Take the 2-minute tour ×  Sometimes, I want a shortened link to
the results of a Google Search, to share in a comment on
facebook or in a forum. A URL shortener (e.g., bit.ly) is not
great, because the resulting Google Search link contains many
details I may not want to share. For example, when I'm logged
into Google, the resulting URL for a search contains all kinds
of stuff like which browser was used (e.g., sourceid=chrome-
instant), the language of my browser, as well as some details
I'm not even able to grok.  Is there an easy way to get a
minimalist URL for the results of a search, say for the keywords
prezi.com server problems without manually editing the resulting
URL?  Sub-question: is any of the data in a Google URL from a
search private/confidential? That is, what would a bit.ly of a
Google Search result for a logged-in user reveal about the user
if he shared that link?  EDIT: Someone has demystified the
Google search URL parameters, and at least some of the data
("suggestion tracking") that's in th