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Google to Start Using HTTP Referrer Tag to Skip One Redirect in HTTPS Searches Google is announcing a change in the way it directs users to the sites they found via its encrypted search. Google will start using the "referrer" meta tag to provide limited referrer information to websites.Browsers that support the tag, Chrome for now, will be able to recognize it and will send only the info that G... 20 March 2012 12:41 GMT Facebook Sued for Exposing People's Names to Advertisers Two men have filed a lawsuit against Facebook, accusing the company of knowingly violating its privacy policy by sharing personally-identifiable information with advertisers.The Facebook platform enjoys a great success with advertising company, because it allows them to serve highly targeted ads to users, based on ag... 15 October 2010 02:20 GMT Google Analytics: 0 (Zero) Direct Visitors! An uncanny Google Analytics glitch drives users mad and at the time this article was written, no Google official came out to explain what happened. Here's the problem in a few words: webmasters who logged into their Google Analytics in the last few days spotted a shocking report: 0 (zero) direct visitors, which,... 6 May 2008 11:14 GMT