Bevo/P202 and SSL - Why U No Strip Referrers?

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Avalanche

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Old threads on this topic didn't seem to be correct (or at least complete w/ people reporting back with results) & figuring I'm not the only one who has dug around in here looking for an answer.

I'd like to run some experiments on if shaving my redirect speeds will increase my conversion rate & am currently cloaking with p202 - considering new bevo as an alternative as well.

I've heard running through https would be faster and seen probably 1/2 a dozen articles where people are saying https strips referrers (e.g. articles advising to cloak aff links with https, articles discussing how google https searches strip referrers for GA, etc.)

However, I've run numerous tests just now checking referrers using cloaked & uncloaked links. Https only seems to be stripping referrers in IE. Firefox and chrome passes those referrers right through.

If all those articles & posts are right about https stripping referrers (written by much smarter people than me), then what am I doing wrong? I'd love to shave that time off my redirects but not at the cost of exposing my traffic source. And yes, I know they could figure it out if they really wanted, but I don't think they'll go through the extra effort - just don't want to hand it to them on a silver platter
 


You've probably tested this, but are you using HTTPS on your landing page, the offer link, or both?
 
the way I have this set up, it goes from

https (p202 on my secure vps domain or bevo link through their hosted version - tested both) > unsecure tracking link > unsecure landing page

I can then see referrers in my affiliate network's tracking panel. When I cloak in p202 or bevo it doesn't pass through, but if I just use the https links the referrer does pass... in FF or chrome. IE doesn't pass referrers with the https.
 
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it sounds like your setup is not setup correctly,
i agree with the above poster, get a dedicated server and install it correct, something with decent ram will help with the redirection (mysql) and a provider with a good uplink.
 
Avalanche said:
the way I have this set up, it goes from

https (p202 on my secure vps domain or bevo link through their hosted version - tested both) > unsecure tracking link > unsecure landing page

I can then see referrers in my affiliate network's tracking panel. When I cloak in p202 or bevo it doesn't pass through, but if I just use the https links the referrer does pass... in FF or chrome. IE doesn't pass referrers with the https.
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Really?

Let's be clear. You click a link on https://yourdomain.com and on the
destination site you see the referer https://yourdomain.com ?

Bompa
 
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