Comments on: Google SSL – Secure Search – Referrer Data Stripped http://explicitly.me/google-ssl-secure-search-referrer-data-stripped Rishil's Home on the Web Sat, 23 Feb 2013 20:43:52 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Everfluxx http://explicitly.me/google-ssl-secure-search-referrer-data-stripped/comment-page-1#comment-10784 Everfluxx Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:22:01 +0000 http://explicitly.me/?p=838#comment-10784 <blockquote>I predicted the KW data being stripped going main stream.</blockquote> Uhm, no. Correct me if I'm wrong, but this article was about the "natural" consequences of using SSL (i.e., no Referer <em>at all</em> from HTTPS to HTTP, as per <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec15.html#sec15.1.3" rel="nofollow">RFC 2616</a>), not about Google deliberately choosing to <em>remove the query</em> from the Referer sooner or later. Amirite?

I predicted the KW data being stripped going main stream.

Uhm, no. Correct me if I’m wrong, but this article was about the “natural” consequences of using SSL (i.e., no Referer at all from HTTPS to HTTP, as per RFC 2616), not about Google deliberately choosing to remove the query from the Referer sooner or later. Amirite?

]]> By: rishil http://explicitly.me/google-ssl-secure-search-referrer-data-stripped/comment-page-1#comment-10723 rishil Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:23:55 +0000 http://explicitly.me/?p=838#comment-10723 Yeah - it used to, but like you say, not anymore. . This article is about an year old, when I predicted the KW data being stripped going main stream. Yeah – it used to, but like you say, not anymore. . This article is about an year old, when I predicted the KW data being stripped going main stream.

]]> By: Everfluxx http://explicitly.me/google-ssl-secure-search-referrer-data-stripped/comment-page-1#comment-10538 Everfluxx Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:58:36 +0000 http://explicitly.me/?p=838#comment-10538 Hi Rishi, "using HTTPS to capture referral data" won't work with https://www.google.com/, because Google <strong>strips</strong> the query from the Referer (this is different from what happens on encrypted.google.com). Check out my test results: http://www.everfluxx.com/google-ssl-referer-test-results/ Hi Rishi, “using HTTPS to capture referral data” won’t work with https://www.google.com/, because Google strips the query from the Referer (this is different from what happens on encrypted.google.com). Check out my test results: http://www.everfluxx.com/google-ssl-referer-test-results/

]]> By: Alan Mitchell http://explicitly.me/google-ssl-secure-search-referrer-data-stripped/comment-page-1#comment-1048 Alan Mitchell Mon, 08 Nov 2010 23:53:15 +0000 http://explicitly.me/?p=838#comment-1048 Hi Rishi, You're completely right - Google's new SSL page will only cause headaches for PPC and SEO professionals and anyone who's interested in optimising their website. I guess the SSL page is Google's response to online privacy's growing fashionability, but perhaps we need to realise that privacy is over-rated, and that handing over our browsing data can have positive benefits for everyone. In a blog post I wrote on Google's SSL page, I suggest how the removal of referral data can lead to higher prices of goods and services for everyone: http://www.calculatemarketing.com/blog/discussion/google-ssl-page-how-privacy-leads-to-higher-prices/ Would love to hear your thoughts. Cheers, Alan Hi Rishi,

You’re completely right – Google’s new SSL page will only cause headaches for PPC and SEO professionals and anyone who’s interested in optimising their website.

I guess the SSL page is Google’s response to online privacy’s growing fashionability, but perhaps we need to realise that privacy is over-rated, and that handing over our browsing data can have positive benefits for everyone.

In a blog post I wrote on Google’s SSL page, I suggest how the removal of referral data can lead to higher prices of goods and services for everyone:

http://www.calculatemarketing.com/blog/discussion/google-ssl-page-how-privacy-leads-to-higher-prices/

Would love to hear your thoughts.

Cheers,
Alan

]]> By: ewyu http://explicitly.me/google-ssl-secure-search-referrer-data-stripped/comment-page-1#comment-999 ewyu Sun, 31 Oct 2010 07:56:54 +0000 http://explicitly.me/?p=838#comment-999 If they do roll it out on a larger scale, I wonder how this will impact sites that are using the "First Click Free" program. On Google's official blog post, they explicitly cite that you check the incoming http referrer: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/10/first-click-free-for-web-search.html If they do roll it out on a larger scale, I wonder how this will impact sites that are using the “First Click Free” program. On Google’s official blog post, they explicitly cite that you check the incoming http referrer: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/10/first-click-free-for-web-search.html

]]> By: Tad Chef http://explicitly.me/google-ssl-secure-search-referrer-data-stripped/comment-page-1#comment-996 Tad Chef Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:37:15 +0000 http://explicitly.me/?p=838#comment-996 There is even a lawsuit out there that might force Google to use the SSL version or otherwise strip referer data altogether for privacy reasons: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/26/google_privacy_flap/ There is even a lawsuit out there that might force Google to use the SSL version or otherwise strip referer data altogether for privacy reasons:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/26/google_privacy_flap/

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