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Google’s new search redirects make links harder to check before you click

medmalwarebytes_blogPublished 2026-09-14

<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Google is changing how some links in its search results work.</p>

<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Instead of linking directly to the destination, Google has started routing some search result links through opaque <code>google.com/goto?url=...</code> redirects. The <code>url</code> parameter does not show a readable version of the destination but uses a custom, Google

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Original source: https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/09/googles-new-search-redirects-make-links-harder-to-check-before-you-click