JavaScript being disabled - Google was already sending analytics pings when search result links were clicked on, using JS.
<a ping=""> works without JS in Chrome and Safari (but not Firefox) https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLAnchorE...
Even with JS enabled, those ping requests (and other tracking) could be blocked; this new measure can not be.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49680338
JavaScript is required to use Google search at all, no?
Oh that is true, I forgot they changed that.
It doesn't work without JS though.
Pings are blockable in Firefox and so are the event analytics requests triggered by Google's on-page JavaScript.
<a ping=""> works without JS in Chrome and Safari (but not Firefox) https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLAnchorE...
Even with JS enabled, those ping requests (and other tracking) could be blocked; this new measure can not be.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49680338
JavaScript is required to use Google search at all, no?
Oh that is true, I forgot they changed that.
It doesn't work without JS though.
Pings are blockable in Firefox and so are the event analytics requests triggered by Google's on-page JavaScript.