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Search Engines and Marketing => Search Engine Optimization SEO => Topic started by: ruhikhan on February 18, 2021, 03:15:40 AM
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Hello friends,
What is Facebook referral traffic?
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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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It means traffic that came to a website from Facebook.
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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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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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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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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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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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The l.facebook.com is a type of traffic that has been diverted through Facebook through what is known as a connection shim. Basically, individuals who have vanity URLs for their own Facebook profile frequently end up unexpectedly delivering individual data.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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Visitors landing your website by clicking an inbound link from Facebook is referred as Facebook referral traffic.
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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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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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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.
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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.