RefControl Firefox Plugin: Controlling Your Referral Address
Tools July 15th, 2008Sometimes I get so caught-up in work that I forget how important it is to read through my list of seo feeds. Glen posted a nice article on Five Sneaky Ways to Build Website Traffic. In his post he mentions the RefControl Firefox Plugin. First time I have seen this one, thank you James Abbatiello for creating it. Nifty little tool which allows you to control your referring address. Just enter your site’s domain and every site you visit will think it’s where you came from. There are some tactics out there which talk about ways to abuse this (not recommended) but if you’re into that sort of thing then I’m sure you’ll find the tips you’re looking for. I was talking to Tim about this a bit who mentioned you can set up your user agent switcher (another Firefox plugin by Chris Pederick) to make it look like your user agent is your domain. Tim also suggested making a landing page for RefControl so that when people visit your referring address they know why your domain is seen as the referrer. Good stuff guys, thanks for the great tips!















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