# Skip Google Redirects

> Skips Google's redirect page when clicking search results, saving you valuable milliseconds and bandwidth.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/skip-google-redirects](https://chrome-stats.com/d/skip-google-redirects)

## Overview

- **ID:** `skip-google-redirects`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** John Rosewicz
- **Category:** privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 14
- **Rating:** 4.75 / 5 (8 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.2.1
- **Last updated:** 2019-11-25
- **First published:** 2019-09-26
- **Size:** 15 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/skip-google-redirects/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/johnnyRose/skip-google-redirects](https://github.com/johnnyRose/skip-google-redirects)

## Description

Skip Google Redirects is a Firefox add-on that allows you to save valuable milliseconds and bandwidth by bypassing Google's redirect page when clicking on search results. With the source code available on GitHub, this add-on ensures a faster and more efficient browsing experience.

## Rankings

- #28,728 — Overall
- #111 — skip ads
- #143 — redirect
- #176 — direct link

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `<all_urls>`
- `storage`
- `tabs`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/skip-google-redirects)