http://alexking.org/blog/2007/03/07/google-search-history-annoyance Alex King's blog - software, photography, sports, etc. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:18:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 http://alexking.org/blog/2007/03/07/google-search-history-annoyance#comment-54882 Alex Thu, 08 Mar 2007 07:15:30 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2007/03/07/google-search-history-annoyance#comment-54882 I'm very curious how Google determines when to enable this "feature" and when not to. I’m very curious how Google determines when to enable this “feature” and when not to.

]]> http://alexking.org/blog/2007/03/07/google-search-history-annoyance#comment-54873 Adam Jacob Muller Thu, 08 Mar 2007 04:10:07 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2007/03/07/google-search-history-annoyance#comment-54873 I do not get this effect, I have, and have always had click tracking turned on with google. Links for me point directly to the web site in question. I do not get this effect, I have, and have always had click tracking turned on with google. Links for me point directly to the web site in question.

]]> http://alexking.org/blog/2007/03/07/google-search-history-annoyance#comment-54869 Alex Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:53:41 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2007/03/07/google-search-history-annoyance#comment-54869 adam - why would they only do it when you have Search History turned on then? adam - why would they only do it when you have Search History turned on then?

]]> http://alexking.org/blog/2007/03/07/google-search-history-annoyance#comment-54866 Kerim Friedman Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:45:44 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2007/03/07/google-search-history-annoyance#comment-54866 There is a <a href="http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/920">Greasemonkey script</a> to fix this. There is a Greasemonkey script to fix this.

]]> http://alexking.org/blog/2007/03/07/google-search-history-annoyance#comment-54865 adam Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:52:56 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2007/03/07/google-search-history-annoyance#comment-54865 AFAIK, it's not so they can track clicks, it's so that they can pass search terms and source information along to the website you're visiting. AFAIK, it’s not so they can track clicks, it’s so that they can pass search terms and source information along to the website you’re visiting.

]]> http://alexking.org/blog/2007/03/07/google-search-history-annoyance#comment-54863 Andreas Gohr Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:40:54 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2007/03/07/google-search-history-annoyance#comment-54863 IIRC they do the redirects for "normal" searches as well, but not always but only for a small sample of users. I think there was an FAQ on this somewhere at Google. I use the "Customize Google" Firefox extension which has an option to "Disable Link Tracking" among a ton of other useful changes to the various Google services. IIRC they do the redirects for “normal” searches as well, but not always but only for a small sample of users. I think there was an FAQ on this somewhere at Google. I use the “Customize Google” Firefox extension which has an option to “Disable Link Tracking” among a ton of other useful changes to the various Google services.

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