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RashidJorvee
RashidJorvee
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Aug 26, 2021 12:54 PM UTC
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What is the difference between referrers and referring domain report in Adobe Analytics?

Is there any difference between referrers report and referring domain report in Adobe Analytics. I can see both the reports are under Acquisition. 

Thank you in advance.

Rashid

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AnbazhaganCTSAccepted solution
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Aug 28, 2021 2:52 AM UTC

Referring domain:
The ‘Referring domain’ dimension reports which domains visitors click through to reach your site. This dimension is useful to understand which third-party sites drive the most traffic to yours

Referrer :
The ‘Referrer’ dimension reports which URLs visitors were on when clicking through to reach your site. This dimension is useful to understand which specific URLs drive the most traffic to your site.

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jeff_bloomer
jeff_bloomer
New Participant
Aug 31, 2021 5:18 PM UTC

Well, I accidentally hit the "Me Too" button, but really, all I wanted to say was all of these answers are perfectly good.  Just think of it this way:

  • Referring domains are a roll-up of the domains (high level) listed in the larger list of all the Referrers (more granular).

Hope you found the answer you needed.

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    AnbazhaganCTSAccepted solution
    Level 2
    Aug 28, 2021 2:52 AM UTC

    Referring domain:
    The ‘Referring domain’ dimension reports which domains visitors click through to reach your site. This dimension is useful to understand which third-party sites drive the most traffic to yours

    Referrer :
    The ‘Referrer’ dimension reports which URLs visitors were on when clicking through to reach your site. This dimension is useful to understand which specific URLs drive the most traffic to your site.

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      khurshid
      khurshid
      Employee
      Aug 27, 2021 5:47 PM UTC

      Referring domains are just domain. Referrers have path and query strings included.

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        Pablo_Childe
        Pablo_Childe
        New Participant
        Aug 26, 2021 4:22 PM UTC

        Referring domain report 

        lists domain name in ranked order

        yahoo.com

        gooogle.com

        etc....

         

        referrers report looks at the unique referring URLs that brought users to your site. Often will be serp results urls 

         

        Think of domains as high level and referrers as specific urls.

         

        good luck.

         

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          shinnara
          Level 2
          Aug 27, 2021 10:23 PM UTC

          The ‘Referring domain’ dimension reports which domains visitors click through to reach your site. This dimension is useful to understand which third-party sites drive the most traffic to yours. A link must exist on the external site and a visitor must click it in order for the dimension item to show up.Referrers have query and strings included path details. .

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