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So what should an app do if it wants ro track all outbound links and send the real url as referer to the outbound link
The best way to do it is probably to track clicks on outbound links using javascript.
So Quora works for you now? That must be nice...
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The best way to do it is probably to track clicks on outbound links using javascript.
Aren't there a few cases when this method won't work?
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Not sure if I understood this correctly. If Quora chose to send a Location: some-url and Status: 302, it would have definitely worked as expected.
So what should an app do if it wants ro track all outbound links and send the real url as referer to the outbound link
$("a").bind("mousedown", function(e) {
$(this).data("href", $(this).attr("href"));
$(this).attr("href","http://example.com/redirect?url=" + $(this).attr("href"));
});
$("a").bind("mouseup",function(e) {
var el = $(this);
setTimeout(function() {
el.attr("href", el.data("href"));
},10);
});
On the /redirect url just log any data you need and send a 301 or 302 redirect. The destination site will see your original page as a referrer, not your redirect url.
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Not sure if I understood this correctly. If Quora chose to send a Location: some-url and Status: 302, it would have definitely worked as expected.
So what should an app do if it wants ro track all outbound links and send the real url as referer to the outbound link
www.example.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.example.net
www.example.com/redirect should record url and return 302 with Location set to www.example.net.
I don't see how this could be a result of simple mistake. There doesn't seem to be any reason to do redirects this way except hiding the referrer.
Exactly what is pointed out in the post. Why would someone want to hide the original referrer for a link.
http://nerdr.com/quora-needs-to-die/
Seems they're going down the annoying search visitors by hiding information route (similar to what expertsexchange was riled on for, although not quite as bad yet).
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So what should an app do if it wants ro track all outbound links and send the real url as referer to the outbound link
Upgrade the links with jQuery. Here's a simplified version of what I use: $("a").bind("mousedown", function(e) { $(this).data("href", $(this).attr("href")); $(this).attr("href","http://example.com/redirect?url=" + $(this).attr("href")); }); $("a").bind("mouseup",function(e) { var el = $(this); setTimeout(function() { el.attr("href", el.data("href")); },10); }); This works by switching the url when a user clicks a lin…
Seems like the original link following the `url=` should be processed by encodeURIComponent or else any original urls with chars like ""&" will break.
Incidentally, it seems that encrypted.google.com does this but not regular google. EDIT: This happens for all https->http requests, it's not a google feature (TIL).
This is probably not the case, but is it possible that Quora is intentionally stripping the referer header? Duck Duck Go does just this in the interest of user privacy: why should site X know where I came from and what I was searching? https://duckduckgo.com/privacy.html Seems unlikely in this case but possible. Incidentally, it seems that encrypted.google.com does this but not regular google. EDIT: This happens for…