[thelist] PHP HTTP referrer processor ?

[Philip Lee]

Morgan wrote:

Subject: Re: [thelist] PHP HTTP referrer processor ?


> what .jeff said is true, but i think there may be valuable info in the
> referers....it sounds like the client is looking for terms they haven't
> thought of targeting for.
>
> if they still want to parse those referers, i have this mongo CF structure
> of which variable in the query_string has the incoming search term for
most
> of the engines.
> (you'll have to convert it to PHP):
> http://www.morgankelsey.com/code/search_engine_qs/
> some values are lists.
> google for instance, those sneaky devils....
>
> seUrls['www.google.com'] = 'q,query,as_q';

Thanks for that - I'll take a look.

> this will help them too:
> http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/
>
> enter a term, and find out how many people looked for it on the overture
> network last month. i don't think anyone should pay for listings, but i
use
> this as a good way to see if anyone is looking for "vegetarian crocodile
> casserole".

That's also useful.

Thanks

Phil