Google Search Redirect "Turn on JavaScript to keep searching"

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Re: Google Search Redirect "Turn on JavaScript to keep searching"

Unread post by FourthDr » 2025-01-20, 12:17

suzyne wrote:
2025-01-20, 11:16
DuckDuckGo Lite is nice and lightweight, if that appeals?

https://lite.duckduckgo.com/lite/
Just tried it. Works good. Not sure how I missed that. Thanks.

Now if we could just get the cached pages links back. I'd be all set. :) ;)

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Re: Google Search Redirect "Turn on JavaScript to keep searching"

Unread post by Theresnothinghere » 2025-01-21, 18:15

Moonchild wrote:
2025-01-19, 17:19
If the tag disappears then it's unlikely we're being credited for the search traffic.
I've noticed that when searching via the searchbox the tag appears for a moment, but than DDG redirects user to the JS-free version and it's gone.

Would including both

Code: Select all

/html
(that's what they recirect you to then you have no JS) and

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t=palemoon
in the url for the DDG search and adding it as a custom search make Pale Moon team receive their commission?

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Re: Google Search Redirect "Turn on JavaScript to keep searching"

Unread post by Moonchild » 2025-01-21, 18:24

Theresnothinghere wrote:
2025-01-21, 18:15
Would including both
Sounds like a plan.
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Re: Google Search Redirect "Turn on JavaScript to keep searching"

Unread post by suzyne » 2025-01-21, 18:36

The URL I use for DuckDuckGo is:

https://start.duckduckgo.com/?t=palemoon&key=somerandomlookinglistofletters

where the key somehow grabs my DuckDuckGo settings so they are remembered without cookies.

But I confess that I have been using Ecosia search more and more as I am conflicted between supporting Pale Moon and planting trees. At the moment, I am probably using them both about 50/50.
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Re: Google Search Redirect "Turn on JavaScript to keep searching"

Unread post by Theresnothinghere » 2025-01-21, 18:47

I tried both: what I said earlier and your custom url, but in both cases the parameters get lost and are not displayed in the url.
I guess that's just how DDG works :roll:

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Re: Google Search Redirect "Turn on JavaScript to keep searching"

Unread post by andyprough » 2025-01-21, 19:00

suzyne wrote:
2025-01-21, 18:36
conflicted between supporting Pale Moon and planting trees.
Tell Ecosia you only want to plant trees that use Pale Moon as their browser. Win-win.

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Re: Google Search Redirect "Turn on JavaScript to keep searching"

Unread post by therube » 2025-01-27, 18:14

Looks like a UA change can be used to bypass the JavaScript requirement.

general.useragent.override.www.google.com;Lynx/2.9.2



Lynx browser ;-).
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