Comments on: Google Search Results Link Crap

By: SIGGE

SIGGE — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:14:26 +0000

what i find crap about google today is that when im seeking information/help like “how to do something” google find alot of resault on webpages that then forwards to another forum,

please stop that page that are just sucking data from another page to be popular, for me as user this is very irritating!

By: Geo

Geo — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 03:17:23 +0000

Did you ever find a “fix” for the odd google search results in IE? I just noticed it today. I use Opera and IE and in IE i get the strange link crap along with the URL as well. Just wondering if you ever resolved this? Feel free to shoot me an email at my listed address if you ever found out whats going in?

By: jccalhoun

jccalhoun — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 17:56:00 +0000

Well from the google search box in firefox on osx, if you search for chris, the “save link as” on the first result I got this:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fchris.pirillo.com%2F&ei=VRKHRLGWCLG-iwGBrMTHBw&sig2=nb3xrJNkvjSZVcYSL_Cnjw
So it doesn’t seem that Firefox (at least 1.0.6 which is the version the computer lab has installed) on osx is immune to link crap.

By: Igor

Igor — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 17:35:59 +0000

Hi,
I’ve created a context menu extension that extracts the embeded hyperlink and copies it to the clipboard. It’s not bulletproof but should work in most cases.
Feel free to contact me via email.
Regards, Igor

By: Mike Singer

Mike Singer — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:11:08 +0000

It looks like a new Google “feature”.

By: aggie75

aggie75 — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 10:59:10 +0000

Chris wrote: “I just canâ€™t get Google to give me straight up hyperlinks in IE (though it works fine in Firefox). Anybody know how to take this pain away?”

Is it just me or did you answer your own question…. :)

Harmon

By: James

James — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 09:47:39 +0000

I’m clueless…I did post this question in the Google help newsgroup…but who knows if anyone will have an answer. The thread is at:

http://groups.google.com/group/google.public.support.general/browse_thread/thread/ae485e8fee07f7d7/02143ad1f253d4d9#02143ad1f253d4d9

By: James

James — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 09:19:03 +0000

There is one solution…staring you right in the face… use Firefox.

Seriously, I’ve done some searching around and haven’t found a fix or mention of it yet… if I find something..I’ll post it.

By: Liyster

Liyster — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 07:25:18 +0000

I believe Google has been doing this for a while, I guess it’s a way for Google to track search results that have been clicked on.

I’m guessing a GreaseMonkey script would be able to rectify the “link crap” for you. Are there any coders out there that could do this?