spez@sh.itjust.works to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoWe are in Brave's search results!sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1450arrow-down153file-text
arrow-up1397arrow-down1imageWe are in Brave's search results!sh.itjust.worksspez@sh.itjust.works to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square76fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCashewNut 🏴@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months agoBefore displaying a page it searches the content and injects a referrer tag to the end of URLs that match certain things. This is done instantly. E.g. If there’s a Binance URL on the page it’ll add something like ?ref=bravebrowser Binance will pick up that tag and give them money for any sign ups. Brave do this for any crypto services they have affiliate accounts with.
Before displaying a page it searches the content and injects a referrer tag to the end of URLs that match certain things. This is done instantly.
E.g. If there’s a Binance URL on the page it’ll add something like
?ref=bravebrowserBinance will pick up that tag and give them money for any sign ups. Brave do this for any crypto services they have affiliate accounts with.