The article claims that browsers drop referrer (well, "referer" :) header when you open a link in a new tab (look for those direct hits mention).
The last time I checked, that was not the case: can anyone confirm if this is true (I'll check myself later, but curious if someone knows off the top of their head).
The last time I checked, that was not the case: can anyone confirm if this is true (I'll check myself later, but curious if someone knows off the top of their head).
If so, it'd be very weird.