Forums › Forums › White Hat SEO › Is the “Direct” the new SEO? › Reply To: Is the “Direct” the new SEO? jim-chess Guest May 21, 2026 at 2:16 pm I think also anytime a link has the attribute rel=”noreferrer” it counts as direct (since browsers treat it that way for privacy reasons). Not sure if that is impacting the counts in your case, but just food for thought.
