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Comment by aquarin | Hacker News Reader

It seems my habbit to open google links in new tabs with right click have more meaning now. I initialy used this to avoid referal information.

Doesn't change the referer but avoid you falling in that current trap.

Anyway, using a new tab for each new website you visit is the way to go I think.

Maybe it's a good trade off for this to become default behavior in browsers (in the background unseen by users).

If user does not see that she is operating in a new tab, she can still click "back" and would still be vulnerable to the "Fake Google Serp" trick.

Google even has a settings options where all SERP links open in a new tab. I personally use it myself.

That's not going to stop the referrer from being available to the page. In chrome hit F12 and in the console type

    document.referrer.