This may be old news, google using redirect links?

Discussion in 'Google' started by nddb, Oct 29, 2005.

  1. #1
    I didn't take a screenshot or anything, but i often go to google, and search the first couple hundred results for my site. / in firefox... then domain name etc.

    Anyway, I knew I was around 20-30, so one day, I get back to page 7 or something, so I'm like what the hell.

    Then I look at the urls, and they are like www.google.com/<some script link> even tho it had the description of my site, it had some google redirect URL.

    Is this old news? anyone else seen this? I only saw it that one time.
     
    nddb, Oct 29, 2005 IP
  2. aeiouy

    aeiouy Peon

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    When was the last time you used google?

    That is how they link to all sites as far as I know.
     
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  3. nddb

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    ??? I never see that, I just did some searches and looked at the source..

    <a href="http://www.nddb.net/"> is how it is.

    In the page I've only seen once, it was more like (and I didn't save it, so this is totally made up, but you get the idea) :

    <a href="http://www.google.com/redir?x=blah&y=blah&z=blah">

    Because when I did /nddb (search for "nddb") in firefox, I skipped my entry, so I went back and looked, and the reason I missed it was the url was not showing even post-html processing, it was the redirect url. Not a direct URL to my site.

    .... so, are you seriously always seeing redirect links that don't even show the url?
     
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  4. sc0ttie

    sc0ttie Peon

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    sounds like a lawsuit to me! :D sue those Bast#$s for one BILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLION dollars! All I need is one million for the suggestion. heehee Oh shoot...that reminds me. I played the lotto tonight. Wonder if I lost my money again!!!
     
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  5. rehash

    rehash Well-Known Member

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    google does so to see which sites from the results are clicked and which not, it's part of their algo
     
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  6. dnMaster

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    Most of the links are direct links to the page containg the relevent data.
    May be google has cached some of its own pages :)
     
    dnMaster, Oct 30, 2005 IP