Shower thought: given that Google Analytics is installed by dropping a JavaScript snippet onto the page, how does Google get the referring page when visitors land on the page via link or search result, etc.?
Ask HN: How does Google Analytics, a client-side script, get referring URLs?
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Re: Ask HN: How does Google Analytics, a client-side script, get referring URLs?
#2The script should be able to read `Document.referrer` and post the result to wherever it wants.
Re: Ask HN: How does Google Analytics, a client-side script, get referring URLs?
#3The script should be able to read `Document.referrer` and post the result to wherever it wants.
There it is. Thank you!