Does Google Look At Referral Websites And URLs to Decide Backlinks?

In episode 280 of Semantic Mastery’s weekly Hump Day Hangouts (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y_5bdZq81s), one participant asked if Google looks at referral sites and URLs to determine backlinks.

The exact question was:

wanted to ask next week: 1) Does Google look at referral sites and urls to determine if there is a link there once visited the link?

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