fixes #1587

public/src/ajaxify.js

@@ -292,6 +292,9 @@ var ajaxify = ajaxify || {};
 			if (this.host === window.location.host) {
 				// Internal link
 				var url = this.href.replace(rootUrl + '/', '');
+				url = url + (url.match(/\?/) ? '&' : '?') + 'prefetched=true';
+				console.log(url);
+
 				ajaxify.loadData(url, function(err, data) {
 					ajaxify.preloader = {
 						url: url,

src/controllers/topics.js

@@ -163,14 +163,16 @@ topicsController.get = function(req, res, next) {
 		}
 
 
+		if (!req.query.prefetched) {
+			topics.increaseViewCount(tid);
+			
 			if (uid) {
 				topics.markAsRead(tid, uid, function(err) {
 					topics.pushUnreadCount(uid);
 					topics.markTopicNotificationsRead(tid, uid);
 				});
 			}
-
-		topics.increaseViewCount(tid);
+		}
 
 		// Paginator for noscript
 		data.pages = [];