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Title: What is Facebook referral traffic?
Post by: ruhikhan on February 18, 2021, 03:15:40 AM
Hello friends,

What is Facebook referral traffic?
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Post by: SinelogixTechnologies on February 18, 2021, 05:01:57 AM
As explained by Google about Traffic source dimensions: Every referral to a web site has an origin, or source. Possible sources include: "google" (the name of a search engine), "facebook" (the name of a referring site), "spring_newsletter" (the name of one of your newsletters), and "direct" (users that typed your URL directly into their browser, or who had bookmarked your site).
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Post by: Propertyseo2020 on February 18, 2021, 11:17:05 PM
It means traffic that came to a website from Facebook.

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Post by: mayurgupta on April 14, 2021, 06:03:18 AM
Google Analytics sees people coming to your website from Facebook as a referral, which is an inbound link from another website. This is the case for people finding your content on the Facebook app and the Facebook website
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Post by: liza on July 06, 2021, 12:31:19 PM
You Post your link to your Facebook pages is called Facebook post, but if your post has been shared and some one clicks on it then it is called Facebook referral.
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Post by: rallison on August 10, 2021, 09:08:03 AM
By default, Google Analytics treats people who visit your website from Facebook as referrals, which are inbound links from another website.
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Post by: liza on September 17, 2021, 01:38:01 PM
Google Analytics reports website traffic that comes from Facebook as referral traffic, which means that a visitor landed on your website after clicking an inbound link from another website. Your website visitors that came from Instagram, Twitter and Yelp are more examples of referral traffic.
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Post by: rallison on September 19, 2021, 06:51:59 AM
l.facebook.com is a form of traffic redirected through Facebook, called a link shim. ...In essence, people who have a fake URL for a personal Facebook profile often end up inadvertently publishing personal information.
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Post by: Nehaswami12 on September 30, 2021, 09:48:58 AM
So what is this new source of referral traffic? The l.facebook.com is a form of traffic that has been redirected through Facebook through what is known as a link shim. ... Essentially, people who have vanity URLs for their personal Facebook profile often end up unintentionally releasing personal information.
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Post by: vensorelectricals on October 01, 2021, 07:11:28 AM
Google Analytics treats people visiting your website from Facebook as a recommendation, which is an inbound link from another website. This is the case when people find your content on the Facebook app and Facebook website.
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Post by: rallison on October 08, 2021, 08:03:29 AM
Google Analytics reports website traffic from Facebook as recommended traffic, which means that visitors landed on your website after clicking on an inbound link from another website. Website visitors from Instagram, Twitter and Yelp are more examples of referral traffic.
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Post by: pankaj0008 on October 13, 2021, 05:21:11 AM
This article has the best info on the facebook.com/referral question that I've seen - https://www.en.advertisercommunity.com/t5/Articles/facebook-com-referral-on-Google-Analytics/ba-p/539366.

As for the discrepancy you are seeing between FB and GA, I've seen similar issues at times - hoping someone else will have some insight into that one!
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Post by: Anishafatima on October 18, 2021, 03:32:38 AM
Visitors landing your website by clicking an inbound link from Facebook is referred as Facebook referral traffic.
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Post by: Johngrey67 on October 29, 2021, 02:40:50 AM
Facebook referral traffic means getting clicks from Facebook users. For example, if you are posting your website links in Facebook page, through that link someone visited your website means those processes will be called as Facebook referral traffic.
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Post by: cityweb on October 29, 2021, 09:17:57 AM
Google Analytics reports website traffic that comes from Facebook as referral traffic, which means that a visitor landed on your website after clicking an inbound link from another website. Your website visitors that came from Instagram, Twitter and Yelp are more examples of referral traffic.
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Post by: Citywebpuneind on November 11, 2021, 12:35:19 AM
Google Analytics reports website traffic that comes from Facebook as referral traffic, which means that a visitor landed on your website after clicking an inbound link from another website. Your website visitors that came from Instagram, Twitter and Yelp are more examples of referral traffic.
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Post by: sakshilade01 on July 28, 2023, 06:10:24 AM
When someone visits a link from a social network or website and they end up on another site, tracking systems from Google recognize the visitor as a referral. Companies also use UTM codes to track precisely where these traffic sources come from.
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Post by: smilekraft on November 22, 2023, 03:52:30 AM
When someone visits a link from a social network or website and ends up on another site, tracking systems from Google recognize the visitor as a referral. Companies also use UTM codes to track precisely where these traffic sources come from. Referral traffic comes from backlinks.
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Post by: PoojaaNarula on November 24, 2023, 04:15:03 AM
Facebook referral traffic is the visitors who reach a website by clicking on links shared on Facebook.
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Post by: becketharper585 on November 27, 2023, 02:33:56 AM
Facebook referral traffic comprises visitors reaching your site through shared links on the social networking platform, like posts, comments, or messages. Tracking systems like Google Analytics determine these visitors as referrals when they click links on social networks or websites, directing them elsewhere. This traffic is crucial as it brings potentially beneficial visitors from trusted domains, boosting content reach to a new audience.
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Post by: rahul verma on April 04, 2024, 10:56:25 AM
Referral traffic describes the people who come to your domain from other sites without searching for you on Google. When someone visits a link from a social network or website and they end up on another site, tracking systems from Google recognize the visitor as a referral.
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Post by: Vikramsinghcity on April 05, 2024, 09:02:29 AM
Referral traffic describes the people who come to your domain from other sites, without searching for you on Google. When someone visits a link from a social network or website and they end up on another site, tracking systems from Google recognize the visitor as a referral.