Websites know that you came from MSE - "Referrer" revisited 2024

DullGreyGuy

Harebelle said:

When I ran competitions on my blog I could see how many people came from a particular site, but not where individuals came from, in addition to which it is illegal to disqualify a group of people from winning, I think they just have their hair on fire for some reason, but I wouldn't worry about their threats.

Would love to know which legislation you are thinking of @harebelle

marcia_

Harebelle said:

When I ran competitions on my blog I could see how many people came from a particular site, but not where individuals came from, in addition to which it is illegal to disqualify a group of people from winning, I think they just have their hair on fire for some reason, but I wouldn't worry about their threats.

 Its not illegal unless it is against a protected group ie sex, disability, age etc
 You can exclude anyone you like otherwise 

JamboDP

They probably want to make sure the prize goes to their best friend.

CloWithTheFlow23

I just found this in t&c's of a Travelodge comp:

" No bulk, machine generated, consumer group entries will be accepted. "

I think this means NO COMPERS, clicking through on a link* supplied on here clearly tags you as coming from MSE: 

https:// travelodge. typeform. com /to / *****?typeform-source=forums. moneysavingexpert. com

(*this comp can only be entered directly from an email link and has been deleted from the forum)

I am now having the horrors about the 1,000's of comps I have entered by clicking through from comping sites and the thought that I may have been automatically disqualified from many of them 
🤯😱😬

...although I do think that many don't care as long as they get the hits on their website and marketing signups, I will now be following the sterling advice contained in this thread and using copy/paste/edit on url's 😖

Many thanks to everyone posting here 🤗

marcia_

CloWithTheFlow23 said:

I just found this in t&c's of a Travelodge comp:

" No bulk, machine generated, consumer group entries will be accepted. "

I think this means NO COMPERS, clicking through on a link* supplied on here clearly tags you as coming from MSE: 

https:// travelodge. typeform. com /to / *****?typeform-source=forums. moneysavingexpert. com

(*this comp can only be entered directly from an email link and has been deleted from the forum)

I am now having the horrors about the 1,000's of comps I have entered by clicking through from comping sites and the thought that I may have been automatically disqualified from many of them 
🤯😱😬

...although I do think that many don't care as long as they get the hits on their website and marketing signups, I will now be following the sterling advice contained in this thread and using copy/paste/edit on url's 😖

Many thanks to everyone posting here 🤗

 I always copy and paste, would they know the source then? 

redfox5

Companies are silly to exclude compers, so many things I've come back to buy later as gifts etc, that I wouldn't have even know about if I hadn't seen the item on a competition. I think they forget, we are also consumers. 

LizB62

@One-Eye - can you help please?
I always use the "drag to a new tab" method.
I've just done that for this comp and I get a pop up saying "referrer set".
Does that mean that something has changed and "drag to a new tab" now always sets the referrer? (or is the Bonne Maman site lying to me?!)
I'm using Chrome on Windows 11

Thanks in advance

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6652600/e-11-03-win-1-of-600-bonne-maman-aprons-instant-win

One-Eye

Hi @LizB62

If you look carefully at the box that pops up it says "referrer set: "

The colon followed by nothing is important - I think this means that the referrer that has been set is blank/null.

As far as I can see the rules in my OP still apply.

LizB62

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81866984#Comment_81866984

Ah, ok, I didn't spot the colon - thanks for the explanation 😀