RESOLVED INVALID138462
Wrong referal after using back button / javascript history on webkit 
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138462
Summary Wrong referal after using back button / javascript history on webkit
Thierry
Reported 2014-11-06 03:17:54 PST
Steps to reproduce the problem: 1. Open chrome (or safari) in private navigation mode 2. Search for a keyword on Google 3. Click on result and navigate on 2 or 3 pages 4. Use the back button 5. See the "referer" header instruction, it will display Google as referer instead of the last consulted page What is the expected behavior? Sending last viewed page on referer header What went wrong? Sending first referer as last viewed page Did this work before? Yes All time long, other browsers Chrome version: 38.0.2125.111 Channel: stable OS Version: 6.1 (Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2) Flash Version: Shockwave Flash 15.0 r0 Makes analytics data totaly wrong, counting visits doesn't exist
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Thierry
Comment 1 2014-11-06 04:52:44 PST
Not really a bug and affects all browsers, it's due to the cache restitution of the current page wich doesn't take care of you action on back button and send back the old referal of the last page. Using Ajax to makes user navigate seriously damage your analytics data
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