Stop Google from tracking search results you click on

[Rudolph]

Why does Google Search use redirects instead of direct links?

One of the reasons is so they can do click tracking on what link you clicked, on their search results page. This allows them to detect and optimize their search results.

For example if they noticed everyone that searches for "batman" only ever selects the 2, 3, 6, 7 links, they could remove the 1, 4, 5 links as they are obviously bad results for this search word.

Also you should take a look at Google's search history. I can tell you are logged in from this link and that your search history is being logged. This will give you a good indication of the information that Google collects when you click this link.

Install this plugin, if you're on chrome

Direct Access

Google link fixer

Undirect

Firefox

Google search link fix

Google Redirects Fixer & Tracking Remover

It automatically converts the long redirect URL to direct URL

This

Into this

It also speeds up browsing, because it's not redirecting to google after clicking, but instead goes directly to the page you want to see.

[ionwhitelll]

So useful, thanks for sharing this!

[Dolph.Hilter]

Do they make one for Disqus? All commenter disqus links get routed through "VIGLINK"

[Rudolph]

VigLink is a San Francisco-based, outbound-traffic monetization service for publishers, forums, and bloggers. VigLink specializes in in-text advertising and marketing. VigLink CEO Oliver Roup founded the company in March 2009.

If you're using uBlock

There is a filter named "hpHosts’ Ad and tracking servers"

127.0.0.1 redirect.viglink.com
127.0.0.1 viglink.com
127.0.0.1 www.viglink.com
127.0.0.1 api.viglink.com

But it just blocks the page

Here is a plugin for firefox which seems to be working

Link Cleaner

Another one which didn't seem to work with imgur.com links

Skip Redirect

[Dexter]

Or just use duckduckgo.com
Correct me if I'm wrong.

[Dolph.Hilter]

Thanks, I have been using a host file but it makes all the links impossible to visit. Something like that Link Cleaner for Chrome might work if it exists. I boycott Firefox a long time ago for not supporting their CEO for donating money to Prop 8, the anti-Faggot marriage bill.

[techx]

I used Google exclusively up until Edward Snowden surfaced, and not since

[Abupt]

https://www.startpage.com/

[FaustianSpirit]

On YouTube, today they made it so noscript could not function with the new design; if you revert and turn it on it will still not function. We need an alternative soon.

[3rdRicht]

Yeah unfortunately brah Duckgo is Jude

Try Startpage.

[techx]

Do you mean it would work if you didn't allow youtube to run? I've been using noscript for years but always allowed youtube. It still works for me like this

[FaustianSpirit]

Usually I give YouTube and temp. allow for the session, but it may have been a phenomenon that was short lived.

[Gnuts]

So I use a VPN. Do I still want these add-ons?

[Rudolph]

You still help them gather all kinds of data, they only don't know the correct location of yours.

[joe1]

yeah its jew owned, still better than using google though

there was a new privacy search engine that had a subreddit but i seem to have lost the link

[joe1]

On YouTube, today they made it so noscript could not function with the new design; if you revert and turn it on it will still not function. We need an alternative soon.

i just use the free 3DYD YouTube downloader. hate visiting the youtube site because they shove their leftist videos in your face

[FaustianSpirit]

I don't know how familiar you are with with Zeronet, but there is a site, called Zerotube and its uses torrents to download the video. The cool part is you can stream/ watch the video as its downloading and its shoah resistant unlike YT.

[joe1]

yeah i was wondering about Zeronet, mentioned earlier on another thread

sounds interesting, ill have to look into it

[Rudolph]

Zeronet

Just downloaded, will also try out, don't know what's the point of using it yet, because DS is not blocked by UN / ICANN.

[FaustianSpirit]

It's not a replacement for DailyStormer, just too much data. A good use for it would be, a low cost blog. You can clone a template edit it, invite fellow Stormers to check it out; while doing so download and therefore host your site as well. Some have thought, of dividing a website in to portions called hubs. The problem is you can't explore the whole website that way without downloading all the hubs. My idea for high traffic sites, is hosting it like usual, but only for viewing. If you like what you see, go and download that hub on Zeronet to chat and interact with other users.