Question about redirecting and referral info

[karupoiss]

If I have a domain a and it redirects users to domain b that redirects the user to site c via 301 then will the site c see that the traffic was originally from domain a or will it only see the domain b as referral?

I want to hide that traffic is coming from domain a.

Thanks!

 

[karupoiss]

Still looking for answer!

 

[rockinrobin]

There is a discussion about this here:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1398277/does-301-redirect-always-preserve-referrer
Bottom line is that you can't be sure because it is not specified in the relevant RFCs. Even if you test it and it works you cannot be sure it will always work. It depends on browsers and web servers.
I think you need a cloaker or an anonymous proxy.

 

[karupoiss]

There is a discussion about this here:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1398277/does-301-redirect-always-preserve-referrer
Bottom line is that you can't be sure because it is not specified in the relevant RFCs. Even if you test it and it works you cannot be sure it will always work. It depends on browsers and web servers.
I think you need a cloaker or an anonymous proxy.

Yeah but the question is does it preserve it through 2 domain 301 redirects?

 

[rockinrobin]

Yeah but the question is does it preserve it through 2 domain 301 redirects?

If you cannot be sure whether it will preserve on 1 redirect, then you cannot be sure on 2...

 

[karupoiss]

If you cannot be sure whether it will preserve on 1 redirect, then you cannot be sure on 2...

But if headers only show the last site then site C can't know about Site A?

 

[rockinrobin]

But if headers only show the last site then site C can't know about Site A?

The point is that since the RFC's do not specify correct behaviour, we cannot be sure. The correct answer is nobody knows. So you need a proxy of sorts between site A and site B. Certain host-based cloaking tools would do the trick.