Google Using Redirect URLs On SERPS?

[peter_d]

I hadn't noticed this before. Apparently, it only happens if you're signed in.

http://valleywag.com/tech/don.t-be-e...cky-308936.php

Google is forcing me to click through; instead of displaying a copy-and-paste friendly link, Google's using awkward redirects that look like this:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=re...lleywag.com%2F

&ei=kQAMR8PnDYOUhAOdnKmpCA&usg=AFQjCNEGslPHCC3aESl 9W_mk0seYql8QMg&sig2

=JlU7uV-b_Gj7SFpRsVZ0jQ

The redirects, presumably, help Google better track click-throughs. And perhaps they will, eventually, make Google's search results better.