Merlin
Google Link Cleaner

Google Link Cleaner

Google Link Cleaner add-on.

What is Google Link Cleaner?
Google Link Cleaner is a Firefox add-on that allows you to extract and open links from Google and Yahoo search results. It cancels the load for the search result link and opens the extracted link instead. The add-on uses regex to extract the link from the search result URL.
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Merlin
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By: def00111
Users: 105 ▲ 2
Rating: 4.17 (6)
Version: 1.4resigned1 (Last updated: 2024-04-25)
Creation date: 2017-05-09
Weekly download count: 1
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
  • <all_urls>
  • notifications
  • alarms
  • tabs
  • storage
Size: 9.71K
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# 9493 ▲ 26
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Summary
Analyze keywords

It extracts the link from a google search link like this one: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwi31fSY6-LTAhWKliwKHbbFC38QFgg7MAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2F&usg=AFQjCNF_O1sZXeX2Pm1UtlF_8X3X2L6WOw&sig2=XV28tdF18cDlYOFu-pvtPQ

It cancels the load for this google link and opens the extracted link instead.

Also works for yahoo search links: https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9mSs3SOuhFZKRYAS6IzCQx.;_ylu=X3oDMTBycDZicmtuBGNvbG8DaXIyBHBvcwM2BHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--/RV=2/RE=1494362895/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.wikipedia.org%2f/RK=0/RS=5sAzQkuxCUrP.ikaM9ruW3RsYgc-

It uses regexp to extract the link from the search links.

User reviews
by Patrick, 2023-10-21
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Safety
Risk impact

Google Link Cleaner is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Google Link Cleaner if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Google Link Cleaner is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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