> Jonathan Tweed wrote:
>
> > But the right thing to do in this example. A resource shouldn't have
> different URLs depending on where you click from, so if you can't track the
> outgoing link for some reason then a query parameter seems correct to me.
> >
>
>  Logging HTTP_REFERER isn't an option? Bummer-ouch. I'd have guessed it'd be
> well worth capturing that information...

HTTP referrer information is browser optional and therefore not
guaranteed to be there on all requests. Indeed it's one option to turn
it off completely in Firefox.
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