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Re:Bing Moving to Encrypt Search Traffic by Default by j_s on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @04:41PM (#9728560)
It pressures destinations to move to HTTPS if they want referer info (although Google also shimmed in a redirect to protect privacy / analytics premium... I don't know if it's Bing or one of my add-ons that's leaving direct links.)
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Re:Bing Moving to Encrypt Search Traffic by Default by vgeek on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @06:32PM (#9729118)
Not exactly. HTTPS to HTTPS sessions should provide referrer information, but not with Google.

See: https://yoast.com/web-https/

Google SERP links are different in Chrome especially. Hover the link and you see one address, but copy the link URL and you'll see a number of parameters in addition to just the site URL. AFAIK, GA Premium is $150k/year and the sales rep I spoke with didn't allude to any solution to not provided.

Don't get too comfortable if you're on the paid side, either. Adwords disabled exact match keywords a few months back. They now include 'similar' keywords, but that is just another black box similar to the QS system that they have always used to manipulate CPCs.

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Re:Bing Moving to Encrypt Search Traffic by Default by shostack on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @06:01PM (#9728975)
Do you have a source on GA Premium being a driver behind the secure search change? Everything I've seen says that is not available to GAP customers.
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