[PLUG] Has google outsmarted the linux text browsers?

[Nat Taylor]

Opinions on Searx, &/or Searx.me ?

On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 6:13 PM Tom <tgrom.automail at nuegia.net> wrote:

> On Sun, 24 Mar 2019 15:19:51 -0700
> Tomas Kuchta <tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > If you check the page source, it explains it all. The link doesn't
> > point to the original page, it points to Google, with a reference for
> > the actual page. Google then redirects you.
> >
> > So, you never request the page directly, you are always redirected by
> > Google. That way they are in full control of your browsing as well as
> > being able to get all the info about your visit through the embedded
> > JavaScript on the destination page, when they include it.
> >
> > I imagine that, if the destination wants the traffic from Google,
> > they need to embed their code. Otherwise it would old not show up in
> > G searches at the first place.
> >
> > Tomas
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 23, 2019, 3:11 PM logical american
> > <website.reader3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Today I was trying 3 different linux text browsers, lynx, w3m and
> > > links, but found that all 3 could not fully capture the links in
> > > the google search engine page after doing a search query to
> > > www.google.com
> > >
> > > For example Google would give as the header line
> > >
> > > We have found our results
> > >
> > > then the URL line:
> > >
> > > http://www.foundourresults.com/our/data/.../is/here
> > >
> > > and some explanation below that...
> > >
> > > But notice the ellipsis ... in the url line. All 3 linux browsers
> > > would faithfully record the url line with the ellipsis, and thus
> > > the search results were unresolvable when used for a brand new
> > > lookup. However google carefully embeds the correct url in the
> > > header line which is where the browser actually goes next, after
> > > manually mouse clicking on that find.
> > >
> > > I noticed that Startpage doesn't use ellipsis in the url line, so
> > > it is simple to capture the url's using the -dump option to a file
> > > and later parse these for further internet lookup and they all work.
> > >
> > > How would one go about recovering the full urls from the Google
> > > search results so that a text browser successfully captures the
> > > fully specified URL reference?
> > >
> > > Randall
> > >
> > >
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> just use https://duckduckgo.com/lite or wiby.me if Google is doing
> shady stuff the their results
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