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What does it mean when I see this as a referer?...

I was checking the cpanel for my website and saw this as a referer:

http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=western+dance&first=11&count=10&FORM=PORE


Does this mean that someone performed this search and then actually came to my site?

Or will this type of thing show up whenever someone enters a search that my site is listed under?

Please help me understand

DanceInstructor
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I think it means 10 people did But I dont know.

OurNation
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hmm, there was only 1 ip address. I am the 11th listing on that search on msn :cheesy: so that is one of the numbers lol

DanceInstructor
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count=10 is what I was thinking of.

OurNation
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It means that someone did a google search for "western dance" and saw your link and clicked on it. I belive the 10 and 11 numbers have to do with your position in the results and perhaps what page you're on. Not entirely sure of those two.

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http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=western+dance&first=11&count=10&FORM=PORE

I understand it now
western+dance is the phrase searched
First=11 is the first result on that page
Count=10 is the number of results on the page
PORE is the page Id PORE2 is page 3 PORE3 is page 4 and so on

OurNation
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This article has been dead for over three months

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