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I think you missed the point of the above demonstration a bit. It was meant to demonstration that iOS6 is acting completely normal. No referer is sent for http
by ftwinnovations 14y ago
I think you missed the point of the above demonstration a bit. It was meant to demonstration that iOS6 is acting completely normal. No referer is sent for https, and that is expected behavior. Google even went so far as to send out emails, blog posts to the analytics and the webmaster tools blogs, and G+ posts about it a while back so GA users would not be surprised as there referrer data decreased. For those missing refers we now have to use the Webmaster Tools and try to piece the data together a bit.
- mikeryan 14y agoI think you missed my point. If I go to the https link above via a desktop browser, and see the results page (also https) with "What's my referrer" on it and click the link Google doesn't take me directly to the site, the link for "What's my referrer" is (not https) http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&ved=0CDoQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whatismyreferer.com%2F&ei=NHdkUPv8HIGWiAKWzoCYDA&usg=AFQjCNFt-KMqneTZfEb6OxjPZlD4ogiJcQ http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&#... Which then redirects me to whatismyreferer.com so that whatismyreferer gets a google referer. Apparently for whatever reason if you do that on iOS6 the search results takes you directly to whatismyreferer.com without the redirect.