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When I search for "Hacker News" and do Copy Link Location on the url, I get this: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=3&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ycombinator.
by pchristensen 19y ago
When I search for "Hacker News" and do Copy Link Location on the url, I get this:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=3&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ycombinator.com%2F&ei=jahmR4ziOI-EggKk95H_Dg&usg=AFQjCNGKJHXhsq1s0-gYR96B--m47G9oRw&sig2=1iVChPaHAN3aVZAmpM9nCA http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=3&url=h...
I'm pretty sure Google knows what I'm clicking on.
- marcus 19y agoYou are not looking at organic search results. The link is for non-adwords sponsored links. (notice the colors are different ). This is a paid advertising option, so it obviously has to be tracked so they can price it correctly.
- pchristensen 19y agoYou think PG is buying AdWords ads now? I'm aware of the difference between paid and organic search results; give me some credit. I bet you're not signed into Google when you try it. I'm signed in for gMail, Google Reader, etc. When I mouseover any of the organic search results, it shows the normal link in the status bar. But when I right click on it, it switches to the google address and that remains if I move the mouse and mouseover again.
- marcus 19y agoNo offense, but these were the only links I could find with that format. Just tried it while signed and still the link when I do "copy link location" is direct. Maybe they only do it on a small focus group or for users in certain countries (I'm in Israel).
- pchristensen 19y agoAh, the joys of having fine grained control over every user's experience with up to the minute modifications. Hooray for web-delivered software!
- atwork 19y agoFor me it says: http://news.ycombinator.com/ http://news.ycombinator.com/ I think Google sometimes uses direct links and sometimes redirection.