Referring Sites Analytics
The Referring Sites section within your website's Analytics in Static.app provides valuable insights into which external websites are directing traffic to your site. This data is crucial for understanding your inbound links, measuring the effectiveness of your outreach, and identifying valuable partnerships or promotional channels.
How to Access Referring Sites Analytics
- Navigate to the Analytics page.
- From the Analytics dashboard, select the Referring Sites link to view the breakdown of incoming traffic sources.
What You'll See in Referring Sites Analytics
The Referring Sites Analytics page lists the domain names of websites that have sent visitors to your site, along with key performance metrics for each:
- Site: The domain name of the website that referred traffic to your site.
- Visitors: The number of unique visitors who arrived at your site from this specific referring domain. This indicates the audience size being directed from that source.
- Hits: The total number of requests (or "hits") made to your website by visitors originating from this particular referring domain. This shows the overall engagement originating from that site.
- Bandwidth: The total amount of data transferred (in MB or GB) to visitors who arrived via this referring domain. This can highlight if certain traffic sources lead to higher content consumption.
