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Asked: 2026-05-24T12:12:26+00:00

I am trying to create some stats and need to print a users referal

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I am trying to create some stats and need to print a users referal site, or search keyword. How to get a Users referal site or search keyword with javascript and print it?

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    You can use document.referrer ( some info on mdn or w3c ).

    Edit :

    For search kewords work on the referrer, for example searching “hello world” on google gives a referrer like this if searching directly ( adress bar or search bar ) :

    http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=hello+world

    But searching hello world typing in google is done with ajax ( the parameter is after the # in the hash ) and gives you a referrer like :

    http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCQQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffr.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FHello_world&rct=j&q=hello%20world&ei=BkY8TrrHDsPO-QaDxZy8Ag&usg=AFQjCNGUmN0hpMDY4b1b1NVm_LSttMeUdQ&sig2=yngbng_Sdq78v6wEKxHq4Q

    So you could just have to search the &q parameter and see if there is /url? replace %20 by space, otherway replace + by space :

    var keywords= "";
var referrer= document.referrer;
if(referrer.match(/^https?:\/\/(www|encrypted)\.google\.(be|fr|com)\//))
{
  keywords= referrer.replace(/^.+(\?.+&q=|\?q=)([^&]*)(&.*|$)$/,"$2");
  if(referrer.match(/^https?:\/\/(www|encrypted)\.google\.(be|fr|com)\/url\?/)) keywords= keywords.replace(/%20/g," ");
  else keywords= keywords.replace(/\+/g," ");
  keywords= decodeURIComponent(keywords);
}

    For yahoo you get a referrer like :

    http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oG7h83TzxOx1MAQUBXNyoA;_ylc=X1MDUCMyNzY2Njc5BF9yAzIEYW8DMQRjc3JjcHZpZANRSWRGdlVvRzd2NlZsSnZ4VFZnV0Rna3FVZmRDVWs0OFR6Y0FCZjNsBGZyA3lmcC10LTcwMQRmcjIDc2J0bgRuX2dwcwMxMARvcmlnaW4Dc3JwBHF1ZXJ5A2hlbGxvIHdvcmxkBHNhbwMxBHZ0ZXN0aWQDVklQMDI2?p=hello+world&fr2=sb-top&fr=yfp-t-701&type_param=

    So you could add :

    else if(referrer.match(/^http:\/\/search\.yahoo\.com\//))
{
  keywords= decodeURIComponent(document.referrer.replace(/^.+(\?.+&p=|\?p=)([^&]*)(&.*|$)$/,"$2").replace(/\+/g," "));
}

    The decoreURIComponent is for special chars ( +, #, & and foreign characters ).

    And you will have the keywords from yahoo or google ( but you could change google domains ( the (be|fr|com) ) and treat the case of other search motor.

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