reffering URL..error 404

[BNDAZ]

Lately I have refering URLs that when i ckick on them give me and error 404 page not found error.
I.E
http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=1 million dollar poker tournament&cp=1252&FORM=MYMSNH&PI=7317&DI=3454

This is copied exactly (including spaces, from the refering page line)

Only the refering URLS that start with search.msn.com return the 404 erros.

Can anyone exlain why this is? I like to click on those and see what search terms are being used to find the site. I havent seen the 404 errors before ( in over 18 months of use ). I recently cleaned out the host file due to some issues and wonder if that had something to do with my problem. I am not having any other problems at all.

[webado]

The reported link and associated query string may have been truncated if it was too long.

[westmoors]

Originally Posted by BNDAZ

I like to click on those and see what search terms are being used to find the site.

Have you tried looking at the Keyword Analysis / Recent Keyword Activity stats?

[BNDAZ]

Here is another one, this from google. retty short, dont think truncating is the issue.

Anyone have any idea?
And yes i have checked the Keyword Analysis / Recent Keyword Activity.
I still like to see the page that i was linked from
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=...om&btnG=Google Search&meta=

[webado]

Originally Posted by BNDAZ

Here is another one, this from google. retty short, dont think truncating is the issue.

Anyone have any idea?
And yes i have checked the Keyword Analysis / Recent Keyword Activity.
I still like to see the page that i was linked from
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=...om&btnG=Google Search&meta=

Look in keywords stats, Recent pageloads and Came from.
But the page you're linked from is the Google or MSN search page.

[BNDAZ]

Looked in keywords stats, Recent pageloads and Came from.
Still getting 404 error from links within those pages(recent pageloads).

Any ideas?

[BNDAZ]

No one has any idea wht statcounter is suddenly doing this? I have had the same code up for over a year, and have ALWAYS been able to click the "refering link" link to take me to the exact page the visitor came from.....
Why now am i getting 404 errors?

[webado]

Please open a support ticket because I don't see this behaviour. Some query strings may get truncated making the full referer at times unreachable, but other than that it's not something that occurs all the time.

[BNDAZ]

Thanks Christina

[BNDAZ]

It was a corrupted hosts file.
Resaved a clean one and problem solved.