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Under my Referrers stats, whats the difference between “Bookmark, Shortcut or E-Mail Link”, “Blocked” or “Hidden” referrers?

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Under my Referrers stats, whats the difference between “Bookmark, Shortcut or E-Mail Link”, “Blocked” or “Hidden” referrers?

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• If NO referrer can be detected, our system log the visit under “Bookmark, Shortcut or E-Mail Link”. Technical note: The referrer is obtained from a standard javascript function (document.referrer), and appended to the “&r=” variable string sent to our systems by the counter image. With regard to “Blocked” or “Hidden” referrers, some people use anti-virus and/or firewall software which may be configured to either prevent (block) a site from obtaining any referring data from their browser and/or which masks (hides) the referring data.