Does the google-no-tracking-url addon still work?

[adrian5]

Looking at the more recent reviews of the addon, it would seem that it doesn't do its job anymore. Can anyone confirm this?

An alternative might be Google search link fix, which has been updated more recently than the former.

[StarPicard]

I would recommend https://github.com/sblask/webextension-skip-redirect, wich supports more websites than just google.

[allo-]

Indeed, I had the problem that I tried different addons and quite a few seemed not to work correctly. Currently I use https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-no-tracking-url/, but I will look into using the skip-redirect addon.

[allo-]

I am not sure, if the skip-redirect addon actually removes the google redirects. It seems to depend on links, which contain "something=https://someurl". The google results hide the tracking URL until you click and I am not sure if they match the format.

But this addon in addition to a working google redirects addon would still be a good idea.

Side note: I kind of dislike their www.google.com/chrome/?or-maybe-rather-firefox=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mozilla.org/ example, as this is a false-positive URL for the addon. Try clicking it without the addon, you will end up on the google chrome site and the addon would redirect you to mozilla. Such a false positive URL would need to be whitelisted instead of used for advertising the function of the addon.

[allo-]

Another addon: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-don-t-track/?src=featured

[Atavic]

This addon removes both redirects and utm parameters.

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/neat-url/ https://github.com/Smile4ever/Neat-URL

[allo-]

@Atavic Are you sure NeatURL actually removes google's transparent redirects?

[Atavic]

Request Control does it by default and can also create its own rules for stripping away utm parameters.

[allo-]

Request Control looks very nice for this. It seems to match the concrete redirect URLs and has an easy to configure blacklist and the utm_ filter which may get false positives is disabled by default. I think this can be a good replacement which won't break anything.

Do you currently use it and it works good for you?

[Atavic]

Yes, I actually use it.

[allo-]

https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/dont-track-me-google1/

[Atavic]

https://github.com/Rob--W/dont-track-me-google works only when you search in google search. Request Control has a broader scope.

[allo-]

I think about keeping this google-only with the most simple addon and adding another option for request control.