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They're using the ping property of the <a> element now, the only good thing to come out of this
by Avery3R 7y ago
They're using the ping property of the <a> element now, the only good thing to come out of this
- e12e 7y agoHm, so now I can go straight to the Google hosted AMP version without bumping through Google an extra time first? /s
- e12e 7y agoOn a more substantial note, that's documented here: https://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-html5-20080122/#hyperlink0 https://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-html5-20080122/#hyperlink0 It's a little odd, to see that a browser "must parse", but also "may either ignore the ping attribute altogether, or selectively ignore URIs". It strikes me as a bit clumsy compared to the typical MUST/SHOULD/MAY wording. Anyone (other than Google) using a-pings?
- patmcguire 7y agoAh yeah that's definitely going to be different HTML on Lynx, then, since I bet they don't support that and Google's not missing out on tracking. Yup - curling with Lynx user agent gets a targets of href="/url?q=<whatever>" rather than href="<whatever>" ping="tracking"