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When I hover over links, or right click and click "copy link address" in a google search result page, I get the real link, not a shortened link.

by Buge 8y ago

entropie 8y ago
Hm, you are right. Did they fix that recently? Because Iam sure that wasnt always the case.
- Buge 8y ago
  I think it's been this way for the last year or so. I definitely remember links becoming mangled when clicked sometimes in the past.
- pjc50 8y ago
  Maybe only in Chrome, because it definitely does the wrong thing in Firefox.
  - deleted 8y ago
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thinkingemote 8y ago
in Firefox, when I hover over the links in Google results I see the original URL on the bottom left tooltip but when I copy the address, I get the redirect link, and then when I go back and hover over the link the url shown in the tooltip is also changed to the redirected link.
giancarlostoro 8y ago
I have a Firefox plugin that removes the tracked URLs, this must be a Chrome only thing, and considering they track you as it is, I'm not surprised if they do something special for Chrome to hide the tracking internally (who knows what they bundle with their proprietary rendition of Chrome?).
- Larrikin 8y ago
  Which plugin? Does it work on more than just Google?
  - majewsky 8y ago
    It's called "Google search link fix" and comes from Wladimir Palant. I use it on Firefox. AFAIK it works with multiple search engines, despite the name.
wlesieutre 8y ago
When I copy it I get a lengthened link. It has the destination URL in a query string, along with a "ved" value which includes a bunch of information about the link that you clicked on: https://moz.com/blog/inside-googles-ved-parameter https://moz.com/blog/inside-googles-ved-parameter If you're looking in your browser's status bar when you hover the link, Google is manually displaying the end destination URL. The link doesn't actually go there directly. This is using Firefox while not signed in to a Google account. If you're really getting direct links, perhaps if you're signed in or using Chrome they give you real links and track you by other means instead.

When I hover over links, or right click and click "copy link address" in a google search result page, I get the real link, not a shortened link.

by Buge 8y ago

When I hover over links, or right click and click "copy link address" in a google search result page, I get the real link, not a shortened link.

entropie 8y ago

Hm, you are right. Did they fix that recently? Because Iam sure that wasnt always the case.

Buge 8y ago
I think it's been this way for the last year or so. I definitely remember links becoming mangled when clicked sometimes in the past.
pjc50 8y ago
Maybe only in Chrome, because it definitely does the wrong thing in Firefox.
- deleted 8y ago
  [deleted]

thinkingemote 8y ago

in Firefox, when I hover over the links in Google results I see the original URL on the bottom left tooltip but when I copy the address, I get the redirect link, and then when I go back and hover over the link the url shown in the tooltip is also changed to the redirected link.

giancarlostoro 8y ago

I have a Firefox plugin that removes the tracked URLs, this must be a Chrome only thing, and considering they track you as it is, I'm not surprised if they do something special for Chrome to hide the tracking internally (who knows what they bundle with their proprietary rendition of Chrome?).

Larrikin 8y ago
Which plugin? Does it work on more than just Google?
- majewsky 8y ago
  It's called "Google search link fix" and comes from Wladimir Palant. I use it on Firefox. AFAIK it works with multiple search engines, despite the name.

wlesieutre 8y ago

When I copy it I get a lengthened link. It has the destination URL in a query string, along with a "ved" value which includes a bunch of information about the link that you clicked on: https://moz.com/blog/inside-googles-ved-parameter https://moz.com/blog/inside-googles-ved-parameter If you're looking in your browser's status bar when you hover the link, Google is manually displaying the end destination URL. The link doesn't actually go there directly. This is using Firefox while not signed in to a Google account. If you're really getting direct links, perhaps if you're signed in or using Chrome they give you real links and track you by other means instead.