Redirect removers for SM 2.45

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Anonymosity
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Redirect removers for SM 2.45

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I have tried all the redirect removers I could find with SM 2.45, and none of them works any more. Is there no way to stop Google from redirecting links these days?
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Re: Redirect removers for SM 2.45

Post by therube »

(Not exactly sure what you mean by "Google ... redirecting", & not sure if it'll work for you Google use-case, but...)

Bookmarklet, Remove redirects.

Otherwise, NoScript "cleans up" ugly Google links:

Ugly:

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https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.filewatcher.com/m/ncmain.exe.212777-0.html&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwinio28ptXOAhXB4SYKHYCXApAQFggUMAA&usg=AFQjCNG1OEpvNFqlnVF8ZzKThZmN8JrjmQ
Cleaned:

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http://www.filewatcher.com/m/ncmain.exe.212777-0.html
I'll also note that Google looks to be (now) obscuring their ugly links, so while you may see a "clean" looking link, it is in fact otherwise.
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Re: Redirect removers for SM 2.45

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Bookmarklet works, but that must be initiated by the user & is on a per page basis.

So I would think that a Greasemonkey script should be able to accomplish the same more permanently?
What other extensions have you looked at?
(Also note that Yahoo search also uses "ugly" links. NoScript does nothing about that.)


(Oh, & I'm on 2.40, not 2.45, if that matters.)
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Re: Redirect removers for SM 2.45

Post by Anonymosity »

It does seem to matter which version of SeaMonkey. I am using SM 2.45 now, and Redirect Cleaner 3.0 does not work with it, whereas it did work with SM 2.40. I have looked at all the redirect killers listed in addons.mozilla.org, including the ones specific for Google, and none of them gets rid of the Google redirects any more. If you stop Google from using javascript for searches, you will see the redirects in the links for the search results if you mouse over them. With Redirect Cleaner, I had to use Live HTTP Headers to see that the redirect was gone because it removed the redirection from the network request directly. I tested all the extensions both by looking at the links from the page and by looking at the network requests.

I just tested the bookmarklet. It does not seem to work either. I tried clicking it before and after requesting a search, and the links were still redirected.
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Re: Redirect removers for SM 2.45

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2.46, 20160811081621, & the bookmarklet looks to be working.
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Re: Redirect removers for SM 2.45

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therube wrote:2.46, 20160811081621, & the bookmarklet looks to be working.
How did you determine that it works?
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Re: Redirect removers for SM 2.45

Post by therube »

Ran a search.
(That's a heck of a URL.)

Looked at, then Copy Link Location of the first hit.
Verified that it was "ugly".

Clicked remove redirects bookmarklet.

Looked at, then Copy Link Location of the first hit.
Verified that it was "cleaned".

Likewise, you can open "developer tools" (Ctrl+Shift+I) [is that in 2.45 too?] & monitor 'Network' & see what gets sent.
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Re: Redirect removers for SM 2.45

Post by Anonymosity »

I tried allowing javascript, using the bookmarklet, and clicking one of the results. The link looked clean, but the request header still showed the redirection. Copy Link Location also still showed the redirection. Interesting. Guess I shall have to give up Google searches for good.
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Re: Redirect removers for SM 2.45

Post by Lemon Juice »

You can install Greasemonkey (converted) and use a script. I have a script called "Google Direct 0.5" installed some time ago, I can't find this version for download now but it works well when javascript is enabled. This is the code:

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// ==UserScript==
// @name         Direct Google
// @namespace    http://userscripts.org/users/92143
// @version      0.5
// @description  Removes Google search redirects and exposes "Cached" links. 
// @include      /^https?://www\.google\./
// @author       zanetu
// @license      GPL version 2 or any later version; http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
// @require      http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.min.js
// @grant        GM_log
// @run-at       document-end
// ==/UserScript==

//do not run in frames or iframes!!
if (window.top == window.self) {
	function modifyGoogle() {
		//remove redirects
		$('a[onmousedown^="return rwt("]').removeAttr('onmousedown')
		//expose cached links
		$('li.action-menu-item.ab_dropdownitem a[href^="http://webcache.googleusercontent."]').each(
			function() {
				$(this).closest('div.action-menu.ab_ctl')
				.after(' <a href="https' + this.href.substring(4) + '">(https)</a> ')
				.after($(this))
			}
		)
	}

	MutationObserver = window.MutationObserver || window.WebKitMutationObserver
	if(MutationObserver) { 
		var observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {
			modifyGoogle()
		})
		//tiny delay needed for firefox
		setTimeout(function() {
			if(1 == $('#main').length) {
				observer.observe($('#main').get(0), {
					childList: true, 
					subtree: true
				})
			}
			modifyGoogle()
		}, 100)
	}
	//for chrome v18-, firefox v14-, internet explorer v11-, opera v15- and safari v6-
	else {
		setInterval(function() {
			modifyGoogle()
		}, 500)
	}
}
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Anonymosity
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Re: Redirect removers for SM 2.45

Post by Anonymosity »

Thanks, but I already have 30 extensions, and adding another one just for the sake of one site that I use very seldom is not something I want to do. I can stick to Startpage and Duckduckgo and find what I want, usually.
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