On the Yahoo Answers, an individual named Shizuka asked Yahoo about the Google Image Redirect Notice? I tried to respond, but the answer section was closed. So, I am responding here.
Shizuka said, “So recently this morning I’ve all of a sudden been getting a Redirect Notice everytime I click on an image in Google. It doesn’t take me to another website, it only takes me to a white page that says:
Redirect Notice:
–The previous page is sending you to: URL
–If you do not want to visit that page, you can return to the previous page.
This is not happening in the Images when I use Google Chrome, only regular IE. I scanned with Norton and said everything was safe, I even logged out of my Google Account, and deleted my cookies and cache, yet it’s still happening.
Does anyone know how to fix this? My friend isn’t having the problem on her computer, is anyone else? I’m pretty sure I don’t have the Google Redirect Virus, it lets me browse all other webpages – but not just singularly click on an image. Nothing suspicious pops up and all else seems fine.
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ANSWER: NO, you do not have the Google Redirect Virus! It’s a Google issue, see these two links:
1. Google Search By Image Broken In IE9 But Adds Features
2. 2 Weeks Later Google Fixes Search By Image
Not every image you click on activates the Redirect to image URL notice, but it’s enough to make the process a real aggravation and it’s time consuming. We have NOT found a fix for this new Google issues, but if you click on the URL text below the image and not on the image itself, it will continue to work like before, which wasn’t really all that great to begin with.
The Yahoo Image function is MUCH better. When you click on an image in Yahoo, the image comes up in a slide show with arrows to move forward and backward thru the pictures, allowing you to view many dozens of images in seconds AND eliminating all those clicks (or keystrokes) for going back and forth from screen to screen.
