t.co Redirection Behavior

Updated on Sat, 2012-08-25 12:23

t.co currently handles redirections by context and known user agents. We've taken care to preserve original referrers in all contexts where they are reliably provided.

Source of click Referrer
non-twitter.com domains
with specified referrer
original referrer
non-twitter.com domains
with no specified referrer
t.co / Twitter
non-twitter.com SSL domains t.co / Twitter
twitter.com t.co / Twitter
Twitter-operated apps t.co / Twitter
Twitter widgets on non-SSL pages original referrer of embedding page
Twitter widgets on SSL pages t.co / Twitter
3rd party desktop or mobile clients
with specified referrer
original referrer
3rd party desktop or mobile clients
with no specified referrer
t.co / Twitter
Bot
with specified referrer
original referrer
Bot
with no specified referrer
direct traffic / no referrer
via 301 redirect
Unknown user agent
with no specified referrer
direct traffic / no referrer
via 301 redirect
Unknown user agent
with specified referrer
original referrer