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I find the Google+ spam annoying too, but my pet peeve is the redirects Google put on search results so they can tell which ones you click on. I hate this, firs
by gruseom 14y ago
I find the Google+ spam annoying too, but my pet peeve is the redirects Google put on search results so they can tell which ones you click on. I hate this, first because it feels invasive and second because it noticeably slows things down. Most of the time it's not that bad, but every now and then it adds a second, or 2 seconds, or 5. I got so mad I astonished myself by switching to Bing for a while. And indeed the Bing experience was much faster. I've switched back to Google for now, mostly out of habit. But I've gradually gone from being a big fan of theirs to a grudging captive. Something could jolt me into a different orbit.
- AncientPC 14y agoThere are extensions to get rid of the redirect: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dohbiijnjeiejifbgfdhfknogknkglio https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dohbiijnjeiejifbgf...
- gruseom 14y agoThanks! I'm going to give that a try. Edit: holy shit it works! You just made my internet faster. How did I, or rather everyone, not know about this?
- Evbn 14y agoThe weird thing is they could use JS to fire an analytics event to avoid the redirect.
- gruseom 14y agoThat's what they used to do. This being Google, I'm sure they had a good reason for switching, especially to something so corrosive of user goodwill. I've often wondered what that reason is. Anybody know?