Check the Referring Urls in Your Stats

I make a regular habit of checking the referring urls in my stats for a couple of reasons.  First, referring urls can elude to any potential problems like content scaping (copyright infringement) and identifying persistent comment spammers.  This helps me nip any problems in the bud before they become a huge problem.  Second, referring urls tell you where traffic is comming from so a lot of times I if I see a new referring url in my stats I will check it out.  If they have been kind enough to link to my blog I will leave a comment on theirs thanking them for doing so.  Chances are good if I like what I see on their blog I may even become a subscriber.  This tells those linking to me that I am paying attention and appreciate the link.  In my opinion this is a great way to do a bit of traffic generating while meeting other bloggers.

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