TheGooner wrote:
Redirects can also be triggered by google bots that are scanning your site.
I have excellent and very detailed redirect statistics. I can associate over 98% of my redirect traffic to SE searches, PPC, etc. I exclude all bot redirects automatically. My information comes from the server web logs which are the most accurate form of tracking. I used to use redirect counters, however I found them to be extremely unreliable.
I also spot check surfers that go to multiple sites, I check their times between clicking on various redirects in order to make sure there are no obvious patters or “click” fraud types situations. I get very suspicious of surfers that visit and click a redirect within 10 secs.