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alev1
alev1
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October 16, 2015
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Direct traffic: Referring Domain vs Referrer Type report ?

  • October 16, 2015
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Hi,

for analyzing direct traffic, would you suggest using a segment based on the referring domain report (referring domain does not exist) or using the referrer type report (referrer type equals typed/bookmarked)?

What's the difference? In my understanding there shouldn't be any, but if I look at the numbers, the set up with "referring domain does not exist" gives me more hits, more visits and more visitors (about 10-15% higher figures). How come?

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Best answer by WhoaShekhar

Hi there,

Thank you for reaching out to Adobe Community.

Not sure on how you are building the segment. If you are using Visitor as a the container then the data would be more as it would take the data Visitor wise. You need to create a segment with the definition Referring domain equals Typed/Bookmarked for the numbers to match with the referrer type report.

 

Thanks!

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WhoaShekhar
WhoaShekharAccepted solution
Level 10
October 16, 2015

Hi there,

Thank you for reaching out to Adobe Community.

Not sure on how you are building the segment. If you are using Visitor as a the container then the data would be more as it would take the data Visitor wise. You need to create a segment with the definition Referring domain equals Typed/Bookmarked for the numbers to match with the referrer type report.

 

Thanks!

alev1
alev1Author
Level 4
October 16, 2015

No, I used Hits so not to mess up with persisting tags.

Btw: I just noticed this is in the wrong forum, could you put it in Analytics, since it belongs there? Thanks!

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