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The search term is not in the referring URL, SSL or not. Google removed it from organic search, by a combination of moving it out of the query string into a URL
by dangrossman 13y ago
The search term is not in the referring URL, SSL or not. Google removed it from organic search, by a combination of moving it out of the query string into a URL hash, and by adding a level of redirection between the search result page and the linked website.
- lstamour 13y agoAhh true. Instant did change things, didn't it? I'm still used to omnibars that hide the URL from me on Google searches that I forget it's not all /search?q= any more. Good point, good point. Though, given Google's native apps, perhaps this was inevitable? I mean, there was always a percentage of traffic that would seem organic yet be from Google...