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It allows Google to track your click. Look at the parameters after the 'url?' part of the link. Lets break it up, some will make sense to you, some only to Goog
by CatsoCatsoCatso 11y ago
It allows Google to track your click. Look at the parameters after the 'url?' part of the link. Lets break it up, some will make sense to you, some only to Google.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&
rct=j&
q=&
esrc=s&
source=web&
cd=1&
cad=rja&
uact=8&
ved=0CB8QFjAAahUKEwiQ9arirKbHAhUJ_IAKHaxdAhQ&
url=https%3A%2F%2Fhbr.org%2F2008%2F07%2Femployee-motivation-a-powerful-new-model&
ei=cLTMVZD9Ion4gwSsu4mgAQ&
usg=AFQjCNFvsdgJlMw6Xc6vWMoX6hjTwsHU9w&
sig2=RHlWUOJ95bb3wDBW45zABw&
bvm=bv.99804247,d.eXY
This is all done server side so no need for cookies or JavaScript.
See also:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28321041/google-search-how-google-tracks-the-click-through-rate-of-the-search-result http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28321041/google-search-ho...