Comments on: Getting Around Google Search’s Theft of Copiable URLs http://cogdogblog.com/2009/07/15/google-hides-urls/ Alan Levine's space for barking about and playing with technology Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:17:49 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: michael chalk http://cogdogblog.com/2009/07/15/google-hides-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-69804 michael chalk Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:40:26 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/?p=3901#comment-69804 Bizarre, i've always found that weird redirect in the listed URL's too.. and done what D'arcy does, to click through and copy. And today, there are proper, copiable web addresses. Well done Alan!! Regards, michael Bizarre, i’ve always found that weird redirect in the listed URL’s too.. and done what D’arcy does, to click through and copy. And today, there are proper, copiable web addresses.

Well done Alan!!
Regards, michael

]]> By: Russ Goerend http://cogdogblog.com/2009/07/15/google-hides-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-69794 Russ Goerend Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:18:22 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/?p=3901#comment-69794 Maybe I am just getting lucky. Maybe I am just getting lucky.

]]> By: D'Arcy Norman http://cogdogblog.com/2009/07/15/google-hides-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-69793 D'Arcy Norman Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:11:12 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/?p=3901#comment-69793 It's an intermittent thing - sonetimes they add the links on .ca but not .com results, and sonetimes they just add it for sone users... It’s an intermittent thing – sonetimes they add the links on .ca but not .com results, and sonetimes they just add it for sone users…

]]> By: Alan Levine aka CogDog http://cogdogblog.com/2009/07/15/google-hides-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-69792 Alan Levine aka CogDog Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:07:40 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/?p=3901#comment-69792 Well, as Clay Davis on <em>The Wire</em> says, "Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit" They must have just changed it. Is Google listening to me? I swear, just recently, I was getting long google URL redirect links. Time for a beer. Well, as Clay Davis on The Wire says, “Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit” They must have just changed it.

Is Google listening to me?

I swear, just recently, I was getting long google URL redirect links.

Time for a beer.

]]> By: Russ Goerend http://cogdogblog.com/2009/07/15/google-hides-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-69791 Russ Goerend Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:28:33 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/?p=3901#comment-69791 I must be missing something obvious. I right-click on the result title ARToolKit Home Page and choose "copy link location" and this is the link I get: http://www.hitl.washington.edu/artoolkit/ I click the result and this is the URL: http://www.hitl.washington.edu/artoolkit/ I don't see a Google redirect in there. Am I just getting lucky? I must be missing something obvious. I right-click on the result title ARToolKit Home Page and choose “copy link location” and this is the link I get:
http://www.hitl.washington.edu/artoolkit/

I click the result and this is the URL:

http://www.hitl.washington.edu/artoolkit/

I don’t see a Google redirect in there. Am I just getting lucky?

]]> By: D'Arcy Norman http://cogdogblog.com/2009/07/15/google-hides-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-69789 D'Arcy Norman Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:06:19 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/?p=3901#comment-69789 I always click through to the original page and copy the URL from the address bar - best to verify the page is really still there, contains the content it did when Google indexed it, and to grab the final URL that may be the result of redirections or rewrites. It's slower, old-fashioned, but if I link to something it's probably worth a quick eyeball glance first. I always click through to the original page and copy the URL from the address bar – best to verify the page is really still there, contains the content it did when Google indexed it, and to grab the final URL that may be the result of redirections or rewrites. It’s slower, old-fashioned, but if I link to something it’s probably worth a quick eyeball glance first.

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