George wrote on 04 feb 2006 in comp.lang.javascript
:
I have very limited experience with Javascript. Can someone refer me to
info on how to determine the referring URL and the search term used by a
visitor just prior to his landing on my web page?
You cannot in general.
Only if your page is reached by a referral from another page,
you can with some browsers get a referral string:
Clientside javascript
:
<script type='text/javascript>
document.write( document.referrer );
</script>
Serverside ASP javascript
:
<% = request.ServerVariables("HTTP_REFERER") %>
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