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I've been looking at my my website stats today and referring websites and for the first time I've noticed something that may or may not be strange referring sources. Below is a list of 4 of the 'strange' referring sources- when I visit them they are not anything I recognise, does anyone know what they are or why they're referring to my site?

webmail.mytch-mac.co.uk

webmail.tiscali.co.uk

blockedreferrer

66.102.9.104

Am I being a bit para here or is this normal? My organic google referrals are also up a lot too which isn't a bad thing lol!



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66.102.9.104 - is google
the top one is a member here - it's their webmail. Same for tiscali, it's webmail. So someone has viewed their email, seen your link, and clicked it.

The third one is trickier
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Thanks Khalid, it's a relief to know they're not dodgy lol. I've never seen those types of referrers before and hence the naivety. At least I'll know not to be so suspicious next time lol. And yeah, I'm wondering what that 'blockedreferrer' thing is myself?
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there are software which allows you to browse the internet anonymously - blockedreferer is that
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ooooooooo, well you learn something new every day it seems! Why would you want to browse the web anonymously? Does that just work by blocking your IP address?
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ooooooooo, well you learn something new every day it seems! Why would you want to browse the web anonymously? Does that just work by blocking your IP address?
yes and sometimes theres more to it.
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mmmmmm, sounds sinister! What reasons do you think they would have to referr to my site then?
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mmmmmm, sounds sinister! What reasons do you think they would have to referr to my site then?
i wouldn't worry about it. they were browsing and came across ur site. its that simple.
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lol, yeah I guess so! So many weird things have happened to me lately that you wouldn't believe and would make your hair curl so it's just made me a little cautious- maybe a bit too much so lol! Thanks PI. x
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