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Re: Google AMP Issue: Links to visit the site currently not working

#13
post #5

I don't know anything about AMP, so I'm genuinely amazed that one could create bugs in it that just downright break hyper references. I though links was a pretty important part of HTML, and so people took care to ensure they work?

Not for google. They want to kill links.

Which would be ironic, given their whole business has been built on following links and keeping track of what links to what.

Re: Google AMP Issue: Links to visit the site currently not working

#16

What if it's not a bug, but Google testing user response (assuming Google is not stupid so Hanlon's razor may not apply)

Not unreasonable, but then they would probably A/B test it rather than just break it for everyone. Although I guess they might be A/B testing and I’m just in the same group as OP.

Re: Google AMP Issue: Links to visit the site currently not working

#17
post #5

I don't know anything about AMP, so I'm genuinely amazed that one could create bugs in it that just downright break hyper references. I though links was a pretty important part of HTML, and so people took care to ensure they work?

Not for google. They want to kill links.

Wait what? What did I miss?

Re: Google AMP Issue: Links to visit the site currently not working

#19
The AMP links to visit the original site are working fine for me on Brave (based on Chromium) on Android: clicking on the "(i)" icon shows the URL.

The easiest way to to get rid of all AMP pages in Google search results is to disable javascript on www.google.com/*.

Re: Google AMP Issue: Links to visit the site currently not working

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post #19

The AMP links to visit the original site are working fine for me on Brave (based on Chromium) on Android: clicking on the "(i)" icon shows the URL. The easiest way to to get rid of all AMP pages in Google search results is to disable javascript on www.google.com/*.

Doesn’t work on iPhone Safari for me, I get the same translucent gray overlay regardless of where I tap.
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