[srram]

Shaddi, Could you help me understand? The original google links are gone if you have this installed. That means that if you do a 'copy link location' on a sponsored link, you will get ONLY the sanitized URL. I tried it out, and do not see the behavior you are reporting.. Maybe I am misunderstanding what you are saying?

[shaddi]

Yes, that's what I'm describing. Here are my steps to repro:

1) Search something on google.com (for example: unc)

2) Mouseover on a link shows actual address (for instance, http://www.unc.edu); clicking on the link goes directly to page.

3) Right click, copy link location. Paste that link:

- Expected result: http://www.unc.edu

- My example result: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&.... (clipped for brevity)

4) Mouseover on same link or click on it.

- Expected result: http://www.unc.edu (as before)

- My result: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&.... (etc)

If it helps, I'm running FF 3.5.6 on Win7; I can try on Linux and OSX later tonight if that would be useful.

p.s. -- add some contact info to your profile; I'd prefer to email directly rather than pollute this thread with bug reports.

[srram]

I have added my email address to my profile. Let's take it offline. I have tried to reproduce what you are saying (firefox 3.5.6 on Win 7) and failed. I do not see how what you are saying is possible. If you are going to the actual URL directly, a right click has to result in the same link being copied. That is the behavior I am seeing.

[shaddi]

I'm full of fail today -- not seeing your email in your profile (n.b., email field is not public; it must be in your "about" section). Shoot me an email and we'll see if we can figure this out... I don't know why it's happening, I'm just reporting what I'm seeing.

[breck]

google doesn't always do this, just sometimes. it's not a browser issue. it could only be if you're logged in to your google account. that's why you're having trouble reproducing it.