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  1. HTML5: rel="noreferrer" attribute on the link.

     <a href="http://www.example.com/" rel="noreferrer">blah</a>

  2. Serve site over https. Browsers don't send the referrer when going from https to http urls.

  3. Use a data uri in the link. The data uri contains a redirect to the actual destination. See this answer.

     <a href='data:text/html;charset=utf-8, <html><script>window.location = "http://google.ca";</script></html>'>Link</a>

  4. Redirect with sites like anonym.to or vani.sh... But this is often slow, and another dependency...

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