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Referral traffic

Meaning in social media & content creation, with examples

nounCommon term

In social media & content creation, referral traffic means: Visits that arrive at a website through links on other websites or services, as classified by its analytics.

In Turkish: yönlendirme trafiği

How it is used

Analysts review referral traffic by source; search, paid and social visits may have separate reporting categories.

Example sentences

  1. The interview link brought referral traffic from the partner's blog.

    Visitors reached the site through an external page.

  2. We checked referral traffic after a partner website linked to our guide.

    The team investigates visits associated with a linked mention.

Common collocations

  • track referral traffic
  • referral traffic source
  • analyticsThe data and tools that show how an account and its content perform, such as reach, views, engagement and audience details.
  • clicksThe counted number of times users press a link, button, ad, or other clickable element on a screen. One person can create more than one click.

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