Posted by Andy Dingley on 10/06/06 00:25

Gérard Talbot wrote:

> I'd like to know the purpose of prefixing links with
> http://www.google.com/url?q=

There isn't any. This is only done through services like Google Groups
(maybe Picaasa too?) and it's solely for Google's benefit. It allows
them to track traffic through this link, before you depart via it.

[Back to original message]