Glenn GabeNov 10, 2022

I've been digging Mastodon, but I noticed something strange when tracking visits from the growing social network. Mastodon is using rel noreferrer on outbound links, so visits will show up as Direct Traffic in GA!

I hope that changes. You can read more in my post on Search Engine Roundtable today: https://www.seroundtable.com/mastodon-rel-noferrer-tracking-34391.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-noreferrer&utm_id=34391

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Mastodon Is Using Rel Noreferrer On Outbound Links Causing Visits To Appear As Direct Traffic In Google Analytics

With all of the Twitter chaos over the past few weeks, many have been flocking to Mastodon. I signed up last week and many other SEOs have signed up as well. Although there’s a bit of a learning cur

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Show threadRev. Lunar 🜏Ⓐ🖤
@glenngabe This was built to protect users and their privacy so I'd hope it doesn't change in the future to allow sites to track people.
Nov 10, 2022 at 1:48pmWeb
Show threadGlenn GabeNov 10, 2022
@lunar Yep, I hear you! It would just be good to get a top-level view of how things are going traffic-wise (and to which pieces of content). I'm def. not into tracking people like crazy...