Opalescence

I was writing some reviews on my MySpace blog, and noticed something really annoying while doing it!

I try to link to a few useful places in my reviews, to provide the reader some context and generally be helpful.  Generally I go to Google, and google–for instance–Stephen King.  The first site that comes up is http://www.stephenking.com, like I’d expect.  It even gives that as the link, like I’d expect and prefer.  But when I right-click on the link and select the Copy Link Location option, the code I end up pasting into the hyperlink is some long, convoluted mishmash of letters that Google has obviously tacked on.

This is supremely annoying!  I want my viewers (all 2 of them!) to be able to see the simpler code, not this “Courtesy of Google” BS!  I think it’s more than a little absurd that I have to end up typing the URL in myself.

What ever happened to the convenience of the net?  Did it give way to the tyranny of the name-brand?