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Re: No more Redirect page.

From	"s\|b" <me@privacy.invalid>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.comp.software.firefox
Subject	Re: No more Redirect page.
Date	2026-07-28 21:50 +0200
Organization	XXII
Message-ID	<ncsfevFfjtbU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References	<p9v66l1ltn55trg0vccg1cj83jcpm89mu1@4ax.com>

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On Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:03:09 -0400, micky wrote:

> You may have noticed by now that clicking on Google search links

I use Startpage.com. Have been for years. In the beginning they were an
alternative to Scroogle, but not that long ago I learned Startpage
combines the searches of Google and Bing.

> sometimes or always makes you stop at a page to "permit" redirection to
> another page, even though you clicked on it in the first place and even
> though it never did this before.  "The "redirect notice" page usually
> appears because Google wraps outbound links with a tracking parameter
> (google.com/url) to gather analytics and scan for malicious URLs".

I block those with Pi-Hole.

> Other
> things scan for malicious urls so I'm guessing it's the tracking that's
> important to google.   I don't care if they track me, but I don't want
> to waste time clicking again, or learn a new habit, that I have to click
> a second time in a second tab.  

Have you tried Startpage.com?

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s|b

Thread

No more Redirect page.  micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-07-24 11:03 -0400
  Re: No more Redirect page. Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-25 04:33 +0000
    Re: No more Redirect page. Gilmeh Serda <gilmeh.serda@nothing.here.invalid> - 2026-07-25 15:59 +0000
      Re: No more Redirect page. ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-07-25 16:24 +0000
        Re: No more Redirect page. Gilmeh Serda <gilmeh.serda@nothing.here.invalid> - 2026-07-26 18:32 +0000
      Re: No more Redirect page. Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-29 23:36 +0000
  Re: No more Redirect page. Paul in Houston TX <Paul@Houston.Texas> - 2026-07-25 15:46 -0500
    Re: No more Redirect page. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-07-25 20:24 -0400
      Re: No more Redirect page. Paul in Houston TX <Paul@Houston.Texas> - 2026-07-26 01:37 -0500
        Re: No more Redirect page. "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2026-07-26 09:22 +0200
          Re: No more Redirect page. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-07-26 11:46 -0400
            Re: No more Redirect page. "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2026-07-26 21:25 +0200
              Re: No more Redirect page. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-07-26 19:26 -0400
                Re: No more Redirect page. "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2026-07-27 10:34 +0200
                Re: No more Redirect page. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-07-27 10:43 -0400
                Re: No more Redirect page. "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2026-07-27 21:00 +0200
                Re: No more Redirect page. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-07-28 13:33 -0400
                Re: No more Redirect page. "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2026-07-29 10:53 +0200
                Re: No more Redirect page. "....winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2026-07-27 20:45 -0400
                Re: No more Redirect page. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-07-29 23:01 -0400
  Re: No more Redirect page. "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-07-28 21:50 +0200
    Re: No more Redirect page. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-07-29 22:59 -0400
      Re: No more Redirect page. Nobody <jock@soccer.com> - 2026-07-30 08:58 -0700
        Re: No more Redirect page. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-07-30 12:11 -0400
          Re: No more Redirect page. Nobody <jock@soccer.com> - 2026-07-30 10:47 -0700
        Re: No more Redirect page. "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2026-07-30 19:54 +0200
        Re: No more Redirect page. Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-09 08:54 +0000

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