While performing searches across Google Search, you must have noticed a web linkshown in the browser’s status bar when hovering the cursor over any particular searchresult (Title in blue color). However, on copying the same link from Google search engine results page (SERP), the output URL turns into a massive weird link. The same output URL can also be seen for a short moment in status bar as you open a search result. The output URL being referred here is basically the redirection link that Google uses to tracks your clicks, in order to analyze the stats and later optimize their search results.
Remove google search redirects (Firefox Add-on) -
Comparing the links:
Before (Output URL)
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=happy%204th%20birthday%2C%20webtrickz&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CB4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwebtrickz.com%2Fhappy-4th-birthday-webtrickz%2F&ei=L6xYUKDNF4jprAezhoHgDw&usg=AFQjCNGh8o3k5ZtyrRJKaEx3cItsVutDUQ
After:
http://webtrickz.com/happy-4th-birthday-webtrickz/
Apparently, the before
link above clears
that Google redirects the search result throughhttp://google.com/url? and opens the actual site link after a
delay of around 3 seconds. If you’re concerned about your privacy and want to
prevent click tracking, then there is an easy way to remove Google Redirects using
an extension or add-on. Certainly, this will also improve the loading time when
opening results link in Google SERPs as they are no longer passed to Google for
redirection.
Undirect
can fix these things! Google search results will no longer do any redirecting –
go straight to the site you want, first time! Supports using google over both
HTTP and HTTPS.
Remove google search redirects (Firefox Add-on) -
Simply
removes tracking code/redirect from Google Search
results.
This trick also comes handy for users who
often copy-paste links from search results. Now, you don’t need to wait for the
actual page to load to grab its link. Just right-click the result link in SERP
and copy link address. 