Sets the links in the JavaScript-free Google Basic Variant (gbv=1) search results to their original domains, which circumvents click routing through Google's query parameters, fixes browser history mismatch, and strips tracking query parameters.
// ==UserScript==
// @name Google Search URL Fixup Fork
// @namespace https://greasyfork.org/users/581142
// @namespace https://github.com/brian6932/gsearch-urlfix
// @license MPL-2.0
// @include /^https?:\/{2}w{3}\.google\.(?:a[delmstz]|b[aefgijsty]|c(?:o(?:m(?:\.(?:a[fgru]|b[dhnorz]|c[ouy]|do|e[cgt]|fj|g[hit]|hk|jm|k[hw]|l[by]|m[mtxy]|n[agip]|om|p[aeghkry]|qa|s[abglv]|t[jrw]|u[ay]|v[cn]))?|\.(?:ao|bw|c[kr]|i[dln]|jp|k[er]|ls|m[az]|nz|t[hz]|u[gkz]|v[ei]|z[amw]))|[adfghilmnvz])|d[ejkmz]|e[es]|f[imr]|g[aeglmry]|h[nrtu]|i[emqst]|j[eo]|k[giz]|l[aiktuv]|m[degklnuvw]|n[eloru]|p[lnst]|r[osuw]|s[cehikmnort]|t[dglmnot]|vu|ws)\/search\?/
// @grant none
// @version 0.8.8
// @author brian6932
// @description Sets the links in the JavaScript-free Google Basic Variant (gbv=1) search results to their original domains, which circumvents click routing through Google's query parameters, fixes browser history mismatch, and strips tracking query parameters.
// ==/UserScript==
// jshint esversion: 11
let i = -1
const
pathToParam = {
__proto__: null,
"/url": "q",
"/imgres": "imgurl"
},
strippableParams = [
"ei",
"fbs",
"sa",
"sca_esv",
"sca_upv",
"source",
"sxsrf",
"ved",
],
links = document.links,
fixLinks = () => {
while (++i < links.length) {
if (links[i].search === "" && links[i].host !== "www.google.com")
continue
const mappedParam = pathToParam[links[i].pathname]
if (mappedParam !== undefined) {
const encodedLink = new URLSearchParams(links[i].search).get(mappedParam)
// note to self: must change href attribute, not the entire
// thing. Doh. Read the docs, sort of.
if (encodedLink === null)
continue
if (!(links[i].href = decodeURIComponent(encodedLink)).startsWith("https://www.google.com/"))
continue
}
/*
* Should hit the following paths
/
/maps
/preferences
/search
/setprefs
/travel
/webhp
*/
const link = new URL(links[i].href)
for (const param of strippableParams)
link.searchParams.delete(param)
links[i].href = link.toString()
}
}
// Invoke on load.
fixLinks()
// Reinvoke on body change.
new MutationObserver(mutations => {
for (const mutation of mutations)
if (mutation.type === "childList")
return fixLinks()
}).observe(document.body, { __proto__: null, childList: true, subtree: true })