Google Hides Search Referral Data with New SSL Implementation

On October 18th 2011, Google announced they would be encrypting search queries, for privacy reasons. Unfortunately, this disrupted organic keyword referral data, returning “(not provided)” for some organic traffic. This number increased in the weeks following the launch. Most users used non-SSL Google for their searches. Now, according to Google, “…a web site accessed through organic search results on http://www.google.com …