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The google.com/goto links feel like it makes it easier to send people to 'bad' sites. Having said that, I'm sure I'm in a tiny minority of people who check the
by BLKNSLVR 2mo ago
The google.com/goto links feel like it makes it easier to send people to 'bad' sites. Having said that, I'm sure I'm in a tiny minority of people who check the link address in the bottom of the screen when hovering the mouse over the link.
I wonder if it also helps users to _not_ differentiate between an organic search result and an advertised link?
(is there such a thing as an 'organic' search result these days?)
- eimrine 2mo agoWhen I observe the link in the status bar I have noticed that before any clicks the link is normal but after any click (for example to copy it) the link to the resource become the link to Google with a lot of blob data.
- exploraz 1mo agoIt used to be like that when they still used "/url?..." redirect links, which have the destination URLs clearly exposed. Maybe it's an intended feature for checking out where does the link leads to. That behavior can be prevented by browser extensions. Now, on desktop Firefox (private browsing mode, logged out), I see that it always links to the opaque goto URLs, instead of only overwriting on interaction. Using Google Search while logged in on Chrome Android still presents the older non-opaque /url?... links though. It's unfortunate that we cannot immediately inspect what the link will lead to, whether the link is the intended (and safe/expected) destination or not.