Safari adds “localhost” in front of all URLs, why?
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Safari adds “localhost” in front of all URLs, why?
First, a disclaimer: The nature of this problem forces me to publish an affiliate link (to a german fashion shop) here. This is NOT a shady attempt to trick people into using the shop behind, I just need advice in a serious URL breaking problem. The link is classic affiliate, NOT pay-by-click or so. Hope this is clear :)
My problem: I'm using affiliate links on a project which I get directly from certain online shops. The links always work fine in all browsers, except safari.
Example link: https://partners.webmasterplan.com/click.asp?ref=839072&site=7270&type=text&tnb=74&diurl=//www.mirapodo.de/converse-essentials-winterwool-jogginghose-herren-anthrazit-8519541.html
Leads to the correct site in all browsers EXCEPT Safari mobile (iOS 11 and 12) and Safari on macOS High Sierra, which route the browser to: http://localhost//www.mirapodo.de/converse-essentials-winterwool-jogginghose-herren-anthrazit-8519541.html?ref=839072&affmt=2&affmn=74 (note the localhost in front of the URL). As this is not a valid link, Safari will cancel the request and give an internal error page.
My suggestion:
The tracking link contains ... url=//www.mirapodo.de/ ...
which looks suspicious. The links are hardcoded, directly by the shops, I cannot change them and didn't touched them in any way. I'm using nginx, Laravel, a domain with SSL/https, totally standard settings.
... url=//www.mirapodo.de/ ...
My question: Why is this happening, and how can I fix it ?
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