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpress-dashboard-referrer-and-privacy#post-744689 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:39:36 +0000 raincoaster 744689@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Nobody is viewing your dashboard. Someone with Yahoo mail was emailed a link to your blog and clicked it.

]]> wordrustling on "WordPress Dashboard referrer and Privacy" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpress-dashboard-referrer-and-privacy#post-744685 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:23:02 +0000 wordrustling 744685@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm confused because yesterday my referrer section said Dashboard one view and today in this same spot is this link: 36ohk6dgmcd1n.yom.mail.yahoo.net/om/api/1.0/openmail.app.invoke/36ohk6dgmcd1n/8/1.0.35/us/en-US/view.html with one viewer. First: Does that mean someone is somehow viewing my dashboard and second: what is this link to? I just started this and have read a lot but I couldn't figure this out.

]]> wordrustling on "WordPress Dashboard referrer and Privacy" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpress-dashboard-referrer-and-privacy#post-744684 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:21:59 +0000 wordrustling 744684@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm confused because yesterday my referrer section said Dashboard one view and today in this same spot is this link: 36ohk6dgmcd1n.yom.mail.yahoo.net/om/api/1.0/openmail.app.invoke/36ohk6dgmcd1n/8/1.0.35/us/en-US/view.html with one viewer. First: Does that mean someone is somehow viewing my dashboard and second: what is this link to? I just started this and have read a lot but I couldn't figure this out.

]]> budgiehypoth on "wordpress.com as referrer" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpresscom-as-referrer/page/7#post-744101 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:19:58 +0000 budgiehypoth 744101@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Dear Support Staff, could we please get any update on this? Thanks.

]]> ismailimail on "wordpress.com as referrer" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpresscom-as-referrer/page/7#post-742300 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:33:34 +0000 ismailimail 742300@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Dear Support Staff, could we please get any update on this? Thanks.

]]> wank on "wordpress.com as referrer" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpresscom-as-referrer/page/7#post-742277 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:07:42 +0000 wank 742277@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Have you tried contacting support directly? I don't rate your chances of getting a straight answer out of them but it might be harder for them to ignore a support request than a forum thread.

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