Auto-Redirect To "Did You Mean" Results

Auto-Redirect To "Did You Mean" Results

Automatically redirects to a search's "Did you Mean" search results (for Google).

What is Auto-Redirect To "Did You Mean" Results?
Auto-Redirect To 'Did You Mean' Results is a Firefox add-on that automatically redirects to the 'Did you Mean' search results on Google. It enhances distraction blockers by preventing intentional misspellings from bypassing the blocker.
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Version: 0.1.14 (Last updated: 2021-01-04)
Creation date: 2020-08-23
Weekly download count: NaN
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: Very high risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Size: 187.78K
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Summary

Whenever you mispell something on Google, it shows you a "Did you mean?" suggestion. This browser extension automatically redirects to that "Did you mean" link. This is most useful for distraction blockers that rely on on the proper spelling of words in the URL in order to block pages.

Without this add-on, there's a super big problem with distraction blockers, which is the fact that you can just purposely mispell a word and still get the distracting results to show up in search. For example, you could have "celebrities" blocked with your chosen distraction blocker add-on. But by simply mispelling it as "celebr ities" or "celebrisdties, Google still shows the search results for "celebrities" and your distraction blocker is unable to block it. But by auto-redirecting to the that "did you mean" link at the top of the page, you can't fool your distraction blocker.

Github Source Code and Bug Fixing: https://github.com/georgekolasa/Auto-Redirect-To-Did-You-Mean-Results

Safety
Risk impact

Auto-Redirect To "Did You Mean" Results is very risky to use and it requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Avoid installing this add-on unless you absolutely trust this publisher.

Risk likelihood

Auto-Redirect To "Did You Mean" Results has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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