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CP Referrer and Conversion Tracking is a useful tool for evaluating the result of marketing campaigns. It records the referral website of each visitor and it can also be used to identify the referral of the conversions (purchases, contact form submissions, appointments, bookings).
The main features are:
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Records the referrer (HTTP referer) of each website visitor (tracking logs)
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Provides graphics / stats of referral websites and visitors (tracking stats)
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Allow to create different referral links for different marketing campaigns (referral sources)
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Records the original referrer and the latest referrer of the conversions
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Includes integration with multiple plugins for tracking its conversions
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<h4>Recording the referrer</h4>
The CP Referrer and Conversion Tracking plugin implements an efficient way to detect and store the referral website when the HTTP referer header is present(when the user clicks on a link pointing to a webpage). This automatically identify for example when the user comes from Google, Facebook or from other external website.
The visitors with identified referrers are listed under the “Tracking Logs” menu. The referrer, IP address and time of the first visit is recorded as part of the logs.
To avoid storing a large number of referrer logs, the old logs are deleted as default every 90 days. This number of days to delete old logs can be edited from the plugin settings.
<h4>Graphics / stats of referral websites</h4>
The recorded logs are used to render graphics indicating the evolution of logs received per day, the logs received per hour and the referral websites identified.
Stats are provided also for logs received per year, during the latest 12 months, during the latest 12 weeks and during the latest 30 days. This helps to evaluate evolution of referrers and visitors during different periods of time. Note: These stats may be impacted by the automatic deletion of old logs.
This section is located under the plugin menu “Tracking Stats”.
<h4>Creating different referral links for different marketing campaigns</h4>
The purpose of this section is to create links for different marketing platforms, making easier to identify the referral.
For example you can setup a different entry point for a Google Adwords campaign and for a Facebook Ads, this way the exact referrer source will be reported even if the automatic HTTP referer info is not sent.
This section is located under the plugin menu “Referral Sources”.
<h4>Tracking Conversions</h4>
The CP Referrer and Conversion Tracking plugin can identify the referral of conversions, for example contact form submissions, purchases, bookings, appointment requests, etc…
The conversions are listed with the referrer of the initial visit and also with the referrer of the latest user session in the case the visitor used a different referrer for the latest sessions when the conversion happened.
To register the conversions the related add-on must be activated (add-ons are included in the plugin). Currently the plugin support several conversion add-ons for different plugins (contact forms, appointment requests, bookings, paypal payments) and we will be continuously working adding new integrations to identify conversions of third party plugins.
This section is located under the menu “Tracking Conversions”.
<h4>Tracking conversions originated in other plugins</h4>
The “Add Ons” menu already includes several conversion add-ons for different plugins, for example to track conversions like the following:
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<li>Contact forms</li>
<li>Quote request forms</li>
<li>Appointment bookings</li>
<li>General bookings</li>
<li>Polls</li>
<li>Payment forms </li>
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Includes conversion tracking for the following plugins:
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<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/" rel="ugc">WooCommerce</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/" rel="ugc">Contact Form 7</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-to-email/" rel="ugc">Contact Form to Email</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/appointment-hour-booking/" rel="ugc">Appointment Hour Booking</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/appointment-booking-calendar/" rel="ugc">Appointment Booking Calendar</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/booking-calendar-contact-form/" rel="ugc">Booking Calendar Contact Form</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/calculated-fields-form/" rel="ugc">Calculated Fields Form</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/cp-contact-form-with-paypal/" rel="ugc">Contact Form with PayPal</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/cp-polls/" rel="ugc">CP Polls</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-time-slots-booking-form/" rel="ugc">WP Time Slots Booking Form</a></li>
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New add-ons will be added soon.
For developers: If you need to track a custom conversion writing the please see in the FAQ the supported hooks.

CP Referrer and Conversion Tracking

CP Referrer and Conversion Tracking registers how the website visitors reached the website, identifying the referral website. Also track conversions.

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Block Referer Spam aims at blocking all (or most) websites that use Referer Spam to promote their – often somewhat dodgy – website content. This is accomplished by bots that simulate human behavior. They do this so well, that they even show up in Google Analytics. This plugin does not require any special configuration after installation. Once active and auto-update is enabled, you will barely see any of those nasty spammers any more.
From <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referer_spam" rel="nofollow ugc">Wikipedia</a>:
<pre><code>Referrer spam (also known as log spam or referrer
bombing) is a kind of spamdexing (spamming aimed
at search engines). The technique involves making
repeated web site requests using a fake referer URL
to the site the spammer wishes to advertise. Sites that
publish their access logs, including referer statistics,
will then inadvertently link back to the spammer's site.
These links will be indexed by search engines
as they crawl the access logs.

This benefits the spammer because the free link improves
the spammer site's search engine ranking owing
to link-counting algorithms that search engines use.
</code></pre>
Features
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<li>Automatic or manual updates of referer spam list</li>
<li>Option of adding custom referer spam hosts</li>
<li>Two methods of blocking: mod_rewrite or WordPress based</li>
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Pro Features
Pro plans start at only $2/mo. Visit <a href="https://blockreferspam.com" rel="nofollow ugc">BlockReferSpam.com</a> for more information.
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<li>Automatic syncing your of custom block lists across all of your sites</li>
<li>Additional curated block lists</li>
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Examples Blocked
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<li>semalt</li>
<li>buttons-for-website</li>
<li>floating-share-buttons</li>
<li>4webmaster</li>
<li>ilovevitaly</li>
<li>… and many more!</li>
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If you think you found a bug in Referer Spam Blocker, please contact us! Further, if you want to contribute, feel free!
Anything else, please get in touch!
support / supersoju.com
Cover photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@lukasbudimaier" rel="nofollow ugc">Lukas Budimaier</a>

Block Referer Spam

Blocks referer/referral spam from accessing your site and cleans up your Google Analytics in the process!

CP Referrer and Conversion Tracking vs Block Referer Spam