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Ever been annoyed by the overly long links one gets when one tries to copy a link from Google? Here is an example:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CCoQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stat.gl%2FLinkClick.aspx%3Flink%3DAlkohol%252Fpublika%2B2010%2Balko.pdf%26tabid%3D109%26mid%3D494%26language%3Den-US&rct=j&q=alkoholindtag+pr+land+gr%C3%B8nland&ei=2ffcTZThBIaF-wblnOHJDw&usg=AFQjCNG-ZRltkvhL1RYHjT4uSEJWmmXxVQ&cad=rja

These are very annoying and their function is just to allow Google to track and see which link you actually clicked. Fortunately, there is a way to get rid of them (at least if one is using Firefox which is my favorite browser).

So, after installing GreaseMoney and a suitable script (I tried one first that didn’t work), here is what happens when I copypasta the link again:

http://www.stat.gl/LinkClick.aspx?link=Alkohol%2Fpublika+2010+alko.pdf&tabid=109&mid=494&language=en-US