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Google News (web)
What it is
Google News on the web.
Why there's no full URL
Google News tells browsers to send only its origin, so you don't see which story page or topic the click came from.
What traffic it represents
Clicks on your articles from Google News in a web browser. The Google News Android app shows up as android-app://com.google.android.apps.magazines.
Sources
<meta name="referrer" content="origin">
Google News (page source, checked 2026-10-06)
Send only the origin in the Referer header.
Referrer-Policy header - MDN
Related referrers
android-app://com.google.android.apps.magazinesGoogle News app on Android
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