Google's Goto Gambit: Search Links Now Hide Destinations to Thwart Scrapers

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Google's Goto Gambit: Search Links Now Hide Destinations to Thwart Scrapers

www.webpronews.com

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Technology@piefed.socialEnglish · 1 month ago

Google Routes Search Result Links Through google.com/goto Redirects

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Google confirmed the rollout, citing anti-abuse measures. Scraping tools like SerpApi have adapted, and Attributer's tests show organic referrer data still survives the extra hop.

https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/7960#issuecomment-5433758829

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